22 Facts About Jerry Kramer

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Gerald Louis Kramer was born on January 23,1936 and is an American former professional football player, author and sports commentator.

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Jerry Kramer played 11 years as an offensive lineman with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

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Jerry Kramer was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

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Jerry Kramer played college football for the Idaho Vandals before being selected by Green Bay in the fourth round of the 1958 NFL Draft.

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Jerry Kramer was an All-Pro five times, and a member of the National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1969.

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Jerry Kramer was inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 4,2018.

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Jerry Kramer was a standout two-way player for the Vandals, along with teammate Wayne Walker of Boise, a future All-Pro linebacker with the Detroit Lions.

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Jerry Kramer was the 39th selection of the 1958 NFL Draft, taken in the fourth round by the Green Bay Packers.

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Jerry Kramer played every game in his rookie season of 1958 under first-year head coach Ray "Scooter" McLean, but the Packers finished with the worst record in the twelve-team league.

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Jerry Kramer did not know how good he was when he first joined the Green Bay Packers.

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Jerry Kramer was the team's placekicker in 1962,1963, and part of 1968.

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Jerry Kramer is a member of the NFL's 50th Anniversary All-Time team, and was the final member of the team to be elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Jerry Kramer did some broadcasting as a color commentator for CBS in 1969, and later for NBC - Week 2, with Chuck Thompson on the play-by-play, Miami Dolphins @ Buffalo Bills, on September 11,1988.

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Jerry Kramer played one more year, under new head coach Phil Bengtson in 1968.

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In 1985, Jerry Kramer wrote Distant Replay, which updated the whereabouts of the members of the Packers' Super Bowl I championship team following a team reunion at Lambeau Field during the 1984 season.

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In September 2006, Jerry Kramer re-released his 1968 bestseller, Instant Replay.

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Jerry Kramer was noteworthy for overcoming a series of accidents and health issues prior to and during his professional football career.

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Doctors cut the piece in two and pulled it out front and back; two weeks later, Jerry Kramer was at pre-season football practice at Sandpoint High School for his senior season.

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Jerry Kramer suffered broken bones, torn muscles, and nerve damage, which required plastic surgery and skin grafts.

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In college at Idaho, Jerry Kramer was on the field for nearly every play until the final game when he incurred a minor knee injury.

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Twice divorced, Jerry Kramer has six children: Tony, Diane, Daniel, Alicia, Matthew, and Jordan.

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Jordan, named after the Montana town in which Jerry Kramer was born, played two seasons in the NFL as a linebacker with the Tennessee Titans in 2003 and 2004.