Bart Starr trivia: 74 facts about the famous American football player and coach!

Bart Starr was a famous American football player and coach. He recently passed away!

So let’s find out some trivia about his life and career!

1. His full name is Bryan Bartlett Starr
2. He was born on January 9, 1934
3. He died on May 26, 2019
4. He was a professional American football player and coach
5. He played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL)
6. From 1956 through 1971
7. Starr was the only quarterback in NFL history to lead a team to three consecutive league championships (1965 – 1967)
8. Starr led his team to victories in the first two Super Bowls: I and II
9. As the Packers’ head coach, he was less successful
10. Compiling a 52 – 76 – 3 (.408) record from 1975 through 1983
11. Starr was named the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls
12. And during his career earned four Pro Bowl selections
13. He won the league MVP award in 1966
14. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
15. And the Packers Hall of Fame in 1977
16. Starr has the highest postseason passer rating (104.8) of any quarterback in NFL history
17. And a postseason record of 9 – 1
18. His career completion percentage of 57.4 was an NFL best
19. When he retired in 1972
20. Starr also held the Packers’ franchise record for games played (196) for 32 years
21. Through the 2003 season
22. Starr played college football at the University of Alabama
23. And was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 17th round of the 1956 NFL draft (200th overall)
24. Starr was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama
25. To parents Benjamin Bryan Starr, a labor foreman with the state highway department, and Lula (Tucker) Starr
26. Starr’s early life was marked by hardships
27. Shortly after the start of World War II, his father’s reserve unit was activated
28. And in 1942 he was deployed to the Pacific Theater
29. He was first in the U.S. Army but transferred to the U.S. Air Force for his military career
30. Starr had a younger brother, Hilton E. “Bubba” Starr
31. In 1946, Bubba stepped on a dog bone while playing in the yard
32. And three days later died of tetanus
33. Starr’s relationship with his father deteriorated after Hilton’s death
34. He was an introverted child who rarely showed his emotions
35. And his father pushed Starr to develop more of a mean streak
36. Starr attended Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery
37. And tried out for the football team in his sophomore year
38. But decided to quit after two weeks
39. His father gave him the option of playing football or working in the family garden
40. Starr chose to return to the football field
41. In his junior year, the starting quarterback broke his leg and Starr became the starter
42. He led Lanier to an undefeated season
43. In his senior season, Starr was named all-state and All-American
44. And received college scholarship offers from universities across the country
45. He seriously considered the University of Kentucky, coached by Bear Bryant
46. Starr’s high school sweetheart, Cherry Louise Morton, was planning to attend Auburn
47. And Starr wished to attend a college close to her
48. Starr changed his mind and committed to the University of Alabama
49. Starr and his wife Cherry were married for more than sixty years
50. They had two sons
51. Of whom the younger Bret is deceased
52. He died in 1988, age 24, drug overdose
53. And three granddaughters
54. He was a Christian
55. In 1965, Starr and his wife Cherry helped co-found Rawhide Boys Ranch in New London, Wisconsin
56. A facility designed to help at-risk and troubled boys throughout the state of Wisconsin
57. Starr even donated the Corvette he received as MVP of Super Bowl II to help Rawhide during their early years
58. He and Cherry continued to be affiliated with Rawhide Boys Ranch as of 2017
59. In 1971, Starr and his wife Cherry helped start the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation
60. Raising funds for cancer research and care in honor of the his late coach, Vince Lombardi
61. They were active at all their events throughout the years
62. He and Cherry launched the Starr Children’s Fund within the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation to continue their legacy of work supporting pediatric cancer research and care
63. During his latter years, Starr suffered a number of physical ailments
64. Including ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, a mild heart attack, seizures, and a broken hip
65. In June 2015, Starr’s family reported that he was undergoing stem-cell therapy in a clinical trial
66. He managed to attend a ceremony at Lambeau Field on November 26, 2015 retiring QB Brett Favre’s jersey number
67. And a fall 2017 reunion of the Ice Bowl Packers
68. At Super Bowl 50 in February 2016, the NFL held a pregame ceremony honoring the MVPs of all 49 Super Bowls
69. Although he wished to attend, Starr was not well enough to travel to the game
70. And instead sent a videotaped greeting from home
71. Starr died at the age of 85 on May 26, 2019
72. In Birmingham, Alabama
73. After a period of failing health
74. Due to the stroke he had suffered earlier