Associated Press
Bart Starr, who as the earnest and determined leader of the great Green Bay Packers teams of the 1960s became one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in history — the in-the-huddle incarnation of their fierce and masterly coach, Vince Lombardi — died on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. He was 85.
His death was announced by the Packers. He had been in poor health since suffering a serious stroke in 2014, the team said.
Starr, the son of a strict military man who told him he wished he were tougher, was an underperforming bench-warmer when Lombardi first arrived in Green Bay in 1959.