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Carroll University
Coordinates: 43°0′13″N 88°13′40″W / 43.00361°N 88.22778°W / 43.00361; -88.22778
Carroll University is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian church located in Waukesha in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Carroll opened in 1846, two years before Wisconsin became a state. Before July 1, 2009, Carroll University was known as Carroll College.
Prairieville Academy, which eventually became Carroll College (and subsequently Carroll University), was founded in 1841. Three years later, in summer of 1844, the genesis for Beloit College came in the form of a group of New Englanders calling themselves "Friends of Education," who gathered to discuss the formation of a "frontier college."
The charter for Carroll – named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence – was passed into law by the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature on January 31, 1846. Beloit's charter followed shortly on February 2, giving rise to Carroll's claim to be the oldest four-year institution in Wisconsin.
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Franklin Field
Franklin Field is the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for football, field hockey, lacrosse, sprint football, and track and field (and formerly for soccer and baseball). It is also used by Penn students for recreation, and for intramural and club sports, including touch football and cricket, and is the site of Penn's graduation exercises, weather permitting. It is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of Penn's campus, across the Schuylkill River from Center City. It is the home of the Penn Relays and was formerly the home field of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
Franklin Field was built for $100,000 and dedicated on April 20, 1895, for the first running of the Penn Relays. Deemed by the NCAA as the oldest stadium still operating for football, it was the site of the nation's first scoreboard in 1895.
Permanent Franklin Field construction did not begin until after the turn of the century. Weightman Hall gymnasium, the stadium, and permanent grandstands were designed by architect Frank Miles Day & Brother and were erected from 1903 to 1905 at a cost of $500,000. The field was 714 feet long and 443 feet wide. The site featured a ¼-mile track, a football field, and a baseball diamond. Beneath the stands were indoor tracks and indoor training facilities.
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Hagemeister Park
Hagemeister Park was the name of a park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was the home of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from their founding in 1919 through 1922. Owned by Hagemeister brewery, the park was located on the northern end of Washington Park (now Johannes Park).
It was a classic sandlot, located near Baird and Walnut Streets, adjacent to the East River. The playing field was roped off from the spectators' standing area. There were no ushers, no band, and no public address system. There also were no gates, since there wasn't a fence. Spectators would jump off the streetcar and walk over to the sideline to watch. Fans who drove to the game could park their cars about ten yards behind the ropes. Fans often sat in their cars or on top of them, although most stood on the sidelines, following the action up and down the field. At halftime, the teams adjourned to opposite end zones and discuss tactics for the second half. Spectators would form a ring around the players and join in on the discussions.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee /mɪlˈwɔːkiː/ is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States, and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the City of Milwaukee has a population of 594,833. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Metropolitan Area with a population of 1,751,316 as of 2010. Milwaukee is also the regional center of the seven county Greater Milwaukee Area, with an estimated population of 2,014,032 as of 2008.
The first Europeans to pass through the area were French missionaries and fur traders. In 1818, the French-Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846 Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German and other immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and the following decades.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh (
/ˈpɪtsbərɡ/, PITS-burg) is the second largest city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of both Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley. Nationally, it is the 22nd largest urban area in the United States. The population of the city in 2010 was 305,704, while that of the seven-county metropolitan area stood at 2,356,285.Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density. The characteristic shape of Pittsburgh's central business district is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River. The city features 151 high-rise buildings, 446 bridges, two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "the City of Bridges" and "the Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
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Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary, in the United States. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf (in Iowa) and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline (in Illinois), are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2011, had a population estimate of 381,342. The Quad Cities is midway between Minneapolis on the north and St. Louis on the south; Chicago on the east and Des Moines on the west. The area's 300-mile market of nearly 36.5 million people comprises nearly 15% of the nation's population. This makes it the largest 300-mile market west of Chicago.
The name "Quad Cities" for a group of five is based on the history of the community.
Before European settlers came to inhabit the Quad Cities, the confluence of rivers had attracted many varying cultures of indigenous peoples, who used the waterways and riverbanks for their settlements for thousands of years. At the time of European encounter, it was a home and principal trading place of the Sauk and Fox tribes of Native Americans. Saukenuk was the principal village of the Sauk tribe and birthplace of its 19th-century war chief, Black Hawk. In 1832, Sauk chief Keokuk and General Winfield Scott signed a treaty in Davenport after the US defeated the Sauk and their allies in the Black Hawk War. The treaty resulted in the Native Americans' ceding 6 million acres (24,000 km²) of land to the United States in exchange for a much smaller reservation elsewhere. Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island preserves part of historic Saukenuk and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin (
i/wɨsˈkɒnsɨn/) is a US state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 23rd most extensive and the 20th most populous of the 50 United States. Wisconsin's capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. The state is divided into 72 counties.
The word Wisconsin originates from the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact. French explorer Jacques Marquette was the first European to reach the Wisconsin River and record its name, arriving in 1673 and calling the river Meskousing in his journal. This spelling was later corrupted to Ouisconsin by other French explorers, and over time this version became the French name for both the Wisconsin River and the surrounding lands. English speakers anglicized the spelling to its modern form when they began to arrive in greater numbers during the early 19th century. The current spelling was made official by the legislature of Wisconsin Territory in 1845.
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Aaron Kampman
Aaron Allan Kampman ( /ˈkæmpmən/; born November 30, 1979) is an American football defensive end and linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa.
Aaron Kampman played high school football for Aplington-Parkersburg High School. Despite a student body of only 270, it has produced four NFL players. Kampman, Casey Wiegmann, Jared DeVries, and Brad Meester are all Aplington-Parkersburg graduates who played for the late Ed Thomas and went on to the NFL. Thomas was named the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year.
Kampman lettered three times in football and basketball and four times in track in high school. He was an all-state basketball player as a senior, and he placed third in the shot put at the state meet his junior and senior seasons.
In football, Kampman led Aplington-Parkersburg to three straight playoff appearances and a runner-up finish in the state championship as a junior. His teams had a record of 26-7 over his three years there. Kampman played the linebacker position and set school records for tackles in a game (26), a season (188), and a career (447). He was the team MVP his junior and senior seasons and team captain as a senior.
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Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Packers. Rodgers played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he set several California Golden Bears records, including lowest interception rate at 1.43%.
Professionally, Rodgers is the NFL's all-time career leader in passer rating during both the regular season with a rating of 104.1, and the post-season with a rating of 105.5 – among passers with at least 1,500 and 150 pass attempts respectively. He also holds the league's lowest career pass interception percentage for quarterbacks during the regular season with a percentage of 1.80%, and the single season passer rating record of 122.5. Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to win Super Bowl XLV and was named Super Bowl MVP. As a result, he was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011.
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Adam Timmerman
Adam Larry Timmerman (born August 14, 1971 in Cherokee, Iowa) is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Rams between 1995 and 2006. He played college football at South Dakota State.
A Second-team All-Pro selection in 2001, Timmerman went to four Super Bowls in his career, winning Super Bowl XXXI with the Packers and Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams.
