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RIP "The Golden Boy" Paul Hornung
Posted on 11/13/20 at 11:54 am
Posted on 11/13/20 at 11:54 am
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Green Bay Packers, Notre Dame great Paul Hornung dies at 84
ESPN
11:33 AM CT
Paul Hornung, "The Golden Boy" who starred for Notre Dame in the 1950s and the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s, has died at age 84, the Louisville Sports Commission announced Friday.
The commission said Hornung had dementia.
Hornung, born Dec. 23, 1935 in Louisville, Kentucky, was one of only seven players to win the Heisman Trophy and be named NFL MVP by The Associated Press, along with Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton, Barry Sanders, Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell and O.J. Simpson.
He won the Heisman in 1956 while playing for a 2-8 Notre Dame team. In becoming the only player to win the award while starring for a losing team, Hornung led the Fighting Irish in passing, rushing, scoring, kickoff returns, punt returns and punting. On defense, he was tops in passes broken up, second in tackles and second in interceptions.
Hornung was chosen by the Packers No. 1 overall in the 1957 draft, the first of nine future Hall of Famers selected that year. Hornung -- along with fellow Packers stars Bart Starr, Jim Taylor and Jerry Kramer, as well as innovative coach Vince Lombardi -- went on to lead the struggling franchise to the 1960 NFL title game, a 19-17 loss to the Eagles.
In that 1960 season, the star running back accounted for an NFL-record 176 points -- via touchdowns, field goals and extra points -- a mark that stood for 46 years. Hornung was named a first-team All-Pro that season, an honor he repeated the following year in leading the Packers to the first of four titles they would win while he was on the team.
But a pinched nerve in his neck suffered earlier in his career started to slow Hornung. Then a gambling scandal brought his career to a temporary halt, when he was suspended for the 1963 season by commissioner Pete Rozelle, who found Hornung and Detroit Lions star Alex Karras had bet on NFL games and associated with "known hoodlums."
Hornung was reinstated for the 1964 season, but his best years were behind him, rushing for 299 yards in the Packers' 1965 NFL championship season then 200 yards in nine games in 1966, when the Packers won the first Super Bowl.
After wrapping a career in which he became the only player in NFL history to score 50 touchdowns and kick 50 field goals and inductions into both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame, he was a frequent face on TV football broadcasts, working for CBS alongside such legends as Lindsey Nelson and Vin Scully.
Green Bay Packers, Notre Dame great Paul Hornung dies at 84
ESPN
11:33 AM CT
Paul Hornung, "The Golden Boy" who starred for Notre Dame in the 1950s and the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s, has died at age 84, the Louisville Sports Commission announced Friday.
The commission said Hornung had dementia.
Hornung, born Dec. 23, 1935 in Louisville, Kentucky, was one of only seven players to win the Heisman Trophy and be named NFL MVP by The Associated Press, along with Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton, Barry Sanders, Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell and O.J. Simpson.
He won the Heisman in 1956 while playing for a 2-8 Notre Dame team. In becoming the only player to win the award while starring for a losing team, Hornung led the Fighting Irish in passing, rushing, scoring, kickoff returns, punt returns and punting. On defense, he was tops in passes broken up, second in tackles and second in interceptions.
Hornung was chosen by the Packers No. 1 overall in the 1957 draft, the first of nine future Hall of Famers selected that year. Hornung -- along with fellow Packers stars Bart Starr, Jim Taylor and Jerry Kramer, as well as innovative coach Vince Lombardi -- went on to lead the struggling franchise to the 1960 NFL title game, a 19-17 loss to the Eagles.
In that 1960 season, the star running back accounted for an NFL-record 176 points -- via touchdowns, field goals and extra points -- a mark that stood for 46 years. Hornung was named a first-team All-Pro that season, an honor he repeated the following year in leading the Packers to the first of four titles they would win while he was on the team.
But a pinched nerve in his neck suffered earlier in his career started to slow Hornung. Then a gambling scandal brought his career to a temporary halt, when he was suspended for the 1963 season by commissioner Pete Rozelle, who found Hornung and Detroit Lions star Alex Karras had bet on NFL games and associated with "known hoodlums."
