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Packers Super Bowl I team honored at halftime
Monday, September 28th 2015
Before the 2015 matchup, 22 members of that 1966 Packers team tailgated together outside Lambeau Field.
They were also honored at the game during halftime. Super Bowl highlights played on the video board, and then each player's name was read.
"I used to tell people when I come back here to meet these guys again, I feel like I'm 23," said Dave Robinson, a linebacker in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "And I drink like I'm 35. And I pass out like I'm 74. You can't hang no more. Father time gets there."
Many of the players spent the past 10 days together.
"We've just had a great time, and we've been able to do some worthwhile events, fundraisers for charities," said Carroll Dale, a wide receiver in the Packers Hall of Fame.
Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy says nothing personifies the Packers better than the Lombardi-era and the Super Bowl I team.
"It's really been great to have them here all week and what's really been fun is to see the interaction between them," said Murphy. "Obviously they haven't been together in a long time but one of them said, 'It's like we're all 25 years old again.' It's really fun to see them."
It was January 15, 1967 when the NFL champion Packers beat the AFL champion Chiefs in Los Angeles.
"The Super Bowl was a big game but it's certainly not what it is now," said Murphy. "It's because of great players like these guys that the game has grown to what it is now. It's like a national holiday."
The reunion has been bittersweet.
"As you can imagine, one thing, you feel good to be alive," said Willie Davis, a defensive end in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"It's kind of a happy time, sad time," added Dale. "Simply the sad part comes from the guys that have passed on and those, maybe like Bart, that aren't able to be here."
This NFL season will end with the Super Bowl 50. The game will be played in the San Francisco area.
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