| Max McGee | |
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| Position(s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey #(s): 85 |
| Born: July 16, 1932 Sexton City, Texas |
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| Died: October 20, 2007 (aged 75) Deephaven, Minnesota |
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| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1954–1967 | |
| College: Tulane | |
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| Career Stats | |
| Receptions | 345 |
| Receiving Yards | 6346 |
| Touchdowns | 50 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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William Max McGee (July 16, 1932 – October 20, 2007) was a professional football wide receiver who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1954-67. In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Deephaven is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. In an organised Sports league, a season is the portion of one Year in which regulated Games of the sport are in session The 1954 NFL season was the 35th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1967 NFL season was the 48th Regular season of the National Football League. This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA Tulane University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. In American football, a reception is part of a play in which a Forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is received (caught by a player in bounds A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football. The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame was the first Hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. He also served as the team's punter during a few years of his career. A punter ( P) in American or Canadian football is a Special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and McGee is known for his performance during the first Super Bowl game. Prior to his NFL career, he played college football at Tulane. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Tulane University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1954 NFL Draft. The 1954 National Football League Draft was held on January 28 1954 He played his high school football in White Oak, Texas. White Oak is a city in Gregg County, Texas, United States. The population was 5624 at the 2000 census Max was the first player in High School football history ever to rush for over 3,000 yards in a single season. He rushed for 3,048 his senior year as a White Oak Roughneck in 1949; it would take another 20 years before a High School player would throw the ball for over 3,000 yards in a single season. [[1]] McGee died October 20, 2007 as a result from falling off a roof.
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NFL career
In his rookie season, McGee led the NFL in punting yards while also catching 36 passes for 614 yards and nine touchdowns. A punt in some codes of football especially American football and Rugby football, is performed when the ball is A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football. He missed the next two seasons to serve as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, but returned to become the Packers' leading receiver from 1958-62. McGee was one of the few bright spots on the 1958 Packers team, which finished the season with a league worst 1-10-1 record. The 1958 NFL season was the 39th Regular season of the National Football League. During that season, he lead the NFL in yards per catch average(23. 2), punting yards (2,716) and net yards average(36. 0).
After Vince Lombardi took over as the team's head coach in 1959, McGee helped the team to 6 NFL championship appearances, 5 NFL championship wins, and two Super Bowl wins during the remaining years of his career. Vincent Thomas Lombardi ( June 11, 1913 &ndash September 3, 1970) was an American football coach The 1959 NFL season was the 40th Regular season of the National Football League. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL He also was a Pro Bowl selection during the 1961 season. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The 1961 NFL season was the 42nd Regular season of the National Football League.
In his final two seasons, injuries and age had considerably reduced his production and playing time. Ironically, these two seasons would be the ones for which his career is best remembered. In the 1966 season, McGee caught only four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown as the Packers recorded a 12-2 record and advanced to Super Bowl I against the Kansas City Chiefs. The 1966 NFL season was the 47th Regular season of the National Football League, and the season after which was played Super Bowl I, though it was The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl I, was played on January 15, 1967 The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. Because McGee didn't expect to play in the game, he violated his team's curfew policy and spent the night before the Super Bowl out on the town. The next morning, he told starting receiver Boyd Dowler, "I hope you don't get hurt. Boyd Hamilton Dowler (born October 18, 1937 in Rock Springs, Wyoming) is a former American football Wide receiver in the I'm not in very good shape. " [2]
However, Dowler went down with a separated shoulder on the Packers' second drive of the game, and McGee, who had to borrow a teammate's helmet because he had not brought his own out of the locker room, was put into the game. A few plays later, McGee made a one-handed reception of a pass from Bart Starr, took off past Chiefs defender Fred Williamson and ran 37 yards to score the first touchdown in Super Bowl history. Bryan Bartlett Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery Alabama) is a former professional American football player and coach Fred “The Hammer” Williamson (born March 5, 1938) is an American actor architect and former professional football player a star defensive back in By the end of the game, McGee had recorded seven receptions for 138 yards and two touchdowns, assisting Green Bay to a 35-10 victory.
The following year, he recorded a 35-yard reception in the third quarter of Super Bowl II that set up a touchdown in the Packers 33-14 win over the Oakland Raiders. The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968 The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland California. McGee retired shortly after the game. He finished his 12-season career with 345 receptions for 6,346 yards and 12 carries for 121 yards. He also scored 51 touchdowns (50 receiving and 1 fumble recovery). On special teams, he punted 256 times for 10,647 yards, an average of 41. 6 yards per punt, and returned 4 kickoffs for 69 yards.
Post NFL Career
After retiring from football, he became a major partner in developing the popular Chi-Chi's chain of Mexican restaurants with restaurateur Marno McDermott. Chi-Chi's was a popular Mexican Restaurant chain from 1975 to 2004.
Max McGee's ties to the Packers continued from 1979-98 when he served as the color commentator for radio broadcasts of Packers football games. A color commentator, sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the Broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the Play-by-play McGee was extremely popular as a color commentator and was named Wisconsin "Sportscaster of the Year" an unprecedented ten times over his career — in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989. [3]
McGee founded the Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes in 1999 at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He raised money for diabetes research. Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc
On October 20, 2007, McGee died as a result of a fall from the roof of his home in Deephaven, Minnesota while removing leaves from the roof with a leaf blower. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Deephaven is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. [1]
References
- ^ Karnowski, Steve. "Ex-Packers star McGee dies in fall from roof in Deephaven", Associated Press, 2007-10-21. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Retrieved on 2007-10-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
- Database football.com - career stats - Max McGee
- About the Max McGee Research Center For Juvenile Diabetes
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