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Thank you very much. our next medal of freedom recipient is american football legend, and he was indeed a legend, he was tough, strong, a minnesota supreme court justice, he became a supreme court justice, also. justice alan page, very special man. the a college football hall of famer, alan helped notre dame secure the national championship in 1966. he went on to have a 15 year nfl career with the minnesota vikings into the chicago bears. he became the first and one of the only defensive players to earn the league's mvp award, that happens very, very seldom. while alan was still playing for th...

Alan is joined today by three of their children, georgianna, justin, and kami. please stand up. please stand up. [applause] thank you. thank you. it's a great honor, thank you. it is also my honor today to award the medal of freedom to one of the most celebrated sports heroes in world history. the great bambino, the one and only babe ruth. he truly is, when you think -- let's face it, babe ruth is babe ruth, right? george herman babe ruth jr., he was a junior. i can imagine what his father was like, you must have been tough. lived from 1895-1948, learning

Klobuchar for being here, where is amy, by the way? where is amy? and for five decades, i have to say, the president -- who have made outstanding contributions to american life and culture, this year it is my true privilege to award this honor to seven extraordinary americans. senator orrin hatch, the late, great, justice and in antonin scalia, miriam adelson, roger staubach, alan page, and two more recipients who are no longer with us but whose legacies will live on forever, legendary babe ruth, legendary elvis pressley.