Green Bay Packer Receiver - Donald Driver
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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.
The statue is lit at night, and in June 2013 it was repainted to honor Donald Driver, who spent his entire 14-year career in Green Bay and caught the most passes in Packers history.