Francis Asbury Tarkenton, born in 1940, attended high school in Athens, Georgia, then studied business administration at the University of Georgia in Athens. He made a name for himself as starting quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs football team. Tarkington was selected in the third round of the National Football League draft in 1961 by the newly-established Minnesota Vikings. He played 18 seasons in the NFL, leading the Vikings to the Super Bowl in 1974, 1975 and 1977, but lost all three championship games. Tarkenton was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
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- Minnesota Vikings (Team History)
- NNDB Tracking the World
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- ProFootballReference.Com (Statistics)
- The New Georgia Encyclopedia
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