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In this episode of Greatest Sports Legends, host Howard Cosell explores the record-setting career of Paul Hornung. Hornung was drafted number one overall into the National Football League by the Green Bay Packers with whom he would go on to win four league championships including the first ever Super Bowl in 1967. As a pro, he was one of the most versatile players in the history of the game, playing the halfback position as well as being a field goal kicker for several seasons. Hornung led the league in scoring for three straight seasons from 1959, through 1961. During the 1960 season, in just 12 games, he set an all-time record by scoring 176 points, plus, he also threw two touchdown passes. In 1961 he set the record for the most points scored in a Championship game (he scored 19 points in that game on 3 field goals, 3 extra points, and a touchdown, a record that still stands today). In Green Bay's 1965 championship win, he rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown. Considered by some to be the best short-yardage runner to ever play the game, he was twice voted the league’s most valuable player and during his career was chosen as an All-Pro twice and named to the Pro Bowl twice. He is one of only five players to have won both the Heisman Trophy and the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award. In 1965, in the twilight of his career, Hornung scored a team-record five touchdowns in a 42-27 win over the Baltimore Colts, a win that would eventually be important for the Packers as they would tie the Colts in the Western Conference standings at season's end (The Packers would win that playoff game over the Colts to advance to the NFL Championship). In that NFL Championship game, Hornung ran for 105 yards and a touchdown in the Packers' 23-12 championship victory over the Cleveland Browns. This video contains an in-depth interview as well as footage of the games and touchdown passes that made him stand out in history. His career with Green Bay will remain eternally unrivaled in the eyes of all Packers fans.