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Bart Starr's iconic touchdown won the Ice Bowl 50 years ago today

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How can a simple quarterback sneak be one of the iconic plays in the history of football? When it comes with 13 seconds to play, lifts the Green Bay Packers to their unprecedented third consecutive NFL championship and serves as the climax to the coldest game in the league's history, that's how.

Fifty years ago today, Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr plunged into the end zone from 1 yard out in the Packers' 21-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the game that became known as the "Ice Bowl."

"As the twilight deepened and the cold intensified, the @packers were down to one final play.