This hungover, old as dirt backup became a Super Bowl legend

[@SecretBaseSBN]

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[@shavturtle1213]

You didn’t put the photo last time

[@donovanpimentel6028]

I just thought I was being told to search the pictures. I did. No ragrets.

[@SecretBaseSBN]

@@shavturtle1213 yeah

[@dekillafied]

I was gonna say, I wanna see the photo too!

[@Hokie4Life]

love this video

[@aprilnelly]

You missed the banter afterwards with the press. Many reporters knew, having seen him out on the town that evening, or were in the hotel lobby when he returned in the morning. Well impressed at the post game presser, they asked how he managed it. Max replied that he ran his route, looked up and saw double vision, two balls coming through the air towards him, but when he held up his hands, he noticed that he had 4 arms, and it wasn't a problem.

[@justanothertrucker7856]

All you need is 4 arms. You could get so much done that way.

[@KaxMerg]

that is hilarious

[@abba-Flammenfresser]

So when Johnny Walker here says that it’s “legendary” but when Bron says he saw 2-4 rims, he gets criticized😒

[@jamesgee9738]

You (abba). Ruined the story with stupid remark ! ! !

[@johnow7]

He also made an awesome behind the back catch.

[@dertfert745]

This guy only had 4 receptions for 91 yards over the entire regular season. Pops off while hungover for 7 recs, 138 yards, 2TDs in the Superbowl

[@chrisrosevids]

Google search: "does booze make you better at football"

[@bconni2]

and when his number was called, he didn't want to go in...but apparently he was partying all night in Hollywood, the eve of the game...

[@btqy]

@@chrisrosevids He was so hungover he probably concentrated so hard on everything not to appear wasted.

[@darkangels119]

should've been doing that the whole time....

[@charlesalberti563]

@@chrisrosevids the first player ever caught for using a banned substance in the Olympics was for alcohol, it was considered performance enhancing for shooters because it steadied the hands. The guys name escapes me but he was one of those cross country skiers that stops to shot along the course

[@JeevesAnthrozaurUS]

Can't believe the NFL has us forget the fact that Vince Lombardi's head was actually the shape of the trophy smh

[@xopgoat10]

Jeeves Anthrozaur wait what

[@xopgoat10]

RajunCajun34 I’m not from the sixtys

[@dodger300100]

@RajunCajun34 y r u geh

[@InsolentCrow]

@RajunCajun34 And the award for Joke That Went the Furthest Over Someone's Head goes too...

[@aeriouskubin409]

@RajunCajun34 r/woooosh

[@ocbee6175]

Fun fact: he didn’t have 100 receiving yards that year. Total

[@spybloom]

Put a different way, at the time he had the 17th most receiving yards for a 34-year old

[@WSUSportsNetwork]

OC Beezilla nice channel💀

[@xostler]

spybloom yeah but how many 34 year old players are there? 17?

[@ocbee6175]

Lucas Castilleja I will turn you into the gangs next mystery buddy

[@johnnylewis7437]

Cus he was 2nd string

[@cameronwalter6672]

They didn’t touch on the fact that it was a one handed catch on a ball way behind him. Even more impressive!

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

Yeah, and he wasn't even trying to catch that pass, he was just trying to break up a possible interception and he said the ball just stuck in his hand. Awesome.

[@ridjdpoi7223]

Cameron Walter lol

[@ridjdpoi7223]

Uncultured Barbarian lol x2

[@indy_go_blue6048]

And without gloves or stick-um.

[@solaymrezki9946]

Wait what ..... is that guy who made that famous one hand rec play

[@ReverendTed]

I feel like McGee didn't want to be out there and realized the quickest way off the field (without deliberately sabotaging his own team) was to just score.

[@adissentingopinion848]

It's like when you have to do something right as you wake up. You get up groggy, do the thing perfectly somehow, then go back to sleep.

[@pfelon]

The neglect to mention that McGee's first TD was a spectacular ONE-HANDED catch. Throw was well behind him as he was running across the middle. In telling the tale, McGee said he just put his hand out behind him and the ball stuck. What a legend.

[@milwaukeejt]

He had to run 30-35 yards after the catch to score, which makes it even more remarkable.

