Milton John Sunde (February 1, 1942 – April 21, 2020) was an

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player. He played professionally as a

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in the

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(NFL) for the

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from 1964 to 1974. Sunde attended Bloomington High School and the

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. He played with the Vikings in two of their losing

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efforts ( IV and IX). He missed playing for the Vikings in Super Bowl VIII due to an injury suffered in the NFC championship game two weeks earlier. Sunde died on April 22, 2020, at the age of 78.

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