He was not all that great, or was he? The stats say he was very average, but the record says that he was one of the all-time greats. So what is that defines greatness? Just what makes someone a hero?
To me, and to thousands of other kids in the 1960's he was a hero, a great quarterback, a leader of men. His name was Bryan Bartlett Starr, and he was the quarterback for the legendary Green Bay Packers.
Benched in high school and benched his senior year at Alabama, it is a wonder that he was even drafted by the NFL. The initial report by Packer scouts was that he was not much of a passer and had very average athletic skills.
A new head coach by the name of Vince Lombardi watched some film of the young Starr and something that others had not. It was an unmeasurable quality, and statistics nerds will not find it in any book. It is the quality of sheer determination and willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed.
6 NFL championships and two Super Bowl wins later, well, the rest like they say it history.
Bart Starr is like the people in Wallace when I was growing up there. Sheer determination the unbreakable willingness to do whatever it takes to accomplish the task made Wallace the jewel of Idaho, and the Silver Capital of the world.
R.I.P Bart Starr-1/9/1934 to 5/26/2019-you will be missed.
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