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

@@milwaukeejt Yeah, he nabbed that ball out from behind him barely breaking his stride.

[@tomodonovan5931]

I suspect hearing that the ball stuck in his hand makes me believe Tom Brady was the ball boy that day!

[@scott2836]

Chiefs fan here. That was truly an amazing catch, especially under the, um, circumstances…

[@thelilduke80]

Max McGee was the best man in my grandparents wedding.

[@ZGryphon]

Did he do an amazing job despite a terrible hangover? I mean, that would establish a pattern.

[@carefulcarpenter]

My dad was friends with Max and Paul Horning. I met them, and also met and talked with Vince Lombardi at a business event my dad put on. I have a photo. Wisconsin was much more rural back then.

[@TyyTheFlyGuy]

That's awesome.

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Did Chi Chi's cater it? That was Max's cash cow baby. Seriously.

[@charlesmurphy3222]

@@carefulcarpenterVince loved Wisconsin. He was the inspiration to many Catholics in Wisconsin and the UP. RE: Iron Mountain, Michigan. Best friends Steve "Mooch" Marucci and Tom Izzo. They emulate Vince to this very day in every aspect of their personal and professional lives. Very down to earth people.

[@neckbone3943]

Dude slays two flight attendants, didn't sleep, drunk af and still pulled off the game of his life. Epic.

[@zennyspent]

That's our Max!

[@olleholmlid5327]

certified G

[@robbieberks6304]

thats the bro legend attitude that they were talking about

[@trivialtrav]

"Slays" That's prime douche bag bro speak.

[@neckbone3943]

@@trivialtrav shut your face snowflake

[@mjanssenart]

It’s pretty adorable that they had to bring a box out so Clara’s feet didn’t dangle off the ground in the video

[@nightcross1030]

It almost looks like a Lord of the Rings style forced perspective shot to make her tiny

[@Steelmage99]

Yeah, I just really noticed that now - despite having seen this video a few times before. Clara looks positively tiny.

[@muffs55mercury61]

"Elderly" Max McGee as he was sometimes known, did more in the Super Bowl than all season that year.

[@P7777-u7r]

He did live pretty decently long though

[@Fanman_7206]

Regular Season: 4 Receptions, 91 yards and 1 TDS; Super Bowl: 7 Receptions, 138 yards, 2 TDS

[@oz_jones]

He stepped up when destiny called. Hero.

[@sirpoptart]

Max McGee being hungover is the most Wisconsin thing to happen at the Superbowl

[@timmythompson2186]

He could have been sick from eating raw meat like they do out there too.

[@CharizardMaster69]

most Tulane thing

[@mjjoe76]

Max was the color commentator on the Packer's Radio Network for years. Best moment (to me) was 1995 or '96. Play-by-play announcer Jim Erwin announced that Tampa Bay WR Alvin Harper was injured on the sideline. The trainer was taping his fingers, and accidentally cut Harper's finger when cutting the tape. Max, deadpan: "Good thing it wasn't a groin injury." A few seconds of silence was broken by Erwin finally failing to stifle his laughter.

[@jonenslin3379]

Max and Jim were the best. Especially when they were bad and made the game tolerable.

[@DrewMarino1995]

Max Mcgee is the founder of Chi-Chi's also

[@diana3599]

cool info also

[@akllls617]

Drew Price seriously

[@BigBlack81]

@@akllls617 Just Wikipedia'd it, and yup. It's true. Apparently, he was quite the restaurant buff. And when one considers his lifestyle away from the game, perhaps it's fitting that he'd stay in the restaurant business.

[@patrickmorgan4006]

Also an early investor in Pizza Hut prior to Chi-Chi's. McGee made millions after his football career was over.

[@williamblair9597]

Everyone loves Chi Chi's.

