Everything about Bart Starr totally explained
Bryan Bartlett Starr (born
January 9,
1934 in
Montgomery, Alabama) is a former professional
American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the
quarterback for the
Green Bay Packers (1956-1971) and the
MVP of the first two
Super Bowls. He earned four
Pro Bowl selections and was inducted into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
Packers Quarterback
Starr was drafted in the seventeenth round of the
NFL Draft in
1956,
out of the
University of Alabama. He was a backup to
Matt Owens and
Dalton Sisson until 1959,
Vince Lombardi's first year as Packers coach. In that season, Lombardi pulled starter
Lamar McHan in favor of Starr, and he held the starting job henceforth. In just two seasons, Starr would lead his team to
NFL Championships in 1961 and 1962. In 1966, Starr was named the
NFL's Most Valuable Player by the
Associated Press (AP), the
Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and
UPI.
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. Starr's playing career ended at the conclusion of the
1971 season.
Packers 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. 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 wildcard 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.
Head Coach record
| Team |
Year |
Regular Season |
Post Season |
| Won |
ost |
ies |
in % |
inish |
Won |
Lost |
Win % |
Result |
| GB |
a href=http://1975_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1975 NFL season - Totally Explained">1975 | |
10 |
0 |
.563 |
3rd in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
-
|
| GB |
a href=http://1976_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1976 NFL season - Totally Explained">1976 | |
9 |
0 |
.4 |
4th in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| GB |
a href=http://1977_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1977 NFL season - Totally Explained">1977 | |
10 |
0 |
.3 |
4th in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| GB |
a href=http://1978_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1978 NFL season - Totally Explained">1978 | |
7 |
1 |
.5 |
2nd in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| GB |
a href=http://1979_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1979 NFL season - Totally Explained">1979 | |
11 |
0 |
.4 |
4th in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| GB |
a href=http://1980_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1980 NFL season - Totally Explained">1980 | |
10 |
1 |
.4 |
5th in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| GB |
a href=http://1981_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1981 NFL season - Totally Explained">1981 | |
8 |
0 |
.500 |
2nd in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| GB |
a href=http://1982_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1982 NFL season - Totally Explained">1982 | |
3 |
1 |
.5 |
1st in NFC Central |
1 |
1 |
.500 |
Defeated St. Louis Cardinals in first round. Lost to Dallas Cowboys in second round
|
| GB |
a href=http://1983_NFL_season.totallyexplained.com title="1983 NFL season - Totally Explained">1983 | |
8 |
0 |
.500 |
2nd in NFC Central |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Total |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
.500 |
|
Regular season
| Att |
Comp |
Yds |
TD |
Int |
|
Att |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
| 1957 |
215 |
117 |
1,489 |
8 |
10 |
|
31 |
98 |
3.1 |
3 |
| 1959 |
134 |
70 |
972 |
6 |
7 |
|
16 |
83 |
5.2 |
0 |
| 1961 |
295 |
172 |
2,418 |
16 |
16 |
|
12 |
56 |
4.7 |
1 |
| 1963 |
244 |
132 |
1,855 |
15 |
10 |
|
13 |
116 |
8.9 |
0 |
| 1965 |
251 |
140 |
2,055 |
16 |
9 |
|
18 |
169 |
9.4 |
1 |
| 1967 |
210 |
115 |
1,823 |
9 |
17 |
|
21 |
90 |
4.3 |
0 |
| 1969 |
148 |
92 |
1,161 |
9 |
6 |
|
7 |
60 |
8.6 |
4 |
| 1971 |
45 |
24 |
286 |
0 |
3 |
|
3 |
11 |
3.7 |
1 |
Rawhide Boys Ranch, New London, WI, a facility designed to help at-risk and troubled boys throughout the state, and is affiliated with it to this day.
In 1999, he was ranked number 41 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.
Starr is one of five Green Bay Packers to have his number (15) retired by the team. The others are Tony Canadeo (3), Don Hutson (14), Ray Nitschke (66), and Reggie White (92). Of the five, only Starr is still living. Brett Favre will join him in 2008 as the only living Packer with his number retired (4).
Starr has an NFL award named after him. The Bart Starr Award is given annually, by a panel of judges, to an NFL player of outstanding character.
Starr currently resides with his wife in Hoover, Alabama.
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