Bart Starr

High school

Sidney Lanier High School

College

University of Alabama

Pro team(s)

Green Bay Packers

Hall of Fame

⭐ Pro Football Hall of Fame

Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr was born on January 9, 1934, in Montgomery, Alabama, and attended Sidney Lanier High School before going on to the University of Alabama. He was drafted in the 17th round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers — 199th overall, a pick so late that it barely registered — and over the next 16 years he became the most precise, clutch, and respected quarterback of his generation. Under coach Vince Lombardi, who arrived in Green Bay in 1959, Starr became the field general of the most dominant dynasty in the NFL's pre-Super Bowl era. The Packers won five NFL Championships in seven years (1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967), the first two Super Bowls (following the 1966 and 1967 seasons), and are considered by football historians as one of the two or three greatest dynasties in the sport's history. Starr's greatest moment came in the 1967 NFC Championship Game — the "Ice Bowl" — played at Lambeau Field in minus-13-degree temperatures (minus-46 with wind chill), with the Packers trailing the Dallas Cowboys 17-14 in the final minute. On third-and-goal from the one-yard line with 16 seconds left and no timeouts, Lombardi called a quarterback sneak. Starr dove behind Jerry Kramer's block and scored the winning touchdown. He was named MVP of Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II, completing 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns in Super Bowl I. His career passer rating of 80.5 led the NFL at the time of his retirement. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama.