Bart Starr

CNN reports the passing of Green Bay quarterback legend Bart Starr.  He was 85. 
Starr was the winning quarterback in the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and '68. 
Starr and the late Johnny Unitas were considered the "gold standard" of quarterbacks of that era.
 

Tennessee Grad Peyton Manning Wins Bart Starr Award

Congratulations to Denver Bronco quarterback Peyton Manning, for being awarded the Bart Starr Award
for community service.  The Starr award is sort of the football equivalent of baseball's Hutch award.  It is named after Green Bay Packer great Bart Starr.  Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas were the two greatest quarterbacks of their era, some would say, of all time.
Peyton Manning quarterbacked the Tennessee Vols, the school where my wife graduated.

Super Bowl Memories: Super Bowl II

 

This was the first Super Bowl that I ever watched on Television, The Green Bay Packers lead by legendary coach Vince Lombardi and quarterback great Bart Starr beating the best of the AFL, the Oakland Raiders. Little did anyone know, the immediate future looked better for the Raiders. It would take almost 30 years for the Packers to even participate in another Super Bowl.
That year I rooted for the Raiders because the Packers had knocked my favorite team, the LA Rams out of the play-offs.