The Green Bay Packers sadly revealed the death of their recent addition, who valued…
(AP) — GREEN BAY, WI Ken Bowman, a member of three consecutive championship teams while playing center for the Green Bay Packers from 1964 to 1973, passed away. He was eighty-one.
The Packers revealed on Tuesday that Bowman passed away in Oro Valley, Arizona, on Wednesday of last week. Although the cause of death was not disclosed by the organization, Bowman’s wife, Roseann, was quoted in the Packers statement as stating that he passed away naturally.
In 1965, the year before the inaugural Super Bowl, Bowman was a member of the Packers’ NFL title-winning squad. He also played on the winning teams of the Super Bowl the following two seasons.
The most famous moment of his career was probably when he handed the ball to Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr and blocked his game-winning 1-yard touchdown sneak in the 1967 NFL championship game known as the “Ice Bowl,” which saw the Packers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 despite a kickoff temperature of minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl as a result of that. When Bill Curry was hurt in the first Super Bowl, Bowman filled in at center, helping the Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs. That was a year ago.
In the eighth round of the 1964 draft, Wisconsin’s Bowman was chosen by the Packers. With Green Bay, he participated in 123 games and had 107 starts.
For a portion of his career, Bowman represented the Packers as a player. He served as vice president of the NFL Players Association as well.