Timmerman attended Washington High School in Cherokee, Iowa, and starred in football, basketball, and track. In football, he won All-Conference honors, and was an All-State Honorable Mention honoree. In track, he finished eighth in the state track meet on the 110 high hurdles as a senior. Adam Timmerman graduated from Washington High School in Cherokee, Iowa, in 1989.
Timmerman attended South Dakota State University. While there, he won two Division II All-America honors, was a two-time First-team Academic All-Conference pick, and as a senior, won the "Jim Langer Award", which is given to the nation's top Division II lineman.
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Ade Schwammel
Adolphe "Ade" John Schwammel (October 14, 1908 – November 18, 1979) was an American football offensive tackle who played five seasons in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers.
Schwammel attended Fremont High School in Oakland, California and starred in football.
Schwammel chose to enroll at Oregon State for his college education and to play football. He ettered in football from 1931 through 1933, earning first team All-American and All-Pacific Coast Conference at tackle as a senior was chosen as an All-American at tackle for the 1933 season, for a team that had a 6-2-2 record that included a win over powerhouse Fordham University and a scoreless tie with the USC Trojans, ending USC's 26-game winning streak in a game played with exactly 11 players without any substitutions by Oregon State. He was also chosen to play in the 1934 East-West Shrine Game.
Schwammel was one of the key players in the now illegal "Pyramid Play" where the Beavers hoisted 6'7" Clyde Devine atop the shoulders of 6'2" Schwammel and 6'2" teammate Harry Shields in order to block a placekick. The play was first successfully used in a game against the University of Oregon, and a picture of the play published in the Saturday Evening Post brought the team — and the play — national attention, leading to the pyramid technique being banned by the NCAA's rules committee shortly thereafter.
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Ahman Green
Ahman Rashad Green (pronounced /ɑːˈmɑːn/; born February 16, 1977) is a retired American football running back. He is the all-time leading rusher for the Green Bay Packers. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 3rd round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska.
Green also played for the Houston Texans, and was a four-time Pro Bowl selection with the Packers.
He is now a co-owner of the Green Bay Blizzard of the Indoor Football League.
Green was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended Omaha North before transferring to Omaha Central for high school. He was a high school All-American selection and state 'Player of the Year' as a senior.
Green was a standout running back and three year starter for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was an integral component and key contributor on two national championship squads.
As a freshman, Green was perhaps overshadowed by his backfield mates running back Lawrence Phillips and quarterback Tommie Frazier. But Green's freshman year at Nebraska was certainly a memorable one. He was a major contributor during Nebraska's 1995 Championship run. He rushed for 1,086 yards (still the school's single-season freshman rushing record) and 13 touchdowns on 141 carries (7.7 avg.) and was honored as a freshman All-America selection by Football News. In addition, he earned Big Eight all-conference and 'Freshman of the Year' honors.
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Al Moore
Albert James Moore (August 4, 1902 – November 29, 1974) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants.
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Al Rose
Alfred Grady Rose (January 26, 1905 – October 1985) was a tight end in the National Football League who played for the Providence Steam Roller and the Green Bay Packers. Rose played collegiate ball for the University of Texas before playing professionally for 7 seasons. He retired after the 1936 season. Rose was also the grandfather of Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com and Internet Entrepreneur.
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Alex Green
Alexander Denell Green (born June 23, 1988) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He played college football at The University of Hawaii. He was considered one of the better running back prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft. He ended up being selected in the third round, 96th overall, by the Packers in the 2011 NFL Draft.
Green graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School in 2006. During his senior season at Benson, he rushed for 1,134 yards and 14 touchdowns to earn first-team All-PIL honors.
Green originally went to Butte Community College in Oroville, California. This was the same college that future Packers teammate Aaron Rodgers played for. In 2008, Green lead the team to a 12-0 record and the junior college national championship. During that time he had 1,037 yards and 14 touchdowns rushing, he also scored two receiving touchdowns.
After two years, Green transferred to the The University of Hawaii as an oncoming junior where he became an integral part of their spread offense.
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Alex Urban
Alexander William Urban (July 16, 1917 –September 7, 2007) was an American football defensive end and a tight end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Urban played collegiately at the University of South Carolina, and entered the NFL with the Green Bay Packers. Urban played professionally in 1941, and after fighting in World War II, played 2 more seasons with the Packers before retiring.
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Alex Van Pelt
Alexander "Alex" Van Pelt (born May 1, 1970) is an American football coach and former quarterback.
Van Pelt was a star college quarterback at the University of Pittsburgh. When Van Pelt left Pittsburgh, he held school passing records that he had taken from Dan Marino. His single season mark of 3,163 passing yards was broken in 2003 by Rod Rutherford.
Van Pelt was an eighth round draft pick of his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, but failed to make the opening game roster. After spending six months as the Kansas City Chiefs fourth-string quarterback in 1994, he spent the remainder of his career as a Buffalo Bill. Van Pelt was a career backup in the National Football League, where he had career totals of 16 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in 477 pass attempts.
Van Pelt's first NFL win as a starter would come on November 2, 1997, against Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins. In 2001, he started 8 games, going 2-6, and playing well enough to justify a contract extension that would allow the Bills to release failed Doug Flutie successor Rob Johnson. Van Pelt would never start a game after 2001 due to a Bills trade with the New England Patriots for Drew Bledsoe, who became the full-time starting quarterback.
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Allen Brown
Allen Brown (born March 2, 1943) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Mississippi.
Playing for legendary coach John Vaught at Ole Miss, Brown earned three letters (1962-64) and served as co-captain of the 1964 Rebel team. He also earned first team All-America honors from the Associated Press, Time Magazine, and The Sporting News in 1964 and was a first team All-SEC selection in 1963 and 1964. He was inducted into Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2004, Brown was honored by the Southeastern Conference as an SEC football legend.
Brown was drafted by the Packers in the third round (38th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round (22nd overall) of the 1965 American Football League Draft. Later, Brown was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in the summer of 2009.
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Allen Jacobs
Allen Winnitt Jacobs (born May 19, 1941) is a former American football fullback and halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Utah.
Jacobs was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the tenth round (139th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft. He was a member of the 1965 NFL Champion Green Bay Packer team. He was also drafted by the AFL's Buffalo Bills in the 26th round (205th overall) of the 1964 American Football League Draft.
After his playing career ended, Jacobs served for eight seasons as the head coach of Westminster Parsons football from 1971 to 1978. During his tenure, Jacobs compiled an overall record of 31 wins and 41 losses (31–41).
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Alonzo Highsmith
Alonzo Walter Highsmith (born February 26, 1965 in Bartow, Florida) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at the University of Miami and was drafted in the first round (third overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft.
Alonzo Highsmith was an All-American defensive end for Christopher Columbus High School in Miami-Dade County. Alonzo was one of the most highly-recruited players for the class of 1982 and eventually chose Miami over offers from Notre Dame and Michigan. Highsmith was a four-time letterman in college, and a member of the 1983 Hurricanes squad that won the national championship with a 31-30 victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. He played in six NFL seasons from 1987 to 1992 for the Oilers, Cowboys, and Buccaneers. Due to a series of knee injuries, Highsmith retired from professional football after the 1992 football season.
