Jerry Kramer
Jerry Kramer
Gerald Louis "Jerry" Krameris an American former professional football player, author and sports commentator, best remembered for his 11-year National Football Leaguecareer with the Green Bay Packers as an offensive lineman. As a 6 ft 3 in, 245-poundright guard, Kramer was an integral part of the famous "Packer Sweep", a signature play in which both guards rapidly pull out from their normal positions and lead block for the running back going around the end. Kramer was an All-Pro five times, and a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth23 January 1936
CountryUnited States of America
The ring was gone . Captain gets on the PA system, pleads with whoever picked it up to give it back, the stewardess goes up and down telling people. Nobody comes forth with it .
There's a great deal of love for one another on this club. Perhaps we're living in Camelot.
Many things have been said about Coach, and he is not understood by those who quote him. The players understand. This is one beautiful man.
Twenty-five years ago I was traveling from Chicago to New York on a United Airlines flight. Went to the bathroom, washed my hands, soapy water, the ring slipped off, put it on the sink .
We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere.
They booted the ball around a lot in that first inning but we did a lot of hitting in that first game as well. We did it in spurts.
We still made a lot of mental errors and mistakes we have to work on. There are a lot of little things we have to work on if we are going to beat the good ball teams. We are giving up to many outs. We have to tighten out defense up, there is no question about that.
The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.
I was angry, I felt violated . I was angry for quite a while about it, and now I would just like to have it back. It's kind of like one of the kids been gone a long time and needs to come home now .
Inside the Locker Room is a private, inside look at Coach Lombardi and the men who played for him. The locker room was a very private place; you will hear tears, laughter, prayers and curses. That is the way it was, and my hope is that the listeners will feel that they were right there with us.
When the game is over, it is really just beginning.
In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.
Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.
Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them.