Hornung was reinstated for the 1964 season, but his best years were behind him, rushing for 299 yards in the Packers' 1965 NFL championship season then 200 yards in nine games in 1966, when the Packers won the first Super Bowl.
After wrapping a career in which he became the only player in NFL history to score 50 touchdowns and kick 50 field goals and inductions into both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame, he was a frequent face on TV football broadcasts, working for CBS alongside such legends as Lindsey Nelson and Vin Scully.
This post was edited on 11/13/20 at 11:56 am
Posted on 11/13/20 at 11:58 am to Mizz-SEC
RIP
He looked pretty damn confused during Burrow's Heisman speech, I thought he was just old. I had no idea he had been legit dealing with this so now I kind of feel bad for laughing at the faces he made during the ceremony.
He looked pretty damn confused during Burrow's Heisman speech, I thought he was just old. I had no idea he had been legit dealing with this so now I kind of feel bad for laughing at the faces he made during the ceremony.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:13 pm to Mizz-SEC
I had a few beers with him in the early 90's in Columbia SC at 5 points and that dude had a parade of co-eds following him around bar hopping.
RIP to the Golden Boy
RIP to the Golden Boy
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:20 pm to Mizz-SEC
RIP...dementia absolutely is so hard to deal with. Great player back in the day
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:22 pm to Mizz-SEC
May he RIP and God Bless.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:25 pm to Mizz-SEC
Wasn't he a Saint for a while during the 1967 season? I don't think he ever played for us, but I do believe we drafted him in the expansion team draft. We also got Jim Taylor, who did play for us for one season
RIP Paul
RIP Paul
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:26 pm to Mizz-SEC
RIP... One hell of an athlete...................
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:27 pm to Mizz-SEC
One of the heroes of my youth- I knew everything there was to know about those 60's-era GB Packers. RIP to The Golden Boy
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:28 pm to AZBadgerFan
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ne of the heroes of my youth- I knew everything there was to know about those 60's-era GB Packers. RIP to The Golden Boy
The Packers sweep was a thing of beauty...............
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:35 pm to Mizz-SEC
Another football player from the '50s and '60s who died with dementia. ..
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:37 pm to dukke v
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The Packers sweep was a thing of beauty...............
This post was edited on 11/13/20 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:39 pm to L.A.
And Doug Atkins from the Bears.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:41 pm to L.A.
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Wasn't he a Saint for a while during the 1967 season? I don't think he ever played for us, but I do believe we drafted him in the expansion team draft. We also got Jim Taylor, who did play for us for one season
The story goes that Lombardi left Hornung and Taylor unprotected because he thought no team in their right mind would waste expansion picks on over-the-hill superstars. They were wrong. And supposedly Lombardi was very upset over it.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:44 pm to AZBadgerFan
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One of the heroes of my youth- I knew everything there was to know about those 60's-era GB Packers. RIP to The Golden Boy
That's 3 this year.
Davis/Adderley/Hornung
all getting old at the same time
I was not quite old enough to follow them so I decided to start whatever year SB3 was. Almost 30 years later they finally won again.
sorry about that jinx
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:45 pm to lsutigers1992
quote:Interesting. I always assumed the Packers were just trying to dump some salary
The story goes that Lombardi left Hornung and Taylor unprotected because he thought no team in their right mind would waste expansion picks on over-the-hill superstars. They were wrong. And supposedly Lombardi was very upset over it.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 2:25 pm to Mizz-SEC
I always liked this picture of him, Chuck Bednarik and Jim Taylor.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 2:56 pm to lsutigers1992
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The story goes that Lombardi left Hornung and Taylor unprotected because he thought no team in their right mind would waste expansion picks on over-the-hill superstars. They were wrong. And supposedly Lombardi was very upset over it.
If I remember correctly, Jerry Kramer's book says that Taylor was traded away after a salary dispute went sour. Lombardi talked to the team about how much they would miss Paul and how important he had been to the team, but that they'd "just replace that other guy."
Posted on 11/13/20 at 2:56 pm to Mizz-SEC
I met em in a restaurant in Atlanta about 25 years ago.
Great guy and was certainly enjoying himself that night and clearly lived life.
Great guy and was certainly enjoying himself that night and clearly lived life.
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