Skol Stories: Carlester Crumpler On Living As A Legacy and His Memorable Moment With Head Coach Kevin O'Connell

About this episode

Carlester Crumpler reflects on his time with the Vikings and the lessons learned from football and his father's experience as a professional athlete.

Welcome back to Skol Stories. This week Mark Rosen and Pete Bercich welcome Vikings Legend Carlester Crumpler to the show. Carlester looks back on his time with the Vikings and the extremely talented roster he joined in 1999, the impact of seeing his father's experience as a professional athlete, the need to give back to his home city of Greenville, NC, the lessons learned in football that have impacted the rest of his business career, and the full circle impact from a chance meeting during his playing days with current Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell. All of this and more is in today’s episode of Skol Stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Rosen, Pete Bercich

Guest: Carlester Crumpler

Topics covered

• Vikings history
• legacy
• professional sports
• community impact
• football lessons
• coaching

Keywords

• Carlester Crumpler
• Minnesota Vikings
• Kevin O'Connell
• football legacy
• Greenville NC
• sports career
• Vikings history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minnesota Vikings

Places: Greenville, NC

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