Max McGee William Max McGee ( July 16 , 1932 - October 20 , 2007 ) was a professional football wide receiver in the NFL . He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers from 1954 to 1967 . Early life . McGee was born in Overton , Texas . He played high school football in White Oak , Texas . McGee was the first player in High School football history ever to rush for over 3 , 000 yards in a single season . He rushed for 3 , 048 his senior year as a White Oak Roughneck in 1949 . Prior to his NFL career , he played college football at Tulane for the Green Wave . Professional career . McGee was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 5th round ( 51st overall ) of the 1954 NFL Draft . He served as the Green Bay Packers punter during a few years of his career . In his rookie season , McGee led the NFL in punting yards while catching 36 passes for 614 yards and nine touchdown s . He missed the next two seasons to serve as a pilot in the U . S . Air Force , but returned to become the Packers ' leading receiver from 1958 to 1962 . McGee was one of the few bright spots on the 1958 Packers team , which finished the season with a league - low 1 - 10 - 1 record , worst in Packers history . During that season , he led the NFL in yards per catch average ( 23 . 2 ) , punting yards ( 2 , 716 ) and net yards average ( 36 . 0 ) . After Vince Lombardi took over as the team ' s head coach in 1959 , McGee may be best known for his performance during the first Super Bowl game . He helped the team to six NFL championship appearances , five NFL championship wins , and two Super Bowl titles during the remaining years of his career . He was a Pro Bowl selection during the 1961 season . Despite reductions in playing time due to injuries and age , McGee ' s final two seasons would be the ones for which his career is best remembered . In the 1966 season , McGee caught only four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown as the Packers recorded a 12 - 2 record and advanced to Super Bowl I against the Kansas City Chiefs . McGee did not expect to play in the game and he violated his team ' s curfew policy and spent the night before the Super Bowl out on the town . The next morning he told starting receiver Boyd Dowler , " I hope you don ' t get hurt . I ' m not in very good shape , " alluding to his hangover . Dowler went down with a separated shoulder on the Packers ' second drive of the game , and McGee , who had to borrow a teammate ' s helmet because he had not brought his own out of the locker room , was put into the game . A few plays later , McGee made a one - handed reception of a pass from Bart Starr , took off past Chiefs defender Fred Williamson and ran 37 yards to score the first touchdown in Super Bowl history . By the end of the game , McGee had recorded seven receptions for 138 yards and two touchdowns , assisting Green Bay to a 35 - 10 victory . The following year , he recorded a 35 - yard reception in the third quarter of Super Bowl II that set up a touchdown in the Packers 33 - 14 win over the Oakland Raiders . McGee retired shortly after the game and finished his 12 - season career with 345 receptions for 6 , 346 yards and 12 carries for 121 yards . He scored 51 touchdowns ( 50 receiving and 1 fumble recovery ) . On special teams , he punted 256 times for 10 , 647 yards , an average of 41 . 6 yards per punt , and returned 4 kickoffs for 69 yards . Career as a Celebrity Restaurateur . McGee entered into a restaurant partnership with teammate Fred Thurston ; they operated the Left Guard Charcoal Houses in Appleton , Fond du Lac , Madison , Green Bay , and Eau Claire . They also operated the Left Guard Steak Houses in Menasha , Milwaukee , and Minneapolis – St . Paul . And they operated the Left End Steak House in Manitowoc . Old matchbooks from the restaurant chain show that they advertised the chain as " Championship Dining . " Life after the NFL . After retiring from football , McGee became a major partner in developing the popular Chi - Chi ' s chain of Mexican restaurants with restaurateur Marno McDermott . McGee was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1975 . His ties to the Packers continued from 1979 to 1998 when he served as the color commentator for radio broadcasts of Packers football games . With droll wit and keen insights , McGee was extremely popular as a color commentator and was named Wisconsin " Sportscaster of the Year " an unprecedented ten times over his career — in 1975 , 1976 , 1978 , 1980 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1988 and 1989 . McGee founded the Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes in 1999 at the Children ' s Hospital of Wisconsin . He raised money for diabetes research . Death . On October 20 , 2007 , McGee died as a result of a fall from the roof of his home in Deephaven , Minnesota while removing leaves from the roof with a leaf blower .