Alonzo was interviewed about his time at the University of Miami for the documentary The U, which premiered December 12, 2009 on ESPN.
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Andre Rison
Andre Previn Rison (born March 18, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a retired American football wide receiver who played professionally for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts. Rison was selected to the Pro Bowl five times, from 1990–1993 and once again in 1997.
Rison won a Super Bowl championship with the Green Bay Packers in 1996, scoring the first points of the game on a 54-yard touchdown catch. He also won a Grey Cup championship with the Toronto Argonauts in 2004. He is one of the few players to win professional football championships in both the United States of America and Canada. He was released by the Argonauts during the 2005 CFL season. He holds an NFL record for scoring a touchdown with 7 different teams.
He was a star player at Flint Northwestern High School and in college at Michigan State University. As a Senior at Michigan State, Rison had 30 receptions for 709 yards and 5 TDs.
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Andrew Datko
Andrew Datko (born August 15, 1990) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Florida State University.
Datko attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he played for the state title every year of his high school career. As a senior, he was part of St. Thomas' 14-1 5A State Championship squad.
Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Datko ranked No. 35 among offensive guard prospects in the nation. He chose Florida State over Central Florida and Florida International on October 29, 2007.
As a true freshman, Datko started all but one game at left tackle for the Seminoles. He played 852 snaps, more than any freshman on the line, and recorded 21 knockdowns.
Datko subsequently earned multiple All-Freshman honors, as he was named to FWAA′s Freshman All-America team,Sporting News′ Freshman All-American team, and Rivals.com′s Freshman All-America team. He is the first Florida State tackle to garner freshman All-America honors since Brett Williams in 1999.
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Andrew Quarless
Andrew Christopher Quarless (born October 6, 1988 in Uniondale, New York) is an American football player for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He played college football at Penn State under Joe Paterno. He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.He was nicknamed "Qwarry" back in his high school days.http://gnb.scout.com/2/968134.htmL
Andrew Quarless attended Holy Trinity High School on Long Island until his junior year when he transferred to Uniondale High school, where he had his greatest season before entering Penn State.After winning the Super Bowl he returned to Uniondale where he was honored by Uniondale Ave being renamed "Andrew Quarless Way."
Quarless had a breakout season as a true freshman in 2006. He was pushed into Joe Paterno in a game against Wisconsin, which broke Paterno's leg. Success in the 2007 season was limited due to suspensions and loss of his starting position at tight end to Mickey Shuler, Jr. Quarless saw limited playing time in 2008 until the Illinois game when he started in the place of an injured Shuler and caught a key 4th quarter touchdown. He caught the game-winning catch in the 2010 East-West Shrine Game.
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Andy Reid
Andrew Walter "Andy" Reid (born March 19, 1958) is the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL, a post he has held since 1999. Since 2001, he has also been the team's executive vice president of football operations. He led the Eagles to five NFC championship games, including four consecutive appearances from 2001-2004, and to Super Bowl XXXIX in 2004.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Reid attended John Marshall High School and worked as a vendor at Dodger Stadium as a teenager. He also played youth sports in Los Angeles, and among his coaches were Pete Arbogast, who is the radio announcer for the USC football team, and formerly the radio play-by-play man for the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1971, at age 13, Reid appeared live on Monday Night Football during the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition. Reid played offensive guard and tackle at Brigham Young University for head coach LaVell Edwards.
After graduating from BYU in 1981, he spent one year as a graduate assistant on the school's football coaching staff. He spent the next nine years as an offensive line coach with four different colleges, including in 1986 with Northern Arizona University when he coached Frank Pollack, who went on to play for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He was hired as an assistant coach by the Green Bay Packers in 1992, the same year quarterback Brett Favre became a member of that team. Reid was named the Packers' quarterbacks coach in 1997, the season after the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI.
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Andy Uram
Andy Uram (March 21, 1915 – December 11, 1984) is a former running back and defensive back in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Uram played collegiate ball for the University of Minnesota before being drafted by the Packers in the 6th round of the 1938 NFL Draft. He played professionally for 6 seasons from 1938 to 1943. After the 1943 NFL season, Uram served in the United States Navy during World War II. In 1973, Uram was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. He died in 1984, at the age of 69.
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Anthony Hargrove
Anthony La'Ron Hargrove (born July 20, 1983) is an American football defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech.
Hargrove has also played for the Buffalo Bills as well as winning Super Bowl XLIV with the New Orleans Saints. He was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks in 2011.
Hargrove played high school football at Port Charlotte High School in Florida. He played quarterback and free safety for the Pirates, before moving to defensive line in college.
Hargrove started 13 of 24 games for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, with 70 tackles (36 solo) with six sacks, 19 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and three passes defensed. He was academically ineligible for the season as a junior in 2003, but started every game at weakside defensive end as a sophomore.
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Anthony Levine
Anthony Levine (born March 27, 1987 in Abbeville, Louisiana) is an American football safety for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He is currently a member of the Packers' practice squad.
He is the cousin of former NFL player Brandon Mitchell.
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Antonio Freeman
Antonio Michael Freeman (born May 27, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League, most notably for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, dominating his high school conference. Freeman played college football at Virginia Tech, where he caught 93 passes for 1,534 yards and 16 touchdowns in three seasons. He also returned 63 punts for 651 yards and another touchdown, and rushed for 37 yards.
He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1995 NFL Draft and in his rookie season returned a punt 76 yds for a touchdown during a playoff win over Atlanta. He went on to lead the Packers in receiving in four seasons from 1996–1999, and led the NFL in receiving in 1998.
The peak of Freeman's career occurred during his first tenure with the Green Bay Packers including a victory in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 over the New England Patriots. During that Super Bowl Freeman caught a Super Bowl record-length touchdown pass of 81 yards from Brett Favre, since eclipsed. That play would give the Packers the lead for good as they went on to win 35–21. Freeman finished the game with three receptions for 105 yards. The following year, Freeman gained over 1,200 receiving yards as Green Bay advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl, where he caught 9 passes for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 31-24 loss to the Denver Broncos. His 230 all-purpose yards in the game was the third highest total in Super Bowl history
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Antonio Robinson
Antonio Robinson (born on November 11, 1985 in Miami, Florida) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football for Nicholls State University.
He has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers.
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Arnie Herber
Arnold "Arnie" Charles Herber (April 2, 1910 – October 14, 1969) was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison for one year before transferring to Regis College.
Herber was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and was a Packers fan from a young age, all while starring at local West High School in football and basketball.[citation needed] After attending college for a few years to no notoriety, Herber came back to Green Bay and worked in the Club House as a handyman. Coach Curly Lambeau gave Herber a try-out and Herber joined a team that was currently dominating the NFL.
Green Bay had posted an undefeated 12-0-1 record and won the NFL title the year before Herber was on the roster. In his first year, 1930, the Packers continued their success and won another title with Herber playing tailback in the famous Notre Dame Box formation. In 1931, with Herber throwing more than usual for that era to early greats like John "Blood" McNally, the Packers reeled off nine straight wins to start the season and held on to win a third straight title. No other team in NFL history, besides the Packers themselves in the 1960s, has won three consecutive titles.
