Bart Starr's football career is reminiscent of something out of a classic sports movie. Starr led his team to the highest plateaus and succeeded at the highest level during an era of football that began every football player's lust for the Lombardi Trophy. Unfortunately, Starr passed away earlier this year due to health complications from a stroke he suffered back in 2014. While his physical form is no longer with us, he will forever be remembered for his impact on the field from fans and for his love as a father and husband by his loved ones. Starr played his collegiate football at the University of Alabama where he played the quarterback, safety, and punter positions and led the Crimson Tide to the 1953 Cotton Bowl. Unfortunately, Starr suffered a severe back injury from a hazing incident and the rest of his college football career remained uneventful.
In the 1956 NFL Draft, Bart Starr was selected 200th overall in the seventeenth round by the Green Bay Packers where he would play his entire sixteen-season NFL career. It wasn't until 1959 that Starr won the starting quarterback position thanks to then-new head coach, Vince Lombardi. As a starter, Starr would go on to lead the Packers to five NFL Championships including winning three consecutive championships from 1965 to 1967. The Packers were the only team to ever win three consecutive championships since the induction of the playoff system in 1933. Starr also led the Packers to championship wins in both Super Bowl I and II. In 1971, Starr retired with the second-best career passer rating at the time of 80.5.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.