Game of My Life : Memorable Stories of Packers Football

by Carlson, Chuck

• ISBN13: 9781582618142
• ISBN10: 1582618143
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-23
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

When Bart Starr snuck across the goal line in the withering cold of Lambeau Field to beat the Dallas Cowboys in 1967. "The Ice Bowl" became the greatest game in Green Bay Packers history. Unless, of course, it was the NFC championship win over the Carolina Panthers in 1997 that sent the Packers back to the Super Bowl for the first time in 30 years. Maybe it was that mind-bending 48-47 Monday night win over the Washington Redskins in 1983, or perhaps it was the Western Conference title win over the Baltimore Colts in 1965 on an overtime field goal that Colts players to this day say was no good. It could also have been any one of Green Bay's three Super Bowl wins or the victory over the San Francisco 49ers in 1995 that cemented the Packers as a force in the NFL once again. Maybe it was any one of a number of games against their ancient rivals, the Chicago Bears, or maybe it was as recently as the 2003 NFC playoff win over the Seattle Seahawks or Brett Favre's remarkable performance after his father died. Maybe it wasn't even a Packers victory that earned its way into history. Perhaps that's the beauty of a franchise with such a long and lyrical history as the Packers--so many big games and so many opportunities to pick the ones that really matter. So many years have produced so many games and so many memories. In Chuck Carlson's Game of My Life, former and current players and coaches talk about the best, the most important, the most entertaining, or just the strangest games this franchise has ever played. Some will be obvious choices, but others may tax the memory of even the most stalwart Packers fans. For a franchise steeped in history, tradition, and legend, this book is bound to touchon a game that sits fondly in the hearts of Packers fans everywhere.

Author Biography

Chuck Carlson has been a sports journalist for three decades, working at newspapers in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, Illinois and Wisconsin. For 10 years he primarily covered the Green Bay Packers, along with University of Wisconsin sports, for The Post-Crescent in Appleton, Wisconsin. He is also a longtime freelance writer and guest on various TV and radio shows. This is the fourth book Chuck has written about the Green Bay Packers, following Titletown Again, the official book of the Packers' 1996 Super Bowl season, the Green Bay Packers Pocket Primer, and, most recently, Tales from the Green Bay Packers Sideline. He also served as editor of The Packers! the team's official 75th anniversary book. Chuck is currently assistant sports editor at The Northwestern in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and lives in Appleton with his wife, Theresa, and their three boys-Brian, Patrick and Michael.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Introduction	xi
Jim Taylor	1	(9)
Chester Marcol	10	(9)
Jesse Whittenton	19	(7)
Willie Buchanon	26	(9)
Jerry Kramer	35	(10)
Lynn Dickey	45	(12)
Willie Davis	57	(10)
Ken Ruettgers	67	(10)
Mike Douglass	77	(8)
Ron Kramer	85	(8)
Santana Dotson	93	(10)
John Brockington	103	(9)
James Lofton	112	(10)
Dave Robinson	122	(7)
Paul Coffman	129	(8)
Don Majkowski	137	(9)
Bart Starr	146	(10)
Marv Fleming	156	(7)
Jim Carter	163	(7)
Larry McCarren	170	(6)
Brett Favre	176