claim: says president john f. kennedy released a star green bay packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 nfl championship game.
author: a.j. jacobs
evidence_1: says president john f. kennedy released a star green bay packer from military  reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 nfl championship game.
evidence_2: says president john f. kennedy released a star green bay packer from military  reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 nfl championship game.
evidence_3: may 24, 2015 ... he also was awarded the bronze star and the letter of commendation. ... but  bleier did play again, returning to the steelers in 1971 as .... five years into his  hall of fame career with the green bay packers. fortunately for hornung, his  boss -- vince lombardi -- was friends with president john f. kennedy.
evidence_4: jack french kemp (july 13, 1935 – may 2, 2009) was an american politician and  a .... on october 15, 1961, president john f. kennedy activated kemp's san ...  he played only four games for buffalo in 1962, but made the afl all-star team. ...  on december 14, 1962, the bills outbid the green bay packers for notre dame ...
evidence_5: ... player star running back paul hornung [2] led the great green bay [3] packer  teams of the early 1960s to four national football league (nfl) championships.