Bart Starr, 9.0 2.

College: Alabama

All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Terry Bradshaw, 7.2 5. [2] At Super Bowl 50 in February 2016, the NFL held a pregame ceremony honoring the MVPs of all 49 Super Bowls. [2] Even in the cold conditions, Starr was still able to throw for 191 yards in the Ice Bowl, with two touchdown passes to Boyd Dowler. He began coaching during the 1975 season and last coached during the 1983 campaign. Starr was named the first-ever Super Bowl MVP for his performance. Do you have a sports website? Starr was able to stay healthy for most of the entire 1970 season, but his age was showing, throwing for only 1,645 yards and 8 touchdowns, the last touchdown passes of his career. The quarterback sneak play worked and the Packers went on to beat the Cowboys 21-17. Starr had another solid game against the Chiefs, throwing for 250 yards and two touchdowns, both to Max McGee, in a decisive 35-10 Packers win.

After a disappointing season of 4–5–2, Harold Drew was replaced by Jennings B. Whitworth as coach of Alabama. The surgeries ended up damaging the nerves in Starr's right arm, causing him to struggle to even grip a football, and while he stayed on the Packers' roster for the entire 1971 season, he only played in three games, usually with a glove on his throwing hand to try to regain his grip on the ball. Find out more. Bart Starr compiled a record of 52 wins and 76 losses and 3 ties in his coaching career with the Green Bay Packers. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Bart Starr was an American football player and coach. - Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1960s Team1966 - AP MVP1966 - Newspaper Ent. Copyright © 2020 Stats Crew, Stats Crew - The Home of Sports Statistics. [25] Cherry remained in Jackson, Alabama, while Starr returned to the University of Alabama. The back injury disqualified him later from military service, and would occasionally bother him the rest of his football career. Bryan Bartlett Starr Born: January 9, 1934 Montgomery, AL USA College: Alabama High School: Sidney Lanier (Montgomery, AL) Coaching Career: 1975-1983 Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977 Playing statistics. Coaching Career: 1975-1983 [29] In the 17th round of the 1956 NFL Draft, Starr was selected by the Packers, with the 200th overall pick. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. His punting average of 41.4 yards per kick ranked second in the nation in 1953, behind Zeke Bratkowski.

[16] He led Lanier to an undefeated season. He won the league MVP award in 1966. Hockey Stats - NHL - WHA - Minor League Hockey - Search "[60], In 1973, Starr received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[61]. Although he wished to attend, Starr was not well enough to travel to the game and instead sent a videotaped greeting from home. Starr was born on January 9, 1934, in Montgomery, Alabama. due to the Packers having the same record as their Western divisional foe, the Baltimore Colts, the two teams met in a playoff game to determine the division winner. In 1971, Starr and his wife Cherry helped start the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation raising funds for cancer research and care in honor of his late coach, Vince Lombardi. He was a Christian. [56][57], Starr was voted to the NFL Pro Bowl four times. With these new offensive weapons, Starr would put up his best passing seasons from 1964 to 1969. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. Vince Lombardi would help this shift by acquiring more capable pass catchers to the offense, trading for receiver Carroll Dale to join with Boyd Dowler and Max McGee, replacing tight end Ron Kramer with Marv Fleming, and drafting more pass-catching running backs in Elijah Pitts and Donny Anderson. [67][68][69], In 1965, Starr 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 of Wisconsin. He was voted NFL Most Valuable Player by both AP and UPI in 1966, and was chosen Super Bowl MVP in 1966 and 1967. In 1964, with Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung struggling to continue their strong running game, Starr started to become more of the head of the Packers' offensive attack. [30][31], Starr spent the summer of 1956 living with his in-laws and throwing footballs through a tire in their backyard in order to prepare for his rookie season. Shortly after the start of World War II, his father's reserve unit was activated and in 1942 he was deployed to the Pacific Theater. Lambeau Field is such a special place – a lot different than the old city stadium next to East High School when I first arrived in 1956.