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Atari Bigby
Atari David Bigby (born September 19, 1981) is an American football safety for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at the Central Florida.
Bigby has also been a member of the New York Jets, the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Bigby attended Miami High School in Miami, Florida where he lettered three years in football and two in track. He attended high school with safety Marquand Manuel, Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson, San Diego Chargers wide receiver Roscoe Parrish, Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jamaal Jackson, and Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem. As a prep player at Miami (Fla.) Senior High School, played every position on the field other than lineman. His senior year, Bigby recorded 72 tackles, four forced fumbles, and one interception, on defense. On offense, he had 500 receiving yards, 315 rushing yards, and nine touchdowns. Bigby earned second-team Class 6A all-state honors and also played in the Dade-Broward All-Star Game. .
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Baby Ray
Buford "Baby" Ray (September 30, 1914 – January 21, 1986) was an American football player who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1938 to 1948.
Ray is a native of Nashville, Tennessee and attended Central High School there. He then played for Vanderbilt University before playing professionally. After his pro career, he was a coach for Vanderbilt.
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Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders (born July 16, 1968) is a former American football running back who spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. Sanders left the game just short of the all-time rushing record. Sanders is a member of the college and professional football halls of fame. He is considered one of the greatest and most elusive running backs of all time.
A Wichita, Kansas native, Sanders attended Wichita North High School. Barry started at tailback his sophomore year, but took a back seat to his brother Byron the following year. Sanders did not become the starting running back until the fourth game of his senior year.He rushed for 1,417 in the final seven games of the season, which earned him all-state honors. During that seven game span Sanders averaged 10.2 yards per carry. He was, however, overlooked by most college recruiters because of his 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) size. Although he was a stellar athlete, Barry only had scholarships from Emporia State, Iowa State, Tulsa, and Oklahoma State.
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Bart Starr
Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr (born January 9, 1934) is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971, during which time he led the Packers to multiple NFL championships. He was less successful as the Packer's head coach, compiling a record of 52–76–3 from 1975-1983.
He was named the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls and earned four Pro Bowl selections. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1977. He won the league MVP award in 1966.
Starr has the second-highest playoff passer rating (104.80, behind current Packer Aaron Rodgers' 112.6) of any quarterback in NFL history and a playoff record of 9–1. Starr's career completion percentage of 57.4 was an NFL best when he retired in 1972. Starr also held the Packers' franchise record for games-played (196) for 32 years, through the 2003 season.
Starr played at the University of Alabama from 1952 to 1956 and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 17th round of the 1956 draft (199th overall).
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Ben Agajanian
Benjamin James Agajanian "The Toeless Wonder" (born August 28, 1919) was an American collegiate and Professional Football player. He was born in Santa Ana, California. A placekicker, he played college football at the University of New Mexico. He played professionally in the National Football League from 1945 through 1959, then in the newly formed American Football League for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers in 1960, 1961, and 1964. He also played for the Dallas Texans in 1961 and the Oakland Raiders in 1962. He was one of only two players (the other was Hardy Brown) who played in the All-America Football Conference, the American Football League, and the National Football League.
Agajanian had four toes of his kicking foot crushed off in a work accident during college, but overcame the injury to become pro football's first kicking specialist, booting field goals for 10 different professional teams in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, including the 1956 World Champion New York Giants and the 1961 World Champion Green Bay Packers . After retiring from the field, he was the Dallas Cowboys kicking coach for 20 years. He is the third oldest living former AAFC player.
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Ben Davidson
Benjamin Earl Davidson (born June 14, 1940) is a former collegiate and professional American football player between 1961 and 1972.
He played in the National Football League in his Rookie Pro year for the 1961 National Football League Champions Green Bay Packers (1961),/ Then he played two seasons with the Washington Redskins for (1962–63).
Ben Played, most notably in the American Football League with the Oakland Raiders from 1964 through 1969, and for the NFL Raiders from 1970 through 1972, when the NFL and AFL were merged.
He was an AFL All-Star in 1966, 1967, and 1968. In the mid 1970s, he also played for the Portland Storm in the World Football League .
Davidson was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, but did not play football. Because of his height (6 feet 8 inches), basketball was more to his liking. While attending East Los Angeles Community College, he was spotted by the football coach and asked to join the team. He was subsequently recruited to play at the University of Washington where he flourished as a member of two Rose Bowl winning teams and gained entry into Professional Football. Ben is currently retired and living in San Diego California.
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Ben McAdoo
Ben McAdoo is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers. He spent the previous six seasons as tight ends coach. He previously worked under Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy in 2004 as the offensive assistant/quality control coach of the New Orleans Saints and in 2005 as the assistant offensive line/quality control coach of the San Francisco 49ers. He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2012 after the promotion of Tom Clements to offensive coordinator. He has also served as a coach at five colleges since 2001.
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Ben Starret
Benjamin L. Starret (born November 19, 1917) was an American football back in the National Football League who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers. Starret played collegiate ball for Saint Mary's College of California and played professionally in the NFL for 5 seasons. He retired in 1945.
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Bernardo Harris
Bernardo Harris (born October 15, 1971) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He attended Chapel Hill High School, graduating in 1990. He was recruited by Mack Brown to play at the University of North Carolina and graduated in 1994. After not being drafted, he was signed as a free agent by the Kansas City Chiefs. He played on the Green Bay Packers when they won Super Bowl XXXI following the 1996 season.
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Bernie Scherer
Bernard Joseph "Bernie" Scherer (January 28, 1913 – March 17, 2004) was an American football end in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers (1936–1938) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1939).
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Bill Austin
William Lee Austin (born October 18, 1928) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League, having played for the New York Giants for seven seasons (1949–50, 1953–57) and served as head coach for both the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1966-68 and the Washington Redskins in 1970.
Bill played for Oregon State University in college, earning All-Coast honors as a tackle in 1948. He also played in the 1949 East-West Shrine Game.
Austin coached for the Green Bay Packers during two of their championship seasons before becoming the Steelers head coach. However, during his three years with the Steelers, he failed to produce a winning season, finishing 11-28-3 over that span, and was replaced after the 1968 season by Chuck Noll. In 1969, Austin once again joined his former boss with the Packers, Vince Lombardi, in Washington as an assistant, then took over as head coach when Lombardi died of cancer on September 3, 1970. Dismissed after that season, he returned to his role as an assistant coach in the NFL for the remainder of his career, including a stint as Offensive Line Coach for the New York Giants in the early 1980's. [1]
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Bill Curry
William Alexander "Bill" Curry (born October 21, 1942) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010. Curry formerly worked as a football analyst for ESPN.
Previously, Curry served as the head football coach at the Georgia Tech (1980–1986), the University of Alabama (1987–1989), and the University of Kentucky (1990–1996). He played football at Georgia Tech (1962–1964) and then played for ten seasons in the National Football League with four different teams: the Green Bay Packers (1965–1966), the Baltimore Colts (1967–1972), the Houston Oilers (1973), and the Los Angeles Rams (1974).
