Green Bay Packers: Jerry Kramer Talks About the Book ‘Instant Replay’

August 9, 2014   ·   Bob Fox   ·   Jump to comments

I do it every summer around training camp. I get out the book Instant Replay and read it. I've been doing this for over 40 years. It's been a ritual for me. Why? The book is that good.
In 1967, when Jerry Kramer of the Green Bay Packers was 31 years old, he kept a diary of the season.  Kramer would recite his thoughts into a tape recorder and then submit those words to Dick Schaap, who edited the words into the final version of Instant Replay. 
Little did Kramer know that the 1967 season would be one of the most remarkable in the history of the NFL, culminating with the NFL Championship Game against the Dallas Cowboys, better known as the “Ice Bowl." No. 64 played a key role in the outcome of that game as well, as the Packers won 21-17 in the final seconds of that classic contest.
From training camp, through the Ice Bowl victory, then the win in Super Bowl II, Kramer provides a fascinating perspective about the viciousness of the NFL back then, when the g...

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