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football)">Fullback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-04-09</span>) </span>April 9, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">225 lb (102 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Trier_High_School" title="New Trier High School">New Trier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_Bulldogs_football" title="Yale Bulldogs football">Yale</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_draft" title="1965 NFL draft">1965</a> / round: 3 / pick: 31</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">AFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1965_American_Football_League_draft" title="1965 American Football League draft">1965</a> / round: 10 / pick: 79</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>–<a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a>–<a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Super Bowl champion">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_II" title="Super Bowl II">II</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Receiving yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">205</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Receptions:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">37</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Receiving <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">TDs</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">531</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rush TDs:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MercCh00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles 'Chuck' Mercein</b> (born April 9, 1943) is a former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for seven seasons for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was drafted in the third round, the second player drafted by the New York Giants,<sup id="cite_ref-icebowl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icebowl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 31st player taken overall in the draft. He led the Giants in rushing in his second season and after an injury was claimed on waivers and joined the Green Bay Packers midway thru the season. As a professional, Mercein is best remembered for his performance in the Packers' game-winning drive in the 1967 <a href="/wiki/NFL_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Championship">NFL Championship</a> Game, known popularly as the <a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1967 NFL Championship Game">"Ice Bowl"</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-icebowl_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icebowl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mercein rushed six times for 20 yards, and had two receptions for 22 yards in the "Ice Bowl"; 34 of his total yards were achieved on that game's final and famous 68 yard drive.<sup id="cite_ref-icebowl_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icebowl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He most notably raised both of his arms behind <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Bart Starr</a> who had executed a <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sneak" title="Quarterback sneak">quarterback sneak</a> to score the game-winning touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in regulation time. Because physically aiding a teammate into the <a href="/wiki/End_zone" title="End zone">end zone</a> is a penalty, he was indicating to the on-field officials that Starr wasn't pushed forward.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played for the Packers through 1969 and then with the Jets before retiring in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-icebowl_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icebowl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to being with the Jets, he was in <a href="/wiki/Washington_Football_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Football Team">Washington Redskins</a> <a href="/wiki/Training_camp_(National_Football_League)" class="mw-redirect" title="Training camp (National Football League)">training camp</a> but was released on September 1, 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuck_Mercein&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mercein is the son of Tom Mercein, a radio and television personality who worked in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> during the 1950s and 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The younger Mercein graduated first from <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_School_(Winnetka,_Illinois)" title="Sacred Heart School (Winnetka, Illinois)">Sacred Heart School</a> and then <a href="/wiki/New_Trier_High_School" title="New Trier High School">New Trier High School</a>, in 1961. He was an all-state fullback who also was the first Illinois high-school athlete to ever exceed 60 feet in the <a href="/wiki/Shot_put" title="Shot put">shot put</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His feats of 61 feet, 1¾ inches at <a href="/wiki/Waukegan_High_School" title="Waukegan High School">Waukegan</a> on April 29, 1961, and 60 feet, 5½ inches at <a href="/wiki/Maine_East_High_School" title="Maine East High School">Maine East</a> six days later on May 5 both exceeded the then-state record of 58 feet, 5½ inches. Neither were recognized as an Illinois high school record, which had to be established only at the state championships.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mercein's acceptance of a scholarship to attend <a href="/wiki/Yale_College" title="Yale College">Yale College</a> was based on recommendations from <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pyle_(American_football)" title="Mike Pyle (American football)">Mike Pyle</a>, a fellow New Trier graduate who had also matriculated at Yale. While at Yale, Mercein was a member of the Phi Chapter of <a href="/wiki/Delta_Kappa_Epsilon" title="Delta Kappa Epsilon">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a> fraternity.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuck_Mercein&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nfl.com/player/chuckmercein/2521032/profile">"Chuck Mercein, RB at NFL.com"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NFL.com" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL.com">NFL.com</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Prep Sports: Mercein to Yale," <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, Sunday, June 25, 1961.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1961/05/06/page/116/article/prep-star-betters-state-shot-record">"Prep Star Betters State Shot Record," <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, Saturday, May 6, 1961.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2v9yBAAAQBAJ&dq=chuck+mercein+new+trier&pg=PT151">Shropshire, Mike. <i>The Ice Bowl: The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys Season of 1967</i>. 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