Starr, who suffered a stroke and heart attack last year, has been undergoing experimental stem cell treatments, the second of which he received in the past couple weeks. He had vowed to return when Brett Favre had his retired number unveiled inside Lambeau Field, but that came into question when Starr had a setback in his recovery back in August.
Now his family says he’ll make the trip to Green Bay, barring another setback, and they’re crediting the event in spurring his recovery.
“I’m not saying he wouldn’t have made progress, not at all,” Bart Starr Jr.