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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1075327" data-attributes="member: 18006">And he did that with a monstrous hangover, and in fact was possibly still drunk. He wasn't expecting to play that day, so he stayed up all night drinking with a couple of flight attendants and apparently never even went to sleep.  He stumbled into the hotel at 6:30, knowing that the coaches would all still be asleep, but forgot that Bart Starr was an early riser. Starr passed him in the hallway on his way down to breakfast, and gave him a very disappointed look.McGee told Dowler before the game, "I hope you don't get hurt. I'm not in very good shape.'' He was horrified when Dowler was injured on the 3rd play from scrimmage, and Vince called out, "McGee - you're in!", because he didn't  even have his helmet - he had to quickly borrow a lineman's.A very interesting guy. After his  stellar rookie season, he had to serve 2 years in the air force, flying mostly F-86s. But he also flew some special missions as a drone operator at Eglin Air Force Base.He would remotely operate the drone from a B-17 that was flown by one of the program directors, who, 12 years later, would be his teammate on the Packers - Lieutenant Zeke Bratkowski, who had just finished his own rookie season with the Chicago Bears. They remained close friends for life, and Zeke lived with McGee for several years in Green Bay.</blockquote>

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