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He is married for a third time, and not really concerned with the grind of life. Kramer is now 57 years old, and lives in San Antonio. And I charted my way, high school and college, how to get there.

“All I ever wanted to do since I was six years old was play in the National Football League. Some would say the behavior short-changed his career, but not Kramer. The night life and rumors of carousing became his signature. And my parents came up…I said, ‘why the hell you come up for?’ And I go to sleep,” he said.īut Tommy was not known as a sleeper. “I slept for 20 hours a day for the next month because I had no idea. And he took his share of hits along the way, including a concussion that lasted quite a while.

“After about a week and a half I said, ‘Bud…How come them boys ain’t out there practicing with us?’ He said, ‘They show up on Sunday.'” I got to training camp, for a week and a half into training camp my rookie year and I see Jim Marshall and Carl Eller sitting on a training table during the morning practice, taking a nap,” said Kramer. “Well, Bud Grant to me is a player’s coach. He was an electric figure in Minnesota, considered a player’s player who learned from a coach. READ MORE: COVID Forces Minnesota Mom To Deliver Baby Early

If they did, they would certainly remember. “The ones that make it to the top – they put in the effort, and they put in the will too,” he says to his players. Kramer is playing the role of one-day coach at Apple Valley High School. You don’t have a lot of players that come out of Rice University that play, you know, get inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame,” said Kramer. But why did it take til 2012 for such an honor? This summer, Kramer will go into the College Football Hall of Fame for his days at Rice University. However controversial, he was always likeable. He was a gutsy quarterback for the Vikings, and was infamous for his off-the-field behavior. MPD Officer Derek Chauvin To Change His Not Guilty Plea In Federal Case MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Tommy Kramer is one of those names that resonate with Minnesotans, and for a number of reasons.