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27 May 2019, 02:19 AM | #1 |
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RIP Bart Starr
A great one is gone. Even as a Bears fan, and long time hater of all things Green Bay Packers, I appreciate the quality of his game and what he brought to the stadium each week.
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27 May 2019, 02:34 AM | #2 |
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27 May 2019, 02:55 AM | #3 |
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On vacation and just heard of this with the OP's post. Thanks for that! RIP, Bart. A true gentleman and NFL great.
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27 May 2019, 02:59 AM | #4 |
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Wow what a shock to read this.
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27 May 2019, 03:03 AM | #5 |
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A true gentleman. Played when it was a game and not all about money. Hall of famer in life as well
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27 May 2019, 04:04 AM | #6 |
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Haram! He will be truly missed
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27 May 2019, 12:37 PM | #7 |
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RIP Bart. Thanks for the memories.
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27 May 2019, 08:53 PM | #9 |
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Was reading through the comments of an article announcing Mr. Starr's passing, and I saw this. Thought it was a nice way to be remembered.
Such a sad day for me. I grew up in Chicago in the 60’s but had retained my Packer love from previously living in Milwaukee. A good family friend had Packer season tickets in Green Bay and knew how much I loved the Packers so starting in 1966 when I was 11 they would have our family come up to Green Bay for the weekend to go to a Packers game. Oh, did I mention they lived directly across the street from Bart Starr? During the day I would play lawn football with Bart Jr and then the night before the game we would go to Bart’s house to sit with Bart, Cherry and the 2 boys. I can’t even begin to tell anyone what a thrill this was. Bart would sign pictures and footballs for me and teased me about being a Bears fan. But then he would sign things with my name and refer to me as the Windy City Packer Backer. I can tell you from my friends' stories Bart was everything that people say he was. He was an outstanding neighbor, not just Bart Starr the football player. Our family went up for Bart Starr day and my parents got to sit at the dinner the night before with Jerry Kramer and brought me home his autograph. I will never forget that game. In 2002 while checking out of a hotel in New York City I ran into Bart in the lobby. I told him who I was and spent a half and hour with him and Cherry talking outside the hotel. He gave me his business card and told me to contact him if I wanted any memorabilia. There will never be another Bart Starr. RIP, Bart.
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27 May 2019, 10:23 PM | #11 |
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28 May 2019, 03:29 PM | #12 |
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-RIP-
I met Bart at a Packer's game in a private box. He was very gracious taking time to sign autographs and talk to fans. A true gentleman!
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