Cherry Starr, the wife of Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr, outlined the severe hazing the quarterback underwent while at the University of Alabama to Joseph Goodman of AL.com.
"He was hospitalized at one point in traction," she told Goodman. "That was in the days when they were initiated into the A-Club, and they had severe beatings and paddling. From all the members of the A-Club, they lined up with a big paddle with holes drilled in it, and it actually injured his back."