Jerry Kramer retired from the Green Bay Packers and the National Football League in 1968 with five NFL Championship and two Super Bowl rings. Behind him, Bart Starr scored the winning touchdown in the Ice Bowl, and Paul Hornung ran into legend. Now, Kramer's daughter Alicia is spearheading a 21st century grassroots campaign to revive her father's football legacy and earn him entrance into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Former Green Bay receiver Don Beebe, who helped the Packers to a 1996 Super Bowl victory and a 1997 return trip, opens up to OnMilwaukee.com in a wide ranging Milwaukee Talks about the lasting impressions some Brett Favre throws made on his body, getting an OnMilwaukee.com staffer out of a ticket, concerns over concussions and the health of former players, his thoughts on Packers fans and pitching a movie about his life story.
So we now know that 2012 won't top 2011 in terms of sports greatness here in Wisconsin. What had started out as a year with such promise ended with the barrage of miscues on the turf of Lambeau Field on Sunday. With the Packers early exit from the NFL playoffs, there will be no magic carpet ride down to Indianapolis in two weeks.
But that's okay.
Writing year-end "best of" lists is easy, and writing 2012 New Year's resolutions is even easier. After all, it's not very challenging to opine about what we would like to see. It's much trickier to predict the future.
Tuesday April 24th, 2012 – Fox Lake, IL Once again, it’s back to the trenches to start all over. I lost count years ago the number of times I’ve had to pick myself out of the mud, clean myself off and try to climb back on the horse of life with hopes of ending up...
Monday February 6th, 2012 - Chicago, IL The older I get, the less I know. I am now officially a clueless boob, and that‘s my final answer. I have completely given up all hope of ever trying to figure out the inner working secrets of standup comedy, women or human existence as a ...
Sunday December 18th, 2011 - Milwaukee, WI What an ideal day to not watch the Green Bay Packers game. They had to lose at some point, and today was it. I was busy doing other things and didn’t watch the game, and my life is better for it. Hearing about it was painful enough. I&r...
Monday November 14th, 2011 - Chicago, IL/Kenosha, WI Now THAT’S a football game! The Green Bay Packers stomped the purple stuffing out of the nefarious Minnesota Vikings 45-7, in one of the most enjoyable ass whippings I’ve seen since Buster Douglas flattened Mike Tyson. H...
Friday April 1st, 2011 - Milwaukee, WI/Stevens Point, WI A pleasantly busy day today. I was up early and ready to work. I did two gigantic loads of laundry, and that’s always a treat because now I’ve got clean clothes to wear. I was at the end of the line, and some odd fas...
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