Minnesota Vikings player Adam Thielen found a special way to honor the late Alex Trebek at the “Monday Night Football” game against the Chicago Bears.
“For #MNF pregame tonight my guy @athielen19 will be honoring the legend Alex Trebek who passed last week,” a tweet from the cleat artist, Dan “Mache” Gamache tweeted Monday ahead of the game. The post was noted by TMZ.
“I feel like no matter where you were from I feel like Jeopardy was a part of all of our lives in some way,” he added.(RELATED: Alex Trebek Announces He Was Diagnosed With Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer)
For #MNF pregame tonight my guy @athielen19 will be honoring the legend Alex Trebek who passed last week. I feel like no matter where you were from I feel like Jeopardy was a part of all of our lives in some way. #skol pic.twitter.com/1itrgOM4M8
— Mache- that guy who does the artwork on the shoes. (@MACHE275) November 16, 2020
Included with the tweet were several pictures showing the artwork, which included one cleat with a painted image of the famed host of “Jeopardy!” with a halo over his head and the dates 1940-2020. The other cleat had a message that looked similar to the writings in the game show categories that read, “We will miss you, Alex, – $19,000.” (RELATED: Alex Trebek Begins New Season Of ‘Jeopardy!’ After Completing Cancer Treatment)
The Minnesota Vikings then tweeted, “Cool cleats for $2000.”
Cool cleats for $2000 pic.twitter.com/djksyYXPKs
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) November 16, 2020
As previously reported, Trebek lost his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer earlier this month. He was 80 years old.