Max McGee
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 16, 1932 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Overton, Texas | ||||||||
| Date of death: | October 20, 2007 (aged 75) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Deephaven, Minnesota | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | White Oak (TX) | ||||||||
| College: | Tulane | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1954 / Round: 5 / Pick: 51 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 345 |
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| Receiving Yards: | 6,346 |
| Touchdowns: | 50 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
William Max McGee (July 16, 1932 - October 20, 2007) was a professional football player, a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL. He played from 1954 to 1967, and is best known for his 7 receptions for 138 yards and two touchdowns in the first Super Bowl in 1967.
McGee played high school football in White Oak, Texas, and was the first player in high school football history ever to rush for over 3,000 yards in a single season. He rushed for 3,048 his senior year as a White Oak Roughneck in 1949.
McGee played college football at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he was a fullback and a top punter. At the time, Tulane was a member of the Southeastern Conference.
McGee was selected in the fifth round (51st overall) of the 1954 NFL draft by the Packers. He was the punter during a few years of his career. In his rookie season in 1954, McGee led the NFL in punting yards while catching 36 passes for 614 yards and nine touchdowns. He missed the next two seasons (1955 and 1956) to serve as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, but returned to become the Packers' leading receiver from 1958 to 1962. McGee was one of the few bright spots on the 1958 team, which finished the season with a league-low 1-10-1 record, the worst in Packers history. During 1958, he led the NFL in yards per catch average (23.2), punting yards (2,716) and net yards average (36.0).
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