Through the courtesy of the LIFE magazine archives and Google, we have a treasure trove of Green Bay Packers photos to share here in the blog. Today, we have an image of Packers’ running back Jim Taylor taking the hand off from quarterback Bart Starr and hitting the hole in a November 11, 1962 game with the Philadelphia Eagles. In front of 60,671 fans at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, Green Bay whipped the ’Birds that day, 49-0. Only two years earlier, they had lost the NFL Championship game to the Eagles on this same field — Vince Lombardi’s only playoff loss as head coach of the Packers.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Taylor Hits the Hole
Through the courtesy of the LIFE magazine archives and Google, we have a treasure trove of Green Bay Packers photos to share here in the blog. Today, we have an image of Packers’ running back Jim Taylor taking the hand off from quarterback Bart Starr and hitting the hole in a November 11, 1962 game with the Philadelphia Eagles. In front of 60,671 fans at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, Green Bay whipped the ’Birds that day, 49-0. Only two years earlier, they had lost the NFL Championship game to the Eagles on this same field — Vince Lombardi’s only playoff loss as head coach of the Packers.