"The locker room was pandemonium and Lombardi was on the podium with the TV cameras and Vince called for Jerry," Bowman said. "I said, 'Jerry, don't forget to tell 'em it was a double team.' He said, 'Kid, you got 10 years ahead of you. Let an old man have his day.' "
Bowman said he didn't realize the magnitude of the block or the Packers' achievement at the time.
"I was so young and dumb," he said. "I let Jerry go up and have the microphone and receive all the credit."
Former team historian Lee Remmel offered this perspective in a 2007 interview with Packer Plus on the famous block.
"Looking back from 40 year's perspective, I think there's quite enough for both of them to share," Remmel said. "I don't think there's any reason to diminish one's role or the other's.
"They both contributed to the end result, which was a victory in what was voted the greatest game of all time."
Bowman said he's moved on from any controversy on the issue.
"That block happened more than 40 years ago," he said. "I know what it was. My teammates know what it was, so that's good enough for me. I've moved on with my life."
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