Curry was born in College Park, Georgia. A 1965 graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in industrial management, Curry starred at center for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1962 to 1964. Curry played professional football in the NFL from 1965 to 1974 with the Green Bay Packers, the Baltimore Colts, the Houston Oilers, and the Los Angeles Rams. He was a Pro Bowl center with the Colts in 1971 and 1972. Curry was the starting center in three Super Bowls, for the Packers in Super Bowl I and for the Colts in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V.
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Bill Davenport
Raymond Wayne Davenport (December 16, 1906 – April 27, 2001) was an American football halfback in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Davenport played collegiate ball for Hardin-Simmons University and played professionally in the NFL for one season, in 1931.
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Bill Forester
George William Forester (August 9, 1932 - April 27, 2007) was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played eleven seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1953–1963) and was selected to four Pro Bowls. He was selected to the Packers Hall of Fame in 1974.
Forester graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas, Texas) in 1949 and was inducted into Woodrow's Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Bill Kern
William Franklin "Bill" Kern (September 2, 1906 – ?) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle at the University of Pittsburgh in 1925 and 1927 and then with the Green Bay Packers of the NFL in 1929 and 1930. Kern served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1939 and at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1942 and again in 1946 and 1947, compiling a career record of 36–35–2. In 1938, he led the Carnegie Tech Tartans to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the national champion TCU Horned Frogs, 15–7.
As a player in college, he was a first team All-American tackle at the University of Pittsburgh in 1927. Following college, Kern played tackle for the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1929 and 1930.
Kern's tenure at West Virginia was interrupted by military service during World War II. He served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945.
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Bill Kuusisto
William E. Kuusisto (April 26, 1918 - May 1973) was an offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Kuusisto played collegiate ball for the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 8th round of the 1941 NFL Draft. He played professionally for six seasons and retired in 1946. Kuusisto was also a professional wrestler.
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Bill Quinlan
William David Quinlan (born June 9, 1932) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, and the Washington Redskins. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Quinlan played college football at Michigan State University and was drafted in the third round of the 1956 NFL Draft.
Quinlan was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and attended Lawrence High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. After graduating high school in 1951, Quinlan attended Staunton Military Academy in 1952 and was inducted into their Hall of Fame.
Quinlan attended and played college football at Michigan State University.
After graduating from Michigan State, Quinlan played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in 1954. He was then drafted in the third round (37th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. He joined the Browns in 1957 after serving in the United States Army in 1956. He was traded to the Green Bay Packers in 1959, along with Lew Carpenter, in return for Billy Howton. In 1963, The Packers traded Quinlan and running back John Symank to the New York Giants for a high draft pick. The Giants immediately traded Quinlan to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for defensive end Gene Gossage.
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Bo Molenda
John Joseph "Bo" Molenda (February 20, 1905 – July 20, 1986) was an American football player, primarily a fullback, who played for the University of Michigan and nine seasons in the NFL. He played for two Big Ten Conference championship teams and four NFL championship teams (three with the Green Bay Packers and one with the New York Giants) and later became a football coach.
Molenda was born in Illinois and attended school in Decatur. He helped the Durfee School in Decatur win the Major School league cup. He moved with his family to Detroit, where he attended Detroit Northeastern High School. At Northeastern High, he was considered one of the best athletes ever produced by the city's school system. When Molenda and Bennie Oosterbaan both enrolled at the University of Michigan in September 1924, a newspaper report called them "two of the greatest all round athletes ever turned out in Michigan prep school ranks." In high school, Molenda excelled in football, baseball, basketball and track. He was selected as an All-American center in basketball at the national basketball tournament as a senior in high school.
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Bob Flowers
Robert C. Flowers (born August 6, 1917 in Big Spring, Texas) was an American football player who played eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers.
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Bob Harlan
Robert E. "Bob" Harlan is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Green Bay Packers, an American professional football team. He is a graduate of Marquette University, where he was the Sports Information Director for many years. He is also the father of sports announcer Kevin Harlan.
On May 26, 2007 the Packers announced that John Jones would be taking an indefinite "leave of absence" only days before Jones was scheduled to succeed Harlan as new CEO of the organization. Health concerns were the major reason cited for Jones' departure. In late July 2007, the Packers and Jones officially cut ties and a new search for the Packers President and CEO commenced. Harlan retained his position as CEO throughout the search, although the President position remained vacant. On December 3, 2007, the Green Bay Packers announced Mark H. Murphy, the Northwestern University Athletics Director, as its new President and CEO effective January 1, 2008. Harlan remained as Chairman-Emeritus and advisor to the team through the 2008 season, afterwards he remained as Chairman-Emeritus and serve as a goodwill ambassador for the team.
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Bob Hyland
Robert Joseph Hyland (born July 21, 1945 in White Plains, New York) is a former American football guard who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, New York Giants, and the New England Patriots. He played college football at Boston College and was drafted in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft. He played high school football at Archbishop Stepinac High School (Class of 1963).
Hyland currently owns the Sports Page pub and Sports Page in White Plains, New York.[citation needed]
He is running as the republican candidate for mayor of White Plains, New York. A special election will be held on March 31 in the wake of mayor Adam Bradley's resignation.
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Bob Jeter
Robert DeLafayette Jeter, Jr. (May 9, 1937 – November 20, 2008) was an American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. He was raised in Weirton, WV where he attended Weir High School. He played college football at the University of Iowa. As a halfback with the Hawkeyes, Jeter rushed for a Rose Bowl record 194 yards on just nine carries against the California Golden Bears on January 1, 1959. This total included an 81 yard touchdown run in the third quarter, another Rose Bowl record. As a result of this performance, he was the named the game's MVP.
Jeter was part of the Packers' teams that won the 1965 NFL Championship and Super Bowls I and II. During this time, Packers defense led the league in fewest points allowed in 1965 and 1966, fewest total yards allowed in 1964 and 1967, and fewest passing yards allowed from 1964 to 1968.
In eleven seasons, Jeter had 26 interceptions for 333 yards and two touchdowns. He also had two receptions for 25 yards.
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Bob Kahler
Robert William Kahler (born February 13, 1917) is a former American football player and coach. He played defensive back and halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1942 to 1944. Kahler played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and professionally in the NFL for three seasons. He retired from playing in 1944.
After military service in World War II, Kahler returned to Nebraska as an assistant football and track coach. In 1947–48, he was the head football and track coach at Nebraska City High School. In 1948, he moved to State Normal School and Teacher's College in Wayne, Nebraska, now Wayne State College, as head football coach and led his team to a share of the Nebraska College Conference championship. The following year, he moved to Northern Illinois University, where he served as head coach for one season in 1955.
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Bob Kercher
Robert Fred Kercher (January 14, 1918 – January 4, 2004) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Kercher played collegiate ball for Georgetown University and played professionally in the NFL for 1 season, in 1944.
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Bob Kuberski
Robert Kenneth Kuberski, Jr. (born April 5, 1971 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots. He played college football at the United States Naval Academy (Navy) and was a two-time all-East selection. In 2009, he was selected to the Navy Marine Corps Memorial All-Stadium Defensive Line. Bob is a member of the Navy Sports Hall of Fame.
