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Book SynopsisBart Starr was the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971, the most meaningful and successful era of one of football''s most storied franchises. Starr was named MVP of the first two Super Bowls and to the Pro Bowl four times. He threw for more than 24,000 yards in his career and holds the Packer record for most games played. But the awards and impressive statistics are not what fans remember most about Bart Starr. As his legendary coach, Vince Lombardi, once said, Bart Starr stands for what the game of football stands for: courage, stamina and coordinated efficiency. You instill desire by creating a superlative example. The noblest form of leadership is by example and that is what Bart Starr is about.
Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered shows with clarity and stunning insight just how true Lombardi''s compliment was. Drafted in the seventeenth round out of the University of Alabama after a checkered collegiate career, Starr was just hoping to catch th
Trade ReviewClaerbaut pulls together a credible and well-written biography of the usually reticent Green Bay Packers hero. With the help of Starr's teammates from the Glory Days, Claerbaut incorporates a history of the Packers during this era as well as a look at the star quarterback, whom few people really know. -- Jean Peerenboom * Packersnews.Com *
Claerbaut sweeps away the myths and romance surrounding the Packers to reveal what most pro-football experts knew — Starr... was a leader who could inspire a team by his actions. -- Bob D'Angelo * Tampa Review *
Inspirational story of triumph. -- John Maxymuk * Library Journal *
A carefully researched and fluidly written biography of one of football's truly great players and a glimpse inside one of its great teams. -- Wes Lukowsky * Booklist *
A celebration of one of the flat-top good guys from an era not so terribly long ago. -- Scott Adamson * Birmingham Post-Herald *
