Bart Starr’s Wife Cherry Says QB Was Hospitalized at Alabama from Brutal Hazing

February 29, 2016   ·   Timothy Rapp   ·   Jump to comments

Cherry Starr, wife of 82-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr, recently outlined severe hazing her husband underwent while at the University of Alabama.
"He was hospitalized at one point in traction," she told Joseph Goodman of AL.com. "That was in the days when they were initiated into the A-Club, and they had severe beatings and paddling. From all the members of the A-Club, they lined up with a big paddle with holes drilled in it, and it actually injured his back."
She added, "His back was never right after that. It was horrible. It was not a football injury. It was an injury sustained from hazing. His whole back all the way up to his rib cage looked like a piece of raw meat. The bruising went all the way up his back. It was red and black and awful looking. It was so brutal."
The Starrs hadn't disclosed the injury until now, as the former quarterback always maintained he had injured his back in a punting exercise.
"It was hell," Starr's teammate and f...

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