Max McGee
| Max McGee | |
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Position (s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey number (s): 85 |
| born July 16, 1932 in Saxton City , Nevada | |
| died on October 20, 2007 in Deephaven , Minnesota | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1954 - 1967 | |
| NFL Draft : 1954 / Round: 5 / Pick: 51 | |
| College : Tulane | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Captured passports | 345 |
| Captive yards | 6,346 |
| Touchdowns | 50 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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William Max McGee (born July 16, 1932 in Saxton City , Nevada , † October 20, 2007 in Deephaven , Minnesota ) was an American football player .
McGee began in Tulane at the College of Football . He played for the Green Bay Packers from 1954 to 1967. He scored the first touchdown in the first Super Bowl in the history of the National Football League in January 1967 in the 35:10 win of the Green Bay Packers under coach Vince Lombardi against the Kansas City Chiefs .
When his youngest son, Dallas, was diagnosed with diabetes , McGee founded the National Max McGee Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes in 1999 .
After his career, he worked as a radio reporter from 1979 to 1998 .
McGee died falling off the roof of his house trying to remove leaves from there. He was 75 years old. He leaves behind his wife Denise, four children and seven grandchildren.
Web links
- Obituary at Foxnews. Accessed August 20, 2015.
- Obituary in the New York Times. Accessed July 24, 2016.
- McGee's story goes well beyond SB hangover at Sports Illustrated. Accessed July 24, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McGee, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McGee, William Max (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saxton City , Nevada |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2007 |
| Place of death | Deephaven , Minnesota |