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Packer nation has lost one of it's greats...

gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
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RIP Max McGee

He was blowing leaves off his roof this afternoon and fell to his death at the age of 75.

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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow, that stinks. What a wierd way to go image

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  • BuffaloBisonsHockeyBuffaloBisonsHockey Posts: 123
    What a shame. Really nice friendly man. Met him at autograph show a few months ago. Signed mini-helmet with "Super Bowl #1 first TD". Took the time to talk and shake hands with everyone there. Class act , he will be missed
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  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    He'll be missed by a generation of Packers fans who remember him playing and another generation who grew up listening to him broadcast the games.

    If there ever was a "fan favorite" Max McGee was the man!

    RIP, Max!

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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭
    i wondered what the hell he was doing on his roof at 75???

    RIP

    great reciever, first to catch a TD in the superbowl wasn't he?
    Fred

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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    Yes...he had the first TD reception in Super Bowl history. As the story goes, he broke curfew the night before and showed up to the game worse for the wear. In fact, prior to the game, he told Boyd Dowler to not get hurt because he wasn't doing so well. Sure enough, Dowler got hurt early and McGee was put into the game. That first touchdown grab was behind him and as he put it, "I saw three balls out there and just grabbed one of them".

    He was definitely a free spirit and one of the early characters of the game.

    "3rd and ten, you take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time."
    -Max McGee
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    that s shame, might listen to my wife next time i get on my 10 x12 pitch roof lol- you can go over pretty easily that for sure rip max image
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