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Bart Starr
Bart Starr
Player: 1956-1971 Packers Coach: 1972-1983
Home Position Road
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Cause of death: Stroke="hiddenStructure"
General information
Height 6 ft. 1 in.
Weight 197 lbs.
Born January 9, 1934
Birthplace Flag of the United States Montgomery, Alabama
Date of death May 26, 2019 (aged 85)


Cause of death: Stroke

Career information
College Alabama Alabama
NFL Draft 1956 / Round: 17 / Pick: 200
Drafted by Packers Green Bay Packers
Career Highlights

Bart Starr (January 9, 1934-May 26, 2019) was a legendary figure for the Green Bay Packers. Wearing #15, he was a Quarterback for the Packers from 1956 to 1971, in which the Packers won NFL Championships in the 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967 seasons. Following the NFL championships in 1966 and 1967, he led the Packers to convincing victories over the champions of the rival AFL in the first two Super Bowls and was named the Most Valuable Player of both games. He and Tom Brady are the only players to Quarterback a team to five NFL championships. He earned four Pro Bowl selections and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.

After his retirement as a Player, he served as an Assistant Coach (Quarterbacks) in 1972 and was promoted to Head Coach of the Packers three years later in 1975 and served until 1983.

NFL Professional career[]

Packers Green Bay Packers[]

Quarterback[]

Starr was drafted in the 17th round of the NFL Draft in 1956, out of the University of Alabama. He was a backup to Tobin Rote in 1956 and split time with Babe Parilli until 1959, Vince Lombardi's first year as Packers Coach. In that season, Lombardi pulled Quarterback Lamar McHan in favor of Starr, and he held the starting job henceforth. In just two seasons, Starr led his team to NFL Championships in 1961 and 1962. In 1966, Starr was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player (MVP) by the Associated Press (AP), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and UPI.

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Starr was responsible for calling plays when he was Quarterback, as was the norm at the time. One of his most famous play calls was in the Ice Bowl against the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL championship game on the final day of 1967. Instead of handing off (as the play was designed), Starr sneaked the ball himself, and with the winning touchdown, the Packers won their third straight NFL Championship, the fifth in seven years. Two weeks later in Miami, the Packers defeated the AFL champion Oakland Raiders 33–14 in Super Bowl II, Lombardi's final game as head coach of the Packers. Starr's playing career ended at the conclusion of the 1971 season.

In 1965, while with the Packers, he and his wife Cherry helped co-found Rawhide Boys Ranch, in New London, Wisconsin, a facility designed to help at-risk and troubled boys throughout the state, and was affiliated with it for the rest of his life.

Head coach[]

Immediately after his retirement as a player, he served as an Assistant Coach (Quarterbacks) in 1972, when the Packers won the NFC Central division title at 10–4 with Quarterback Scott Hunter. Starr became Head Coach of the Packers three years later, in 1975. His regular season record was a disappointing 52–76–2 (.408), with a playoff record of 1–1. Posting a 5–3–1 record in the strike-shortened season of 1982, Starr's Packers made their first Playoff appearance in ten years (and their last for another 11 years). They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 41–16 in the expanded wild card round of 16 teams on January 8, 1983, then lost to the Dallas Cowboys 37–26 in the divisional round the following week. After a disappointing 8–8 finish the following year, Starr was dismissed in favor of his former Teammate, Forrest Gregg, who previously led the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XVI and Coached the Cleveland Browns before that.

Personal life[]

In his later years, Starr suffered from numerous health issues, most notably a stroke in 2014. However, he was able to make it to Lambeau Field on Thanksgiving 2015, when the Packers retired Brett Favre's jersey number at halftime. He was brought out on a golf cart and embraced Favre. After the game, a photographer took a picture of him, Favre, and Aaron Rodgers. Starr died on May 26, 2019 from a stroke at age 85 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Statistics[]

Statistics
Season NFL Team Games Passing Rushing Fumbles Awards
G GS Comp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Sck SckY Rate Att Yds Avg TD FUM Lost
1956 Packers Green Bay Packers 9 -- 24 44 54.5 325 7.4 2 3 0 16 65.1 5 35 7.0 0 -- -- --
1957 Packers Green Bay Packers 12 -- 117 215 54.4 1,489 6.9 8 10 0 231 69.3 31 98 3.2 3 -- -- --
1958 Packers Green Bay Packers 12 -- 78 157 49.7 875 5.6 3 12 0 147 41.2 25 113 4.5 1 -- -- --
1959 Packers Green Bay Packers 12 -- 70 134 52.2 972 7.3 6 7 0 30 69.0 16 83 5.2 0 -- -- --
1960 Packers Green Bay Packers 12 -- 98 172 57.0 1,358 7.9 4 8 0 78 70.8 7 12 1.7 0 -- -- Probowl
1961 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 172 295 58.3 2,418 8.2 16 16 0 138 80.3 12 56 4.7 1 -- -- Probowl
1962 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 178 285 62.5 2,438 8.6 12 9 0 286 90.7 21 72 3.4 1 -- -- Probowl
1963 Packers Green Bay Packers 13 -- 132 244 54.1 1,855 7.6 15 10 11 109 82.3 13 116 8.9 0 -- -- --
1964 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 163 272 59.9 2,144 7.9 15 4 42 323 97.1 24 165 6.9 3 -- -- --
1965 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 140 251 55.8 2,055 8.2 16 9 34 303 89.0 18 169 9.4 1 -- -- --
1966 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 156 251 62.2 2,257 9.0 14 3 26 183 105.0 21 104 5.0 2 -- -- Probowl
1967 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 115 210 54.8 1,823 8.7 9 17 34 322 64.4 21 90 4.3 0 -- -- --
1968 Packers Green Bay Packers 12 -- 109 171 63.7 1,617 9.5 15 8 29 261 104.3 11 62 5.6 1 -- -- --
1969 Packers Green Bay Packers 12 -- 92 148 62.2 1,161 7.8 9 6 24 217 89.9 7 60 8.6 0 -- -- --
1970 Packers Green Bay Packers 14 -- 140 255 54.9 1,645 6.5 8 13 29 252 63.9 12 62 5.2 1 -- -- --
1971 Packers Green Bay Packers 4 -- 24 45 53.3 286 6.4 0 3 6 64 45.2 3 11 3.7 1 -- -- --
16 Yrs Packers PACKERS TOTAL 196 -- 1,808 3,149 57.4 24,718 7.8 152 138 235 2,960 80.5 247 1,308 5.3 15 -- -- --
Career statistics and player information from NFL.com

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