Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr has died at 85. He was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls ever played.
Starr, who won five National Football League championships for the Packers, had been in failing health since suffering a stroke in 2014, according to the Packers. "We are saddened to note the passing of our husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Bart Starr," his family said in a statement."He battled with courage and determination to transcend the serious stroke he suffered in September 2014, but his most recent illness was too much to overcome.
Bart Starr's wife recounts time she panicked over Super Bowl ring 01:04"The 60s will be described as the decade in which football became the number one sport in America, in which the Packers were the number one team, and Bart Starr was proudly the number one Packer," President Richard Nixon once said. He excelled when it mattered most and went 9-1 in postseason games in his career under coach Vince Lombardi.
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