Tuesday, November 23, 2010

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Seasoned Packer fans will spot a couple of strange things in this photo from 1972. Rookie quarterback Jerry Tagge (left), a Green Bay native, works out with quarterbacks coach Bart Starr, who was an assistant coach for that single year. Tagge is wearing #14 before he switched to #17 for the rest of his stay in Green Bay. Why? Someone finally figured out that the #14 was Don Hutson’s number, which had been retired in 1951. Oops. The other thing that is strange in this photo is that this is the only known shot of Bart Starr wearing a helmet with a modern-style 1970’s face mask. Starr wore the single- and later double-bar face mask during his playing career. That helmet looks a bit small for you too, Bart…