Doug Hart

Douglas Wayne Hart (June 6, 1939 – January 1, 2020) was an American professional football player, a defensive back who played eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

Football career Born and raised in Handley, Texas, which was later annexed by Fort Worth, Hart played high school football at Handley High School in Fort Worth. He played two years of junior college football at Navarro College, then walked on at Arlington State College (now University of Texas at Arlington) and earned a football scholarship.

Unselected in the 1963 NFL draft and AFL draft, Hart was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals, who waived him in training camp. but played in every Packers game from 1964 through 1971; he retired in training camp in August 1972 at age 33.

In his NFL career as a cornerback and safety, Hart had 15 interceptions. In 1969, he scored a touchdown on an 85-yard interception return against the Minnesota Vikings at Milwaukee County Stadium; it was the longest interception return in the NFL that season. As of 2011, his five defensive touchdowns were tied for fourth place all-time for the Packers. He won races on an Arctic Cat snowmobile, a company that he would later serve as vice president. Hart's teammate, guard Jerry Kramer, specifically mentioned Hart in an op-ed article he wrote for The New York Times in 1997: "Max McGee, too, is a wealthy businessman (he founded Chi-Chi's, the chain of Mexican restaurants). So are Paul Hornung, Bart Starr, Doug Hart and a dozen others who didn't leave the game as rich men. All are still driven by Lombardi -- not because he ranted and raved but because he wanted desperately to see us do well."

Post-football career After his playing career, Hart was a successful businessman. He was an Arctic Cat distributor in Neenah and later a vice president for the snowmobile manufacturer, and COO of Satellite Industries, a portable toilet manufacturer. He also ran a textile factory and, late in his career, became a licensed fly fishing guide in Florida. He moved back to Minnesota in 2007 to be closer to his children and grandchildren.