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10 best Alabama alumni in NFL history

By Russell S. Baxter

Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr (15) looks downfield during Super Bowl I, a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by James Flores/Getty Images)
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr (15) looks downfield during Super Bowl I, a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by James Flores/Getty Images) /
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Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Roger Brown (78) pressures Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr (15) during a 27-24 Rams victory on December 9, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vic Stein/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Roger Brown (78) pressures Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr (15) during a 27-24 Rams victory on December 9, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vic Stein/Getty Images) /

1. Bart Starr

They are the most successful franchise in NFL history when it comes to championships. The league began play in 1920 and there have been a total of 103 seasons to date. On 13 occasions, the Green Bay Packers walked away with a title. Four of those have come during the Super Bowl Era.

Under the guidance of head coach Vince Lombardi, the Packers came away with a total of five NFL championships in a seven-year span. At the helm of those teams was future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr, a 17th-round draft in 1956 from the University of Alabama and the 200th overall selection that year.

He threw for 24,718 yards, 152 scores and 138 interceptions in 16 seasons. Those were very respectable numbers for that era. However, the accurate field general was at his best come money time. In 10 postseason contests, he threw five times as many TD passes (15) as interceptions (3). He ran for his only score in the playoffs, that being his game-winning one-yard touchdown plunge which defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in the 1967 NFL Championship Game (aka the “Ice Bowl).

Starr, who passed away in 2019, remains a beloved player in Packers’ history. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. His post playing days included stints as an assistant head coach, head coach and general manager with the Packers.

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