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Packers Great Max McGee Dies

McGee scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2007 9:50 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Max McGee, the Green Bay Packer legend who scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history, died yesterday after falling from the roof of his Minnesota home. McGee played 12 seasons with the Cheeseheads and served two years in the Air Force, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says. The Nevada native remains the tenth-highest scorer in NFL history with 306 points on 51 touchdowns.

“He was the most uncomplicated athlete I ever covered,” one sports writer said. McGee is also remembered for his off-field antics: The night before Super Bowl I, he sneaked out after curfew, thinking he wouldn’t play. But the next day, after catching just an hour’s sleep, he played to great acclaim. McGee, who was a popular color commentator on the team's radio broadcasts and co-founded Chi Chi’s, was 75.

Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, left, visits the Green Bay Packers' dressing room and congratulates Max McGee, right, who scored two touchdowns for the Packers in their 35-10 victory in Super Bowl I in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 1967. McGee died Saturday Oct. 20, 2007 after falling from...
Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, left, visits the Green Bay Packers' dressing room and congratulates Max McGee, right, who scored two touchdowns for the Packers in their 35-10 victory in Super Bowl...   (Associated Press)
Green Bay Packers' Max McGee makes a spectacular catch of a 41-yard pass from halfback Paul Hornung and falls into the end zone for Green Bay's third touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams during their football game in the Los Angeles Coliseum in this 1960 photo. McGee, the free-spirited Green...
Green Bay Packers' Max McGee makes a spectacular catch of a 41-yard pass from halfback Paul Hornung and falls into the end zone for Green Bay's third touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams during their...   (Associated Press)
Longtime Green Bay Packers radio announcer Jim Irwin, left, acknowledges his colleague and former Packer Max McGee during halftime ceremonies Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. McGee, the free-spirited Green Bay Packers receiver who became part of Super Bowl lore after a night on the...
Longtime Green Bay Packers radio announcer Jim Irwin, left, acknowledges his colleague and former Packer Max McGee during halftime ceremonies Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis....   (Associated Press)
Former Green Bay Packer Max McGee talks at a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1998, at Childrens Hospital in Milwaukee. McGee, the free-spirited Green Bay Packers receiver who became part of Super Bowl lore after a night on the town, died when he fell while clearing leaves from the roof...
Former Green Bay Packer Max McGee talks at a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1998, at Childrens Hospital in Milwaukee. McGee, the free-spirited Green Bay Packers receiver who became part of Super Bowl...   (Associated Press)
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