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Monday 27 May 2019

SIMON SAYS….

In this Feb. 5, 2006, file photo,
former Green Bay Packers’
Bart Starr carries in the Vince
Lombardi Trophy following
the Super Bowl XL football
game between the Seattle
Seahawks and Pittsburgh
Steelers, in Detroit. The Steelers
won, 21-10.
Associated Press
Bart Starr,

QB who led

Packers to

greatness,

dies at 85

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Pro Football Writer
Bart Starr was an ordinary
quarterback until teaming
with Vince Lombardi and
serving as the catalyst for
the powerhouse Green
Bay Packers teams that
ruled the 1960s and ush-
ered in the NFL as Ameri-
ca’s most popular sport.
The quarterback’s grace-
ful throws helped turn a
run-heavy league into a
passing spectacle, yet it’s
a run for which he’s most
famous: the sneak that
won the famed “Ice Bowl”
in 1967. Starr died Sunday
at age 85 in Birmingham,
Alabama, the Packers Rossi finishes second
said. He had been in failing
health since suffering two to Pagenaud in dramatic Indy 500
strokes and a heart attack
in 2014. Starr is the third of
Lombardi’s dozen Hall of Simon Pagenaud, of France, celebrates after winning the
Famers to die in the past Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor
eight months. Fullback Jim
Taylor died in October and Speedway, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Indianapolis.
offensive tackle Forrest Associated Press
Gregg died last month. Page 19

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