Moving out of the Sixties today, we come to the 1970 edition of the Green Bay Packers Yearbook. This issue features running back/kick returner Travis Williams on the cover “running for a big gain against the St. Louis Cardinals last December... he had his best season in ’69.” Williams, from Arizona State, played only from 1967-1970 for the Packers. His post-football life — homelessness, poverty, and alcoholism — has been chronicled here in an earlier blog. Known as the “Roadrunner” at the time, Williams returned four kickoffs for touchdowns in his rookie season with the Packers in 1967, setting an NFL record that still stands. He returned two in one game that season against the Cleveland Browns to tie a league record.
Some of the featured stories in the 1970 Yearbook were: “The Packers Grow Younger”... “Green Bay — Champion of the Decade”... “Ken Bowman — The Offensive Line’s Elder Statesman”... “Phil Bengston — Contender? ‘I Would Certainly Hope So”... “Lionel Aldridge Casts A Big Shadow”... “The Thousand Yard Banquet”... “Bart Starr Keeps Gaining Confidence”... “Lambeau Field — A Complete Bowl”... “Meet the Packer Fan”... “Running Backs — An Ample Supply”... “Boyd Dowler — ‘I’d Still Be Avis to Don Hutson’ ”... “The Mighty Macs — McCoy and McGeorge”... “The Draftee Corner”... “Your 1970 Packers”... “The Eight Plays of the Week”... “The 1969 Season in Statistics”... “The Annual Search for a Kicker”... “Starr, Horn Provide Record Fireworks”... “Packer Team Statistics”... “Start of a New Era” (the NFL merger)”...
