Bart Starr, RIP..............

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  1. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

  2. GatorJoe

    GatorJoe Well-Known Member

    RIP indeed. A winner. I never saw him play live on TV though. My earliest QB memories are of Bradshaw, Staubach, Stabler, Nameth and Jim Hart.
     
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  3. johnnyflake

    johnnyflake Well-Known Member

    Bart Starr, was truly a real Star! He was an amazing football player, totally dedicated to the game.

    Thanks to my father, back in the day, I saw him play live, in 5 or 6 games, in the mid sixties. We lived just outside of Chicago and he was able to get a set of 6 tickets, every now and again, to home games. I am laughing, as I type this, because I remember being at one game, when I truly believed, I was going to freeze to death. It wasn't funny back then!
     
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  4. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    How about Unitas?
     
  5. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    I never knew Starr coached the Packers once. A class act in the NFL.
     
  6. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    When I was a kid and found out I could draw by drawing super heroes like Batman, my first two drawings were Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas. I got them from photos and I had them hanging up in my room for years.
     
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  7. GatorJoe

    GatorJoe Well-Known Member

    No, I don’t remember seeing Unitas play. I read a little biography on him when I was a kid though. Tough QB.
     
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  8. johnnyflake

    johnnyflake Well-Known Member

    Johnny U was one of the very best quarterbacks to ever play the game. I saw him many times of TV back in the day.

    Story goes, that he walked onto a pro training field, one day and told the coach that he wanted to play football. The rest is history!
     
  9. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    RIP

    Roll Tide
     
  10. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    The only TD the Colts got against the Jets in Super Bowl 3 was when Unitas replaced Morrall at QB. Course it was too late, but he knew how to play the big games.
     
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  11. Bird Lives

    Bird Lives Future Root Beer King of Turkey

    RIP
    He was Lombardi's QB....Winning Combo...

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