GREEN BAY – It was an emotional and uplifting weekend for Bart and Cherry Starr as the couple returned to Green Bay for the 50th anniversary of the Packers’ Super Bowl II championship victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
It was the Starrs’ first Packers game since welcoming Brett Favre back to Lambeau Field on Thanksgiving two years ago, the first of Favre’s two-part jersey retirement ceremony.
Starr, 83, has battled a series of health issues in recent years, including a heart attack and multiple strokes and seizures, but he made enough progress over the past six months to allow him to participate in a ceremony commemorating the 1967 championship team between the first and second quarter of Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints.