Longtime NFL coach Buddy Ryan died Tuesday at age 82. He spent two of his 27 seasons with the Vikings in 1976-77 as the defensive line coach and helped continue a tradition of success under head coach Bud Grant.
Several Vikings old-timers took a moment Tuesday to remember Ryan:
Bud Grant, former Vikings head coach:
“He had good character and was a good coach.
“He was a friend of [former Vikings assistant coach] Neill Armstrong when I first met him. I hired him after talking with him and he had a lot of good ideas about coaching and theories.