Editing Alan Page (section)

===NFL player representative===
Page was [[National Football League Players Association]] player representative from 1970 to 1974 and in 1976–1977, and a member of the NFLPA Association Executive Committee from 1972 to 1975. He was one of the fifteen [[plaintiff]]s in ''[[John Mackey (American football)|Mackey]] v. National Football League'' in which Judge [[Earl R. Larson]] declared that the [[Pete Rozelle|Rozelle rule]] was a violation of [[United States antitrust law|antitrust law]]s on December 30, 1975.<ref>{{cite web | last=Wallace | first=William N. | title=Rozelle Rule Found In Antitrust Violation | website=The New York Times | date=1975-12-31 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/31/archives/rozelle-rule-found-in-antitrust-violation-rozelle-rule-judged-in.html | access-date=2025-05-08}}</ref><ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/407/1000/2281018/ ''Mackey v. National Football League, 407 F. Supp. 1000 (D. Minn. 1975)'' &ndash; Justia.com.] Retrieved December 12, 2023.</ref> He was named to the Vikings' 40th Anniversary Team in 2000. Along the way, Page was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Week three times: Week 9, 1967; Week 8, 1968; Week 13, 1971. In 1988 Page was further honored by his induction into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]. In 1999, he was ranked number 34 on ''The Sporting News''' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the highest-ranking Viking player. He received the NFL Alumni Career Achievement Award in 1995 for attaining success in his post-NFL career.