Military service Forte was drafted by the
Green Bay Packers of the
National Football League in the 11th round (98th pick) of the
1943 NFL draft. However, with
World War II raging, instead of joining the team, Forte entered the
United States Army, in which he served for three years as a
first lieutenant of a tank battalion in the
8th Armored Division in the European theater. 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. In 1973, Forte was enshrined in the
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in recognition of his accomplishments on and off the field.
Post-football 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. 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. ==Personal life==