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| Bart Starr died Sunday, May 26 at age 85. (internet image) |
You can read about his career and his life in many places, including the team's website.
My wife and I met him at the grand opening of an Electric Avenue appliance and electronics store in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the mid-1990s. We got to the store early to secure a place in line and waited.
Judging how long we waited was tough to do as moved in a line that stretched through refrigerators, stoves, and finally the high-end televisions of the day.
He was standing in the middle of the store in a brown suit. He shook each person's hand and looked them in the eye. I clearly remember him thanking me for coming!
I've read stories about Starr during his time playing for the Packers from the late 1950s into the early 1970s and read similar accounts. Kids in the neighborhood where he lived would ring his door bell and ask if he would come out an throw the ball. He did.
Jerry Kramer, another Packer legend who blocked for Starr on the offensive line was quoted in stories about the quarterback saying he was convinced it was all a "goody-two shoes" act. Ten years later Kramer realized the stories and the actions he saw were the real thing.
Starr was a great football player and a better man. Packer fans are among many who will miss him.
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