[@KofieWhy]

WE LIKE SPORTS AND WE DONT CARE WHO KNOWS

[@SecretBaseSBN]

kofie thank you for being on the ball and getting to this twice

[@matthewkrager5754]

FROM SHOOTING HOOPS TO THE SUPER BOWL

[@SamBowers114]

football football football tennis hockey golf

[@matthewkrager5754]

I'm so glad people got the reference. I thought I was alone with my obsession of the Lonely Island

[@KitCalder]

@@matthewkrager5754 "or as i call em, samberg and the other couplea fellas"

[@callianneolson4826]

As one of three grandchildren of McGee, I get a kick out of hearing other people surmise what he was like and how he must have felt. I can tell you, echoing Jerry Kramer, that he was a natural at everything he did. Though he had a "carefree" attitude, he never took anything for granted and helped out as many of his friends as he could (aka he used his popularity and sway to help Fuzzy Thurston keep his bar up and running for a long time). He did the crossword puzzle every single morning, made the best ribs I've ever had, and I miss him everyday. The catch is an example of his greatness, but it extends far beyond the game.

[@MisterFribble]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing! Did he talk about the super bowl much?

[@Onekat49]

Max was my dad’s cousin

[@stevejobs8751]

His teammates celebrated by dumping a bloody Mary on his head

[@JC-zj2is]

Steve Jobs celebrated by dumping him in a bath full of clamato juice 😂

[@shessoheavy6130]

Haha...that would've been badass to see.

[@patrickmcguire9663]

Max was described by Jerry Kramer as the most gifted natural athlete he'd ever known. Anything from ping pong to golf Max was a natural.

[@wafflesthewookiee4716]

You made a video tangentially related to the Chiefs without Jon, I’m disappointed in you SB.

[@pchurch4973]

Waffles The Wookiee any vídeo without Jon is a wasted opportunity

[@bobg4840]

....and he went on to co-found a dozen steak houses and a little place called Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant! ....also while hung-over.

[@squealingsalamander6546]

Appreciate “What do you do with a Drunken Sailor?” Instrumental as a subtler drunk guy reference

[@jeffs1546]

It’s up as she rises by Sam Spence, the composer for the old NFL films soundtracks. It’s on KZbin

[@robkitchen5344]

Though it's an old pirate song....that's a Raider tune and I'm offended that it's used for Packers

[@bobgall6764]

@@robkitchen5344 No! They used that song in a ton of the OLD NFL Films! I would love to see some of those old 60's and early 70's films. Go Pack!

[@furrymemelady622]

You have to talk about Doc Ellis' No-hitter while he was tripping on acid

[@blues.baseball.badanxiety]

Alice Ellis it would have been cool to see the footage, but the MLB deleted it cause they we’re embarrassed

[@churdle92]

YES

[@alsacrime4806]

Dock

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

that sounds like hell but good for him lol

[@thatterenceguy95]

Literally the first thing I thought of. One of my favorite stories.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Max Mcgee's touchdown was legendary! It was a one-handed catch that was WELL underthrown!

[@willisfritz4562]

And way behind him too

[@_Peremalfait]

It begs the question, would he have performed as well if he'd obeyed the curfew and not been hungover. Not wanting to be the guy who screwed up and lost the game must've been a huge motivator.

[@garryturgiss8551]

When I was in the army I went to the beer hall one night and ended up having WAY too much. I stumbled back to my barracks about midnight. Got the usual 5 am wakeup and completely forgot there was a 12 mile regimental run. I've never had such an horrendous hangover in my life. The ONLY reason I didn't die was that I was able to time my beating head with my footfalls as I ran. It was impossible for me to sing the cadence so I just didn't. I remember at one point asking the guy next to me to please not yell so loud and he almost got sick from my breath. Yes,.. it was that bad. I didn't puke or fall out of the run. But it was hell. One of the worst things I ever did to myself. But I pulled it off.

[@shessoheavy6130]

Right on right on.

[@jakemac1396]

Every morning for us with the corp man

[@shessoheavy6130]

@@jakemac1396 That's badass. Build that mental toughness.

[@Knight81976]

My first platoon sergeant once commented to us, "You aren't a real soldier if you can't do what you need to do while stone drunk. Do not drink and drive in my platoon." The man lived up to his word, too. I don't think I ever saw him sober on a field problem and everyone up to brigade was afraid of him. He started his career as a Marine LRRP.

[@david9783]

@@Knight81976 That was when the more you drank,the better you were liked.I remember those days in Germany in the Army in 1974.LOTS of drunks,and hangovers.I don't think it is that way now,or I hope not anyway.