Kuberski was drafted by the Packers in the seventh round (183rd overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft. He served on active duty as an Ensign in the United States Navy for two years prior to the beginining of his NFL career. Bob played in Green Bay for four seasons from 1995-1998 seeing action in 49 games. In 1999, he signed with the New England Patriots where he closed out his career playing in five games. Kuberski had two career sacks.
Kuberski currently works at RidgeWorth Capital Management as National Sales Manager of the Wealth Advisor Division. Prior to joining RidgeWorth, he spent 10 years as a Regional Vice President at Invesco after beginning his career in financial services as a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley.
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Bob Long
Robert Andrew "Bob" Long (born June 16, 1942 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played in the 1960s and 1970s and earned two Super Bowl rings. He attended suburban Pittsburgh's Washington Township High School (near Apollo), and Wichita State University. His seven year pro-career was spent with both the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins. He was an instrumental part of Vince Lombardi's wins at Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. Bob Long was inducted into the State of Kansas Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Wichita State Hall of Fame in 1972. Recently, in 2008 he was added to the Western Chapter of Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
After being a Third Team All American at Wichita University, Bob was drafted fourth by the Green Bay Packers in 1964. Timing it right, Bob played on the great Green Bay Packers' teams that won the NFL Championship in 1965, and won the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. That Packers team is the only team in NFL history to win three championships in a row.
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Bob Monnett
Robert C. Monnett (February 27, 1910 – August, 1978) was a professional American football player who played halfback for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Bob Schnelker
Robert Bernard Schnelker (born October 17, 1928 in Galion, Ohio) is a former American football wide receiver who played for nine seasons in the National Football League, mainly with the New York Giants. Schnelker was a two-time Pro Bowler. After retiring from football, he was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. Schnelker played college football at Bowling Green State University and was drafted in the 29th round of the 1950 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.
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Bob Skoronski
Robert Skoronski (born March 5, 1934 in Ansonia, Connecticut) was a tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Skoronski attended Indiana University and went to high school in his home state of Connecticut at Fairfield College Preparatory School.
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Bob Valesente
Bob Valesente (born July 19, 1940) is a former American football player and coach. He played college football at Ithaca College and spent more than 35 years as a football coach. He was the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks football team from 1986 to 1987 and has also served as an assistant football coach in the National Football League with the Baltimore Colts (secondary and special teams, 1982–1983), Pittsburgh Steelers (linebackers coach, 1990–1991), Green Bay Packers (linebackers coach, 1992–1994; defensive backs, 1995–1998), and Carolina Panthers (defensive backs, 1999).
A native of Seneca Falls, New York, Valesente attended Ithaca College in the early 1960s where he played football as a halfback and defensive back. He was also an All-American baseball player at Ithaca.
After leaving Ithaca, he played baseball in the Chicago Cubs minor league organization. He played for the Pocatello Chiefs in the Pioneer League in 1963 and the St. Cloud Rox in 1964.
Valesente began his coaching career in 1964 as the coach of the freshman football team at Cornell University. He spent 11 years as an assistant coach at Cornell and was the defensive secondary coach from 1969 to 1974.
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Boob Darling
Bernard "Boob" Darling (born November 18, 1903) was an American football player. He played his entire five year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970.
Darling died in March 1968.
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Boyd Dowler
Boyd Hamilton Dowler (born October 18, 1937 in Rock Springs, Wyoming) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played twelve seasons for the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins from 1959 to 1971. Dowler played college football at the University of Colorado. While at Colorado he was a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.
A two time Pro Bowler in 1965 and 1967, Dowler was a key contributor on the Packers Dynasty in the 1960s, assisting the team to five NFL championship wins, including victories in Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. Dowler was knocked out of the game early in the first quarter of Super Bowl I, but made a big impact in Super Bowl II, catching a 62-yard touchdown reception in the first half. He finished the game as the top receiver for the Packers, with two receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown. Dowler is a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, and the NFL 1960s All-Decade Team.
Dowler retired with a career record of 474 receptions for 7,270 yards and 40 touchdowns. He led the Packers in receptions for seven seasons. He is currently a scout for the Atlanta Falcons.
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Brady Poppinga
Brady Paul Poppinga (born September 21, 1979) is an American football linebacker for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at BYU.
Poppinga attended Evanston High School in Evanston, Wyoming. He lettered three years in football and basketball and four years in track, and was an All-State selection at both linebacker and tight end. He was named both 4-A lineman and Wyoming Athlete of the Year as a senior while leading the team to a 9-1 record and a 4-A state title. In 1995, he earned the Eagle Scout honor.
Poppinga also finished second in a 1997 high school discus competition.
After graduating from high school, Poppinga served a two-year Mormon mission in Uruguay and enrolled at Brigham Young University in 2001. Poppinga quickly earned a place on the Cougar roster. He played in all 12 games of the 2001 season at defensive end, recording 10 tackles, a fumble recovery, and one pass defensed on the season. Poppinga also made a significant contribution on special teams.
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Brandian Ross
Brandian Ross is a cornerback with the Green Bay Packers. He played at the collegiate level at Youngstown State University.
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Brandon Chillar
Brandon Chillar (born October 21, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football for UCLA. He is one of two players of Indian-American descent to ever play in the NFL next to Sanjay Beach.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Chillar was raised in Carlsbad, California near San Diego. At Carlsbad High School, he starred in both track and football.
After graduating from high school, he played college football in the Pac-10 for the University of California, Los Angeles, where he gained prominence on the Bruin defensive unit. Chillar started 35 of 49 games at UCLA, recording 255 tackles (149 solo) with 12.0 sacks, five fumble recoveries, three interceptions, eight passes defensed, and two blocked kicks. and earned First-team All-Pac-10 as senior. when he led the team with career-high 133 tackles (72 solo), 2.0 sacks, one interception, five passes defensed, two fumble recoveries, and one blocked kick as a senior.
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Brandon Saine
Brandon Croft Saine (born December 14, 1988) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Ohio State University. He played high school football and ran track for the Piqua Indians. Saine was compared to Reggie Bush while entering his Freshman year at Ohio State, due to his ability to be a jack of all trades, running, blocking and even spending time in the slot as a WR. Saine has been officially timed at 4.4 seconds in the forty yard dash, although he has been unofficially timed at 4.25 seconds.
As a junior, Brandon Saine ran for over 1,300 yards and scored 21 touchdowns while garnering All-State, All-Conference, and Conference Player of the Year honors. In his senior year, he ran for 1,895 yards and 27 touchdowns on 259 carries, while recording 30 receptions for 412 yards, And won state. Saine was the 2006 Mr. Football Award recipient and was ranked second overall in the 2007 football recruiting class from Ohio by Rivals.com, and ranked 50th among the Rivals 100, a list compiled from nationwide recruits. He was said to have run a 4.2 forty time during his senior year
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Brandon Underwood
Brandon Dante Underwood (born June 24, 1986 in Hamilton, Ohio) is an American football safety for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Cincinnati.
