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
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.
College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.
Lombardi has to have the highest threshold of pain in the world - none of our injuries hurts him at all.
Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job.
My whole life has been one of seeking experience.
Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.
To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.
Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.