Being a modest everyman is how he became a regular in those Lite commercials, alongside Rodney, Butkus, Billy Martin and John Madden. It’s why Johnny Carson adored him, christening Uecker “Mr ...

Uecker found himself in legendary company. “There was Ray Nitschke and some of those Packer greats,” he remembered fondly. “There was Ben Davidson, Bubba Smith. There was Rodney Dangerfield ...