Bart Starr, Hall of Fame quarterback for Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, dies at 85
By Harrison Smith Harrison Smith Obituary writer Email Bio Follow May 26 at 12:17 PM Bart Starr, the gritty, record-setting Green Bay Packers quarterback who guided his team to five NFL championships and victories in the first two Super Bowls under head coach Vince Lombardi, died May 26 in Birmingham, Ala. He was 85.
A Pro Football Hall of Famer, Mr. Starr played for the Packers from 1956 to 1971. Selected out of the University of Alabama as the 200th pick of the NFL draft, he received little playing time until 1959, when Lombardi took over the Packers and concocted a balanced offensive attack anchored by Mr. Starr’s pinpoint passing and serene composure.
Until Tom Brady won his sixth title with the New England Patriots last year, no quarterback had won more championships than Mr. Starr, who led the Packers to NFL glory in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966 and 1967. He remains the only quarterback to have won three consecutive league championships.
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