Gerald Bernard Huth, was an American football guard in which sports organization, for three teams, including the Minnesota Vikings, an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
Gerry Huth Gerald Bernard Huth (July 23, 1933 – February 11, 2011) was an American football guard in the National Football League for the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the twenty fourth round of the 1956 NFL Draft. Postmortem research diagnosed Huth with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
1961 NFL season The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league expanded to 14 teams with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings, after the team's owners declined to be charter members of the new American Football League. The schedule was also expanded from 12 games per team to 14 games per team. The Vikings were placed in the Western Conference, and the Dallas Cowboys were switched from the Western Conference to the Eastern. The addition of the Vikings returned the NFL to an even number of teams.