[@ivanloar7846]

Actually it was the fear of getting Lombardi's shoe halfway up his ass that caused an adrenaline spike that contributed to the superb performance!

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

Didn't even mention that first Super Bowl touchdown catch was thrown way behind him when he was crossing the field and he basically reached behind him with one hand to catch it without slowing down and ran it in for a touchdown. It's legit one of the best catches in Super Bowl history.

[@ferbrussell5728]

Nobody: 1967 Super Bowl starting Quarterback: Ima smoke me a cigarette

[@liamryan7239]

A L WHO????

[@firstclasscondones8124]

@@liamryan7239 exactly

[@willsmith3787]

wow yall sure know your football

[@Tubewings]

At Super Bowl I, a little-known quarterback named Elmer Bruker was on the sideline for the Green Bay Packers. He did not play.

[@hankb1604]

He had good training as a college player at Tulane in New Orleans.

[@Tubewings]

@@hankb1604 Nine years later with the Steelers, he was slated to start...but was injured during the coin toss.

[@ramblingsunglassesguy]

@@Tubewings how do you get injured during the coin toss? Did he trip or something?

[@Tubewings]

@@ramblingsunglassesguy I believe the coin landed on his head, as he was holding it when he was carried off the field on a stretcher.

[@ramblingsunglassesguy]

@@Tubewings that makes...some sense

[@poseidonson13]

Putting Clara and Ryan on the same couch makes this whole video feel like one of those forced perspective optical illusion pictures.

[@davidhutchinson7888]

Underrated comment

[@TheCountofToulouse]

"I ain't as good as I once was but I'm as good once, as I ever was." Sums up Max on that day.

[@timfalch1969]

"I looked up and I saw 2 balls." "What did you do." "Well, I had 4 hands so I caught both of them." -Max McGee (supposedly)

[@mhicks31]

Did Clara's team actually have to forfeit the game? She never said if they found out. I need to know this!

[@ThunderWolf535]

THANK YOU

[@big8dog887]

And, if not, now that she's confessed to the world, will they go back in the record books and make them forfeit now, a la the NCAA?

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

Following

[@realcoleholland]

I actually have played under those rules, I was in the same district as her school (Walter Johnson, she went to Walt Whitman, what ever) those rules are not enforced I have skipped a lot of classes and played with no repercussions it’s mostly the team that enforced itself but coach me having good grades never found out so yea it was interesting I understand the first time it happened I was nervous a bit but a few a few days passed nothing happened

[@chachwa9970]

@@realcoleholland just like sitting waiting for your coach to single you out and say this A-hole cost us our win because they skipped class

[@BTL812]

Baseball season is almost back! Talk about Dock Ellis’ LSD no hitter

[@LankyWx]

Brandon Laird Dock LS-D no hitter

[@Ace_Of_Bass8]

Thiz comment aged like a fine wine

[@smhgaming3259]

@Mdmchannel that's bs you dont see different people while tripping

[@smhgaming3259]

@Mdmchannel no that is bs. It isnt able to create people. Stop cappin

[@Censoredbyfscists]

I was thinking about that one too.

[@jarvindriftwood]

McGee's first touchdown was apparently against Kansas City's defensive back Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, who's had a good career as an actor for decades. Williamson appeared in an episode of Star Trek (The Original Series) and the film versions of M*A*S*H and From Dusk til Dawn. He was also a staple of blaxploitation movies like Black Caesar, it's sequel Hell Up In Harlem and the Black Cobra series.

[@davidhutchinson7888]

I remember him he was in From Dusk tl Dawn and I'm Gonna Get You Sucka

[@willisfritz4562]

B list actor

[@michaelknapp8961]

I’m 54 now and in those pictures he looks easily my age! I can’t believe how old he looked. I googled him and they had pictures of him on that day - and he looked like death warmed over!!

[@im_waffles2920]

That’s what I wanna be remembered for someday...

[@edmontonboy99]

Get strung up and still win a ring? Yes!

