Former Minnesota Vikings star lineman Carl Eller will give a talk titled “Moving
On: Leaving Alcohol Behind” on Thursday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
Eller, a 15-year veteran of the NFL, is founder and executive director of the Triumph
Life Center, a counseling and substance abuse treatment center in Minneapolis. He also has
been a consultant for the National Football League's Chemical Dependency Awareness
and Training Program.
Other professional sports teams such as hockey, basketball and baseball have consulted
Eller. He also created the United States Athletes Association (USAA), a national network
of junior and senior high school students organized to promote positive, chemical-free
lifestyles.