GREEN BAY, Wis. — Ken Bowman’s father offered him a piece of advice while growing up that always stuck with him during his career as a center for the Green Bay Packers under legendary coach Vince Lombardi and later as a local attorney.
“Don’t toot your own horn,” Oscar Bowman often told his son. “If you are good enough, someone will toot it for you.”
Bowman, who died at 81 on Dec. 27 at his home in Oro Valley, Arizona, never did have to brag about himself. His accomplishments did it for him.