Posted on 05/26/2019 9:45:49 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr died Sunday at the age of 85, according to the team.
The Packers announced Starr, a catalyst of Vince Lombardi's powerhouse teams of the 1960s, died in Birmingham, Ala., citing his family.
....The Packers selected Starr out of the University of Alabama with the 200th pick in the 1956 draft. He led Green Bay to six division titles, five NFL championships and wins in the first two Super Bowls. Until Brett Favre came along, Starr was known as the best Packer ever. The team retired his No. 15 jersey in 1973, making him just the third player to receive that honor. Four years later, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
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Bart Starr, and the backfield of Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung was an awesome scoring machine.
RIP
He had a good run and a great career/life! :)
Remember when Brett Favre ‘retired’ and those Packer Fans who were mad at him would say, ‘We’ll Never Forget You, Bart!’
Well, we never WILL forget THIS Bart, that’s for sure!
I watched The Green Bay Packers as a kid at Brown County Stadium in Milwaukee!
A real gentleman may he RIP. Certainly, a far cry from some of today’s divas.
Just a really classy man. Humble, despite all that he accomplished. A really great testimony to his Christian faith.
Brett Favre couldn’t make a good pimple on Bart Starr’s posterior.
Hate the Packers since days of Lombardi, but Starr was truly that
And the first of the great Bama QBs
I talked to Ray Nitschke several years ago to get his authentication/feedback on a 1966 signed GBP Championship signed football I have. Arguably the best middle linebacker of all time. Bears fans will disagree saying it was Dick Butkus. Could go either way but bottom line amazing athletes one and all.
They also played in a different era where late hits were common and allowed. Unless you were a superstar you also did not make great money for the punishment you put your body through. I think it was Starr who said he still had numbness in his fingers from the Ice Bowl.
Starr and Roger Staubach were very similar in that their talents were somewhat modest but they were exceptional leaders of high character who could execute the gameplan of a very demanding head coach. They also had the knack for making that back-breaking play that decided a game, recall Starr’s frozen QB sneak in 1967 and Staubach’s “Hail Mary” pass in 1975.
Off the field, both very devout Christians and humble despite their fame.
RIP Bart.
Don’t you just miss those classy Christian athletes?
Hard to find anybody these days that could compare to Bart Starr.
The mobsters of the 30’s are classy compared to modern NBA & NFL athletes.
We’ve come a long way from the likes of Bart Starr, Roger Staubach, etc., to what we have today. Great memories; bless he and his family.
When I was just a young kid I started watching Pro-Football my team then was Green Bay and all the talent they had I loved Starr and my favorite lineman was Jerry Kramer who wrote some good books of his playing.
All of these guy were not only outstanding players but real credits and gentlemen off the field. Real role models that I hardly see anymore before money totally corrupted the game to what it is today.
Thanks Bart for the hours of great classy football, God Speed my friend.
Like hell , both were excellent
On the “hail mary” by Staubach (who was a great player, btw): the vikings defender had good position to pick it off, but Pearson managed to trip him up, maybe accidentally, and have a clear opportunity to catch the pass.
Back when I used to like the NFL he was one of the best. Would even watch some of his games when GB wasn’t playing the Redskins or the Cowboys.
Also an Air Force vet, served at Eglin AFB in Florida; played for Eglin Eagles... MVP super Bowls 1 & 2; big time Roll Tide! RIP Bart, my childhood hero!
In one of the books about the Packers, maybe the Kramer one, it is mentioned that Lombardi wanted Starr to be the team leader.
Soon after telling Starr that, Lombardi jumped all over him during a practice. Later Bart came to Lombardi and told him that if he was going to be the team leader, it was not right for the coach to belittle him.
Lombardi agreed and never did it again.
Staubach played for the Pensacola Navy Goshawks.
Back then about every military base of any size had a baseball and football team.
Bttt.
5.56mm
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