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Edmonton Boy First one, they didn’t have em

[@hellowang74]

I see your music choice, SB Nation. What better way to celebrate this era of the NFL Great video, as always

[@VMuzikman]

True story. I knew Max McGee. When I asked him about this story, he said everything these folks described. I'll add one thing: He was sitting next to Paul Hornung on the bench; they were making plans for Hornung's upcoming wedding in Beverly Hills. And that's when Lombardi yelled for him to get ready to go into the game. By the way, how many players on the KC Chiefs defense became all-pros or Hall of Famers? (Buch Buchanan, Bobby Bell, Fred Williamson had great careers; their CBs had 10 INTs each that year in the pass-crazy AFL.) Great story, for sure.

[@Ludzig]

I'm Max McGee and I slept with your wife and mother

[@TakeDeadAim]

My father knew McGee very well. We lived very close to Lambeau(close enough that our old house was demolished to build a new parking lot years ago). He knew most of those guys back in the day when seeing Packers around GB, DePere etc...was nothing out of the ordinary. Fuzzy Thurston, McGee, Gregg and a couple others used to have a few "highballs" at the same neighborhood tavern my Dad would go to after work almost every day for his two beers. After they won SB I, they all showed up the next week and "rang the bell" a few times. Had a bunch of food brought in and promised that if they won again next year...they'd do the same. Guess what???? They did!lol! McGee was a long time voice for GB football and was a real hoot!

[@cmac6136]

These random little known stories are the most fascinating and interesting videos to me.

[@TungstenCarbideProjectile]

If only they presented them in an interesting non boring actually entertaining way rather than 3 boring losers having an embarrassing conversation about a story none of them really know anything about.... yes so interesting

[@shinybaldy]

This is why Ben Roethlisberger was so good when he was dealing with broken bones and injuries during his prime.

[@brokenking5044]

And raping women

[@ohioboy1878]

@@brokenking5044 and fumbling the snap in a playoffs game

[@WearingGoldluck]

Damn, he should’ve been blitzed for the entire season, he wrecked that defense with his drunken sway.

[@TaggedByTim]

If I don't even know what I'm about to do how could you possible know? Truly a tactical play by this man.

[@patrickmorgan4006]

What makes you think he wasn't?

[@sjs9698]

imagine how offputting it'd be to line up against someone who looked like they might hurl at any second...

[@scottski51]

Oddly.... for those of us who actually were AROUND then and watched the game (B/W of course) , there was ZERO mention of Max's debilitating condition !! He was simply.... Crafty Veteran, Max Magee.... HERO !!!

[@Nonplused]

My whole soccer team showed up like that for the first game of every tournament. Fortunately so did the opposition.

[@larpdude7308]

Love the use of "Drunken Sailor" in the background lmao

[@spartysmile5243]

Max McGee had great hands. One of his touchdowns was when he reached back for an under thrown pass and pulled it in with one hand right in front of the defensive back who had good coverage on him.

[@joshuapatrick682]

With a name like Max McGee you know he’s destined for great things.

[@tomduffy3965]

"When it's third and ten, you take the milk drinkers. I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time." -Max McGee-

[@davidhutchinson7888]

That's sounds like something Ken stabler would say

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

Max McGee is legendary for this in the state of Wisconsin. :D

[@jamesbarca7229]

Great story, but I just watched the video of that game and he was wearing what appeared to be his regular helmet. If he went into the game wearing a lineman's helmet, he had changed it by the time he caught that first TD pass (which was an incredible catch, btw).

[@jaslickable]

I like that they’re playing “drunken sailor” in the back

[@patrickmorgan4006]

NFL Films used that music in nearly all of their highlights films back then.

[@JBTriple8]

NFL Films music by it does sound piratey sometimes

[@buzzsburner.8286]

He also had one of the if not the first of the "spectacular catches" in the superbowl

[@done1675]

I remember living in a world where 34 was "old as dirt."

[@gumboclaymation7885]

hadn't played for a majority of the season. perhaps a few nagging injuries but not serious enough to cause a loss of major or minor impairment or optimal physical function. enough professional repetitions to inculcate a sense of instinctual football awareness. dude nailed it. hope he didn't have to buy to many drinks afterwards. rightly a hero, regardless of the circumstances. remember the hero fondly.

[@Sangria]

If this were ECW the chant would start now

[@jiovanysoltero923]

If the Sandman played Football moment

[@jkergrs]

E c dub

[@KnightBoat]

I guess you could say Max McGee became a very assimilated Wisconsinite over the course of his career.

