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Bart Starr’s road to the Packers traced via Matt Lair
A high school trip in 1950 linked Bart Starr with mentor Matt Lair in Montgomery Alabama. Lair's coaching fostered Starr’s ball handling and fundamentals before his Alabama rise and eventual Packers career. Starr later recalled the three weeks as pivotal in his development as a quarterback.
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Lexington Ky
Bart Starr
Green Bay Packer
Murray Olderman
Babe Parilli
Starr
Montgomery
Ala
Sidney Lanier High
Matt Lair
Lanier
Matt
Kentucky
Bear Bryant
Parilli
Lair
Bart
National Football League
Laie
Green Bay
Dallas
NFL
Cowboys
Packers
Tobin Rote
Parisi
Babe
Lamar MeeHan
Arkansas all-America
Bart Stare