Max McGee, the free-spirited Green Bay Packers pass receiver who became part of Super Bowl lore after a night on the town, died when he fell while clearing leaves from the roof of his home outside Minneapolis. He was 75.

Police were called to his home in Deephaven, Minn., on Saturday afternoon, Sgt. Chris Whiteside said. Efforts to resuscitate failed.

Mr. McGee caught the first touchdown pass in Super Bowl history in 1967, a game he expected to watch from the sideline only to be called into action when regular receiver Boyd Dowler became injured. When it was over, Mr. McGee had caught seven passes for 138 yards and two TDs and Green Bay -- coached by the great Vince Lombardi -- had beaten the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

Mr. McGee had only four receptions for 91 yards during the 1966 regular season. He didn't plan to play in the title game against the Chiefs because he violated the team curfew and spent the night before partying.

Mr. Dowler separated a shoulder on the Packers' second drive, and Lombardi summoned Mr. McGee. Mr. McGee had to borrow a helmet because he left his in the locker room. A few plays later, he made a one-handed snare of a pass from Bart Starr and ran 37 yards to score.

Jerry Kramer, who played 11 seasons on the Packers with Mr. McGee, said Mr. McGee's humor defused the tension on a team run by Mr. Lombardi's iron hand. Mr. Lombardi died in 1970.

Mr. McGee was a running back at Tulane and the nation's top kick returner in 1953. Selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1954 draft, Mr. McGee spent two years in the Air Force as a pilot following his rookie year before returning in 1957 to play 11 more seasons. He finished his career with 345 receptions for 6,346 yards -- an 18.4-yard average -- and scored 51 touchdowns.

After retiring from football, he became a major partner in developing the Chi-Chi's chain of Mexican restaurants.

Mr. McGee and wife, Denise, founded the Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1999.