An action-posed Green Bay Packer Receiver statue stands in front of the Titletown Brewery, near the river overlooking downtown.
The 22-ft. tall fiberglass football player statue, leaping from the top of a large football to catch a pass, has moved around town a bit. He stood at the Packer Hall of Fame until 2003 when the Hall was absorbed into the stadium. Then the receiver persevered in front of the Neville Public Museum, until he was displaced in 2005 by something apparently more important -- a replica World Trade Center 9/11 memorial.
As the heroic athlete was removed to be placed in storage, a mishap yanked off his leg and damaged his foot. Titletown Brewery, within sight of the 9/11 monument, became the receiver's new home in September 2005. We stopped in prematurely in August, and drowned our sorrows in a couple of pitchers of beer and pizza.
Titletown reports that the statue is up and lit at night, though it's still due for some corrective foot surgery.
