What is the Lambeau Leap and who invented it?
Robert Brooks is credited with popularizing the celebratory move, but safety LeRoy Butler is the innovator of the Lambeau Leap – the touchdown celebration in which the scoring player leaps into the arms of awaiting fans in the stands. Butler ‘invented’ the move Dec. 26, 1993. Here’s how it happened: In the fourth quarter, Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Vince Evans completes a second-down swing pass to running back Randy Jordan, who takes the ball to the Raiders’ 40-yard-line before Butler forces a fumble that is recovered by Reggie White at the Raiders’ 35. After running with the ball for 10 yards, White lateralles it to Butler, who runs the remaining 25 yards into the end zone and then makes a spontaneous leap into the arms of fans in the south bleachers. The Packers go on to win 28-0 to clinch what would be the first of six consecutive playoff berths.
