He also threw a soft ball which was easy to catch, yet he Could also throw long. I remember many times when it was 3rd and short, he would drop back and throw a bomb to a wide open receiver.
Besides, even a Hollywood agent could not come up with a better name than “Bart Starr”
Coach Lombardi told Starr that he wanted him to be the team leader. Later Lombardi just jumped all over Starr over some error. Starr later went to Lombardi and told him that if he would be leader of the team he could not have the coach treat him that way. Lombardi knew Starr was right and agreed to treat him respectably around the other players.
Starr was one of a long line of Alabama QBs. Dixie Howell of the famous Howell to Hutson duo. Joe Namath, Kenny Stabler, Scott Hunter and Jeff Rutledge. After he went to the wishbone he quit producing pro style quarterbacks so didn’t have so many in his last years.
Bryant’s last national champion QB before he died attended the same church in Dothan that we did. Steadman Shealy. Another one of those nice guys who finish first.