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Bart StarrBryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama) was an American football player and coach. He was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers between 1956 and 1971. He was the first Super Bowl MVP (most valuable player) in Super Bowl I in 1967 and again in Super Bowl II in 1968. He was also the coach of the Packers from 1975–1983, going 52-76-3. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977, and earned four Pro Bowl selections. He is currently ranked 50th in all-time passing yards. Even before the Super Bowls, Starr's Packers had won NFL Championships in the 1961, 1962, and 1965 seasons, before winning the first two Super Bowls at the end of the 1966 and 1967 seasons. Starr was responsible for calling plays when he was quarterback, as was the norm at the time. One of his most famed play calls came in the Ice Bowl. With the Packers trailing 17-14, Vince Lombardi decided to go for the win rather than the tie. Starr called for a quarterback sneak because the frigid conditions made a handoff riskier than usual, and scored the winning touchdown to send the Packers to their sixth championship game in eight years, and would eventually lead to their fifth championship win in seven years. (The Packers had lost the 1960 Championship game.) Starr, Bart Starr, Bart Starr, Bart Starr, Bart
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