[@nflbetteroldstyle]

Glad to have him as my profile picture!

[@foxhuntertom]

One of the best radio announcers ever as well

[@curtaustin4319]

Imagine Max not catching that Td ..... ‘Told y’all to leave me on bench’

[@Winsorvy]

Bless your voice, please do all the beef history from now until the end of time! Don’t change it!

[@jacksonrudd7267]

The chief Keef of the 60s

[@Swiat34]

And in the modern age, men like this still exist. I’ve personally witness my fellow US Marines partying and drinking until the sun comes up, reporting to morning PT completely drunk, and run the 5-10 miles and do all the calisthenics as if nothings wrong.

[@LowkAlexander]

The only thing I can relate this to is my jr year I was on jv soccer and decided to smoke a joint before a game cuz it was JV and I wasn’t starting. Coach decided I was a better fit if I started. That was fun

[@DaDualityofMan]

Most of my varsity football team came to games high and still balled out, I never understood that.

[@TheCpadron19]

I play in a semi pro baseball league every summer and most of the college kids get blazed out of their minds before games. It's pretty normal, just calms em down. Bullpen pitchers are always high I swear.

[@lucashassler7575]

He had a day after he had a night

[@DiggyDougSauce94]

The part I love the most is him saying "I was so hungover that when they threw it to me I saw two balls and didnt know which one to catch, luckily enough I saw 4 hands so it was easy to grab!"

[@Hutch72284]

Thanks for sharing this. Max is my 3rd cousin on my dad's side of the family.. His dad Bob McGee and my great-grandmother Effie Warren were siblings.

[@svevo]

SB Nation is a magical place where Half-Giants, Halflings and a Maia (Jonbois the Red) all work and I love it!

[@manontheemooon2335]

Love this channel, have watched almost all the videos. This ladies voice is killing that.

[@Saintbow]

Two things... 1: Secret Base, if you call 34 "Old as Dirt" and Brady just won another Super Bowl at 43... You have no idea what old is... 2: It does not matter what type of defense the Chiefs had, a 37 yard touchdown catch and run, is still a pain in the ass to run when you are hungover. Anyone who played in beer league hockey tournaments knows what it feels like to play with a hangover.

[@buzzsburner.8286]

The first touchdown in a super bowl was a behind the back one handed catch by an old drunk party animal backup in the 60s who could barely see. Only in America

[@NoahHughes116]

Wait, I think Clara and I went to the same high school!

[@Unkle_Mike]

SB Nation, you've managed to take a story that I'm aware of and make it even more interesting. Kudos!

[@lightaces]

A drunk receiver winning the Super Bowl is the most Wisconsin thing ever.

[@yaboicash6666]

The Kings-Timberwolves game should be a rewinder someday

[@muffs55mercury61]

Known as "elderly Max" and a real partier, he was still very agile and looked like he caught those passes (one with one hand) with ease.

[@lukapelevic7651]

So you tell me that totally hangover player has scored first touchdown man that is gangsta

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Boyd Dowler had like one of the best names in sports! He was a 6'5" wide receiver who played 12 seasons from 1959 to 1971, 11 with the Green Bay Packers. Born: 1937 (age 87) Max McGee died in 2007. He played high school football in Texas and was the very first player in American high school football history ever to rush for over *3,000 yards* in a single season! (3,048 his senior year). He played college football at Tulane.

[@jrsmith5080]

Omg his hairline. Like geez hes 34 and he looks like a mid 50 year old guy.

[@wyatthill6252]

My grandfather was around the same age during the late 60s. He looked a lot like Max McGee with that hairline.

[@nicholassmith479]

You have to understand that the standard haircut was the buzz cut. It made the receding hairline stand out. Trust me, as a child back then, I got plenty of these haircuts.

