Following his retirement from football, Forte worked as a radio analyst for the Packers, a television sports director, and as a member of the sports department of the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee.
Early life and college
Bob Forte was born July 15, 1922, in Lake Village, Arkansas, a small town in the southeastern part of the state.[3] He began playing sandlot football with neighborhood children, gaining skill as a powerful runner.[3]
Forte attended the University of Arkansas for whom he played in the 1940, 1941, and 1942 seasons, playing halfback on offense and linebacker on defense.[3] He was twice named an All-Conference player and was named to several All-American team lists.[3]
After this stint under General George S. Patton in the Third Army, Forte was discharged in May 1946 and returned to life as a civilian.[3]
Professional football
After his return from Europe, Forte began a seven-season career playing for the Packers, interrupted by the Korean War, during which he was recalled to active duty for 15 months.[3] Forte became one of only 14 NFL players to serve in both World War II and the Korean War.[4]
After missing the 1951 NFL campaign due to military service, Forte returned to the Packers, by whom he was elected as team captain in 1952 and 1953.[3]
Forte began working in the off-season for the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee in 1952, serving as a special representative of the company's sports department, making appearances on behalf of the brewery to talk football before athletic and civic groups.[3] He also worked as an analyst for the Packers on the teams radio broadcasts and was hired to be the sports director WISN and WISN-TV in 1956.
In 1957 he returned to Miller Brewing's elaborate sports department on a full-time basis. He narrated eight new films for the company made in 1958 — four of which dealt with football exclusively, including a 30-minute short on the 1957 NFL Championship Game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns.[3]