Underwood spent his first two years at Ohio State, where he was redshirted as a freshman in 2005. He played in the season opener against Miami, recording three tackles before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury. After his sophomore season, Underwood transferred to Cincinnati, where he earned first-team All-Big East honors in his senior season, recording 4 interceptions including one of Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford.
Underwood was selected in the sixth round (187th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Packers.
He was released on September 3, 2011.
On February 16, 2012, he signed with the Oakland Raiders.
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Brett Favre
Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons (1991), Green Bay Packers (1992–2007), New York Jets (2008) and Minnesota Vikings (2009–2010). Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 70,000 yards, over 500 touchdowns, over 300 interceptions, and over 10,000 pass attempts. He officially retired on January 17, 2011.
Favre started at the quarterback position for the University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by Atlanta (33rd overall). He was traded to Green Bay on February 10, 1992, for the 19th pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Favre became the Packers' starting quarterback in the fourth game of the 1992 season, and started every game through the 2007 season. He was traded to the New York Jets and started at quarterback for the 2008 season before signing with the Vikings on August 18, 2009 as their starting quarterback. He made an NFL record 297 consecutive starts (321 including playoffs).
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Brett Goode
Brett Goode (born November 2, 1984) is an American football long snapper for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Arkansas.
Goode was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and attended Northside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Brett attended Northside with Matt Jones, who he also played with at Arkansas and in Jacksonville with the Jaguars.
After going undrafted, Goode signed with the Jaguars as a rookie free agent. He participated in their training camp until he was released on August 20. He re-signed with Jacksonville on March 5, 2008 but was released again on June 16.
On September 1, 2008, the Packers signed Goode after starting long snapper J. J. Jansen suffered a season-ending knee injury. On January 7, 2011, Goode signed a contract extension.
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Bruce Wilkerson
Bruce Alan Wilkerson (born July 28, 1964) is a former American football player who played tackle for three NFL teams from 1987 to 1997. He started in Super Bowl XXXI for the Green Bay Packers. He is now employed by the Aluminum Company of America(ALCOA). He has a daughter named Starkicia and a son named Jeremy.
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Bryan Bulaga
Bryan Joseph Bulaga (pronounced /buːˈlɑːɡə/ boo-LAH-gə) (born March 21, 1989) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa.
Bulaga attended the Marian Central Catholic High School in Woodstock, Illinois, where he played at offensive tackle and tight end, but also at defensive end occasionally, and even at linebacker. He recorded 261 career tackles with 46 tackles for losses, 31 sacks, and one interception, while as a tight end, he had 35 pass receptions for a total of 665 yards, and scored 10 touchdowns. Bulaga and his teammates at the Marian Central High School, coached by Ed Brucker, were undefeated during their regular season in nine games, and they took second place in the state playoffs, losing in the championship to the Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin High School.
Bulaga was considered a four-star college recruit by the service Rivals.com, and he ranked sixth among the college prospects for offensive tackle. He had numerous offers for to play football on athletic scholarships, including ones from the University of Nebraska, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Wisconsin, with a number of other schools recruiting him as either a defensive lineman or a tight end. Bulaga chose to attend the University of Iowa, whose football coaches promised him that he could play in the offensive line.
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Bubba Franks
Daniel Lamont "Bubba" Franks (born January 6, 1978) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers 14th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.
Bubba attended Big Spring High School in Big Spring, Texas and was an all state tight end there.
Franks played collegiate football at the University of Miami, where he was known for his extraordinary one-handed receptions. He redshirted in 1996, but was very productive in the 1997, 1998 and 1999 seasons, setting the University of Miami record for most touchdowns by a tight end, with 12. He was also named to the All-Big East team twice and was named as an All-American in 1999.
Franks waived his final year of eligibility to enter the 2000 NFL Draft and was selected in the first round, with the 14th overall selection, by the Green Bay Packers.
After a promising but unspectacular rookie season, he reached the Pro Bowl his second NFL year, during which he caught nine touchdown passes. Franks went to three Pro Bowls altogether (2001, 2002, and 2003). He missed much of the 2005 season with knee and neck injuries.
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Bud Marshall
Richard Arlen "Bud" Marshall (born September 12, 1941 in Carthage, Texas; died July 16, 2009, in Pasadena, Texas) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, and Washington Redskins. He also played in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers. Marshall played college football at Baylor University and Stephen F. Austin State University and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Mr. Marshall died on July 16, 2009, five years to the day after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. He is survived by his wife of 45 years Kay Morgan Marshall, his four daughters and many grandchildren.
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Bud Svendsen
Earl Gilbert "Bud" Svendsen (February 7, 1915 – August 7, 1996) was a professional American football player who played center and linebacker for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Bullet Baker
Roy Marlon Baker (November 44, 1900 – June 18, 1961) was a professional football player in the National Football League and the first American Football League. Over th span of his career, Babe played for the Chicago Cardinals, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers, Staten Island Stapletons of the NFL. Before that played again in 1926 for the Yankees of the AFL. After his NFL career ended he played for the St. Louis Gunners in 1931 and was their coach in 1932. Baker won an NFL Championship in 1929 with the Green Bay Packers.
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Cal Clemens
Charles Calvin "Cal" Clemens, Jr. (July 7, 1909 – May 1966) was a player in the National Football League.
Clemens was born on July 7, 1909 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Clemens played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1936 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the 1936 NFL Champion Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Southern California.
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Cal Hubbard
Robert Calvin Hubbard (October 31, 1900 – October 17, 1977) was a professional American football player and later an umpire in Major League Baseball, and is a member of three major sports halls of fame. He is currently the only person to be enshrined at both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Born in Keytesville, Missouri, Hubbard attended Centenary College in Louisiana, where he played football from 1922 to 1924 under noted coach Bo McMillin; he was inducted posthumously into the college's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990. When McMillin moved on to suburban Pittsburgh school Geneva College in western Pennsylvania, Hubbard followed him and played there in 1926. Noted for having outstanding speed for a player of his size (6' 4", 250 lb or 1.93 m, 115 kg), he starred as a tackle and end, playing off the line in a style similar to that of a modern linebacker. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962.
Hubbard moved on to the National Football League in 1927, signing with the New York Giants for a salary of $150 per game. Playing alongside Steve Owen, he helped the Giants win the league championship in his rookie season, and was named all-league the following year. But Hubbard, who carried a lifelong dislike for big cities, didn't feel comfortable in New York, and a 1928 road game in Green Bay led him to request a trade to the Packers, indicating he would retire otherwise. The Giants obliged him, and the small-town atmosphere with his new team suited him perfectly. He thrived in Green Bay under coach Curly Lambeau, with the team winning the NFL title in each of his first three years there (1929–1931). He continued to be named to all-NFL squads before retiring following the 1933 season.
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Cardia Jackson
Cardia Jackson (born April 13, 1988) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
He played collegiately for the ULM Warhawks of the University of Louisiana-Monroe. As a sophomore in 2007, Jackson was named to the second team all-Sun Belt Conference team after finishing the season with 79 tackles. In 2008, Jackson made 127 tackles in 12 games, which was good enough for 8th in the NCAA in tackles per game. He also had two interceptions in 2008. Following the 2009 season, Jackson was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league with 117 tackles. Jackson became the conference's all-time leader in total tackles in week 10 against Western Kentucky.