[@KingAlanI]

reminded of one of the great moments in Buffalo Bills history - in the 1992-1993 playoffs, Jim Kelly's backup leads a 32 point comeback against the Oilers. Kelly had gotten injured the last game of the regular season. Frank Reich (now Colts HC) was sober as far as we know. Dock Ellis was not. He pitched a no hitter for the Pirates while he was on LSD (by his story, he got high thinking it was the day before gameday)

[@keithbaka9130]

and the state of Wisconsin has carried on this tradition to this day, except we're hungover the day after the game

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Dont forget the previous 6 mornings

[@donzemanovic4205]

And the day before. And most days that end in y

[@tommack352]

Max McGee was the party partner of Paul Horning, the famous Heisman Trophy-winning QB and Packer running back. They were notorious for sneaking out of training camp and tying one on. Packer Guard Jerry Kramer wrote about their exploits in his book Instant Replay. I remember watching the game with my father. We had no idea about Max McGee's condition at the time.

[@dirtcop11]

I actually watched that game live.

[@carlbaumeister3439]

Even though he had one of the greatest QBs ever (Bart Starr, 5 Championships in 7 years) throwing to him, I believe one of the TD passes was thrown behind him, and he reached back and corralled it in one-handed.

[@S4mit0s]

imagine being a hungover quarterback

[@mc76]

A similar story: Ralph Houk told Mickey Mantle that he would have the day off, so the Mick tied one on the night before. He overslept and made it to the park in the eighth inning, massively hungover, nauseated, head throbbing. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth, Houk sent Mantle up to pinch hit, and he promptly hit a walkoff home run. The crowd went bat guano, and as he crossed the plate, he said to Roger Maris, who was on base ahead of him, "Those people have no idea how much I deserve that applause."

[@andrewloris3209]

Me: Sees thumbnail. "Wow I didn't know Bruce Willis was a Quarter Back."

[@zigwald]

i remember watching this game in 1967. funny thing was everyone was worried that Paul Hornug was going to be out of it. he was a bigger party animal than Max Magee. Hornug is the guy in the background of the photo of Magee.

[@tomfaranda]

Dating myself, I saw the game on the tube. Yeah Max was good. KC defensive backs were weak. Fred "the hammer" Williamson was burned several Times. "The hammer" went on to have a minor film career.

[@jnjtiger]

Plus, the catches were great catches, particularly the one where pass was behind him. Lombardi was a great coach because he knew how to handle “party” players such as McGee and Hornung. He did NOT treat everyone the same, he knew how to get the most out of each player.

[@d.ag.b1135]

My friend went on a week long bender before his SATs, went in with a massive hangover and managed to score 1350/1600.

[@richardrobles6241]

I was at the game, and what isn't mentioned is that McGee was in a cross-over pattern about twenty yards out. He wasn't the primary receiver in the play; he was just going through the motions of his route. When he finally turned his head toward the quarterback, the ball was there; he caught it between his left elbow and his left hip. It is a miracle how he managed to hold on to it as he raced to the goal.

[@allenhecker]

I’m not drunk, I’m from Wisconsin!

[@cdmcintyre1854]

I played Semi Pro Football (should be called Extended Amateur League Football) until I was 62 years old. I had a 24 yard Kickoff return in that game. Loved it and if given the chance would play again at 70-71 years old. Turn 71 in July this year.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

You never actually talked about the touchdown.

[@ihen8440]

I played college volleyball at penn state. We had a match once on Sunday in the spring vs Ohio state. That Saturday just so happen to be the first real day of spring and both teams had no matches.... the entire town was throwing down, funnest day I’ve had out there. Both teams were partying. The match the next Sunday afternoon was the worst volleyball I’d seen at that level. Guys we’re throwing up in match and you could visibly see guys with the shakes. Now you don’t see Sunday games in ncaa volleyball all thanks to the 2014 penn state and Ohio state men’s volleyball programs. 😁some people can play well hung over others don’t Hahahaha this dudes a legend.

[@fatmn]

I might have ran faster - whenever I'm stuck hung over like this, I just want to get things done as quick as possible lol

[@stevefowler2112]

I was 10 years old in '67 and a huge packer's fan so remember the game well, but regarding playing well after a night of partying, I read a story years ago where a sports writer was up early one game day morning and happened to see Joe Namath walk into the team hotel at dawn with two girls and the writer thought wow, no way the Jets win today's game so made a sizeable bet...and Joe had one of his best games all season and the Jets won and cost the sports writer a nice chunk of change.

[@UncleJrueForTue]

"What do you do with a drunken player? Sub him in for Dowler!"