Max McGee a great NFL wide receiver past away last October in his Minneapolis house while clearing leaves off the roof.
And after his dead, the FBI has probed that McGee was a gambler, they said in the report that this NFL player from the Green Bay Packers was addicted to the bets especially on horses.
The FBI Agents investigated this NFL player for a complete year (1972-1973) and due to lack of evidence they decided to close the case against McGee. No one knew that the FBI did have a probe against McGee’s gambling habits.
The weird thing here is that, what difference will make to know that Max was a bookmaking lover? He is already dead, his habits never caused problems to the society and there’s nothing they can do by proving this.
His friend and teammate Jerry Kramer said: “You know he was betting. Everybody knows that”; “I kind of thought it was more of a social thing than serious gambling.”
In other words what Kramer tried to say was: “He was a gambler and what?”
It’s amazing to see how people don’t know what respect means!!!!
Let me give you a brief resume of who was Max McGee as an honor to this NFL player:
Max McGee was born in July 16, 1932 in Sexton City, Texas. During his career as NFL player he made a good record that must be told: he scored 50 touchdowns, had 345 receptions and 6346 receiving yards.
He was well known thanks to his great performance in the first Super Bowl, scoring the first touchdown in Super Bowl history.
He was a player for the Green Bay Packers from 1954-67 and during this time he also played as a punter; this position led him to be one of the best in punting yards. During his rookie season he led the NFL in punting yards as I already mentioned it and also cached 36 passes for 614 yards.
Also in High School, he was the first football player that rushed for 3000 yards in a single season. He was definitely born to be an active and important member of the NFL community.
Now, even though he was a gambler or not, the history he made won’t ever change…
Rest in peace Mr. McGee!!!
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