The Green Bay Packers have announced the sad passing of one of their former players.
Jim Carter, who played with the team from 1970-1978, has died at the age of 75 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Carter was a third-round pick for Green Bay out of South St. Paul and spent his entire nine-year career with the team after succeeding Ray Nitschke in their front seven.
He’s one of three inside linebackers to earn Pro Bowl honors while with the team, with Nitschke and A.J. Hawk the other two. But, given who he replaced, fans were very negative toward him and he admitted it affected him badly.
“If I ever went to Green Bay for an alumni game, I fear I’d get booed,” he said back in 1996. “I never want to go through that again. It had a profound effect on me. It was degrading.”
While he had a rough time endearing himself to the fans, Carter was well-respected by his teammates.
“Definitely, the players supported me,” he said years later. “I had a lot of good support from them with the stuff with Nitschke, like when he’d come into a game and I’d go out, and [the fans] would all cheer. When I started getting booed, all the players – the defense and the offense, too – were real supportive.”
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TotalProSports extends commiserations to the family, friends, and loved ones of the late Jim Carter.
R.I.P Jim.
