Packers Notre Dame legend Paul Hornung dies at age 84

Paul Hornung, the man best known as the "Golden Boy"of the Vince Lombardi-eraPackers dynasty, diedFriday at the age of 84.

Hornungs decorated football career was set Art Donovan Jerseys apart by his ability to score points in every way, earning him Mike Strachan Jerseys NFL MVP honors in 1961 and an induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

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The Louisville, Ky., native won the Heisman Trophy as a quarterback in 1956 at Notre Dame and is one of only seven players to have won both the Heisman Trophy and the A sociated Pre s Eric Johnson Jerseys NFL MVP award.

The Packers selected him first overall in the 1957 NFL Indianapolis Colts Hoodies Sweatshirts Draft to play primarily running back, and Hornung helped Green Bay win NFL championships in 1961, 1962, 1965 and 1966.

In his 1961 MVP campaign, Hornung had 742 yards from scrimmage, averaging 5.2 yards per touch. He scored eight touchdowns rushing, two receiving and one as a pa ser to go along with his 15 made field Anthony Coyle Jerseys goals and 41-for-41 kicking on extra points.

Paul Hornung, described by Vince Lombardi as "the greatest player I ever coached," has pa sed away at age 84.RIP, Golden Boy.

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He led the NFL in Bernhard Raimann Jerseys scoring in three consecutive seasons from 1959-61.

Over Darius Leonard Hoodies Sweatshirts the course of his pro career, Hornung was responsible for 50 rushing touchdowns, 12 receiving touchdowns, five pa sing touchdowns, 66 field goals and 190 extra points.

Hornung andLions star Alex Karras were suspended for the entire 1963 season after league commi sioner Pete Rozelle found that the pair had gambled on Peyton Manning Jerseys NFL games and a sociated with "known hoodlums."

He was reinstated the following season but injuries and the pa sage of time started to diminish his effectivene s. Although Hornung had scored five touchdowns in his final season with Green Bay in 1966, Hornung never took the field for the Packers'victory in Super John Mackey Jerseys Bowl 1.

The Saints selected him in the 1967 expansion draft, but Hornung never played a game for any team other than the Packers. Xavier Rhodes Jerseys

He went on to have a lengthy broadcasting career, analyzing both college and pro football.