After not being drafted in the 2010 NFL Draft, Jackson signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent.
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Carl Mulleneaux
Carl Kenneth "Moose" Mulleneaux (September 16, 1914 – January 23, 1995) was a professional American football end in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1938–1941, 1945–1946). He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1983.
After retiring from the Packers in 1946 due to injuries (in particular a vicious hit delivered by John Schiechl during a punt return), Mulleneaux coached football at the University of St. Louis, Texas Tech, Arizona, Fullerton College, and finally Santa Monica College. Mulleneaux was part of the coaching staff that took the SMCC Corsairs to an undefeated season, and the Junior Rose Bowl championship in 1958. Nicknamed "Moose", Mulleneaux also served as the Corsairs Golf coach for many years, garnering Coach of the Year honors along the way.
After retiring from coaching, Mulleneaux returned to the Phoenix, Arizona area and was active in NFL Alumni charity functions.
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Carroll Dale
Carroll Wayne Dale (born April 24, 1938 in Wise, Virginia) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Virginia Tech from 1956–59. Dale was named second-team All American in 1958 and 1959.
After college, Dale was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams where he played for five years. In 1965, Dale was traded to the Green Bay Packers. Dale played as part of the champion Packers in Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II. Dale retired from the National Football League in 1973, having amassed 438 receptions for 8,277 yards and 52 touchdowns.
Dale was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, Packers Hall of Fame in 1979 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Carroll Dale Stadium, the football stadium of Dale's alma mater, J. J. Kelly High School, is named for him.
Dale currently resides in Wise, Virginia, where he serves as Asst. Vice Chancellor for Athletic Development at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.
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Casey Hayward
Casey Hayward (born September 9, 1989) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Vanderbilt.
Hayward grew up in Perry, Georgia with both of his parents and began playing football when he was five years old. He attended Perry High School and was a three year starter at quarterback and also played several games at defensive back. As a senior, he lead his team to the state quarterfinals by passing for 1,300 yards and 18 touchdowns as well as rushing for 1,284 yards and another 18 touchdowns. He also had four interceptions, 3 of which he returned for touchdowns. His Performance had him named the Regin 4-AAA Player of the Year. He was also named an All-State defensive back and an All-middle Georgia player. Hayward was also a member of the team's leadership council and a starting Guard in basketball and sprinter in track.
Coming out of High School, Hayward was measured to be 6'1" and 185 pounds. Hayward ran the 40 yard dash in 4.53 seconds. He bench pressed 255 pounds and squatted 400 pounds and had a 33 inch verticle. He received very few scholarship offers from division schools, which he attributed to the fact that he was "strictly a quarterback". He was scouted by Georgia tech, Louisville, Middle Tennesee State, North Carolina, Southern Miss, and Troy.
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Cecil Isbell
Cecil Frank Isbell (July 11, 1915 – June 23, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a halfback at Purdue University from 1935 to 1937. The Green Bay Packers selected Isbell in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft. He played with Green Bay from 1938 to 1942 and was best known for passing to Don Hutson. Isbell led the Packers to the NFL Championship in 1939. After retiring from playing, Isbell served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Purdue, for three seasons from 1944 to 1946, compiling a record of 14–14–1. He then coached the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference from 1947 to 1949, and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League for two games in 1951, tallying a career professional coaching record of 10–23–1. Isbell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1967.
Isbell was born in Houston, Texas, the second son of Adger and Sarah Isbell. His older brother Cody was also a football player for Purdue. Cecil also had two younger brothers who played college football, "Dub" Isbell at Rice University and Larry Isbell at Baylor University. Cecil attended Sam Houston High School in Houston. Cecil played for Purdue from 1935 through 1937. He was voted the Boilermakers' most valuable player for the 1937 season. In the summer of 1938, he led the College All-Stars to victory over the NFL champion Washington Redskins at Soldier Field in Chicago. Isbell was named the game's MVP as the All-Stars prevailed, 28–16.
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Chad Clifton
Jeffrey Chad Clifton (born June 26, 1976) is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
Clifton was born in Martin, Tennessee, has two brothers and twin sisters. Former Packers first round draft pick Justin Harrell is also from that city. At Westview High School in Martin, Clifton was an all-around athlete. He lettered four times in football, starting his last three seasons as a two-way player; he also was on the basketball team for three years. Throughout his high school years, Clifton played on the defensive tackle position and on tight end as a sophomore and offensive tackle in his junior and senior years. As a senior, he was named an All-American by Parade and Scholastic Coach magazines and received the Gatorade Circle of Champions "Player of the Year" award and Tennessee Class 2A Mr. Football lineman award.
In 1995, Clifton enrolled at the University of Tennessee and redshirted his first year. From then on he was a fixture on the offensive line - starting one season at right tackle and three at left tackle. During these four years, the Tennessee Volunteers enjoyed great success with a 43-7 record and a win in the Fiesta Bowl following the 1998 regular season to claim the National Championship. Clifton was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection (1997 second team, 1998 first team) and a Sporting News second-team All-American as a senior.
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Chad Morton
Chad Akio Morton (born April 4, 1977 in Torrance, California) is a former American football running back and kick/punt returner in the National Football League. He previously played for the New Orleans Saints, the New York Jets, the Washington Redskins, and the New York Giants.
Morton attended South High School in Torrance, California, where he was a letterman in football.
Morton was a running back for the University of Southern California Trojans in the late-1990's. A notable moment in Morton's college football career was in 1999, when he guaranteed a USC victory prior to a game against the UCLA who carried an eight game winning streak against the Trojans. Morton ran for 143 yards in a USC victory. In 2010, it was named by ESPN as the fourth biggest moment in the USC-UCLA football rivalry.
In a 2000 playoff game with the New Orleans Saints against the Minnesota Vikings, Morton tied the NFL single-game playoff record with 13 receptions. Morton was a first alternate to the 2005 Pro Bowl as a kick returner. On February 13, 2007, he was released by the Giants.
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Champ Seibold
Champ C. Seibold (December 5, 1911 - November 1971) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.
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Charles Goldenberg
Charles R. "Buckets" Goldenberg (April 15, 1911, in Odessa, Russian Empire – April 16, 1986, in Glendale, Wisconsin) was an American football player. He is often credited as the originator of the draw play.
Goldenberg was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Charles Woodson
Charles C. Woodson (born October 7, 1976) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Michigan for the Michigan Wolverines. In 1997, Woodson led the Wolverines to a national championship. He is the only player in the history of NCAA Division I-A football to win the Heisman Trophy as a primarily defensive player, edging out then University of Tennessee and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
Woodson was selected by the Oakland Raiders with the fourth pick in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft. In his first season with Oakland, Woodson was selected as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He was named to the Pro Bowl and earned All-Pro recognition three consecutive times (1999–2001). In a memorable 2002 AFC playoff match against the New England Patriots, Woodson seemed to have clinched the game by laying a hit on quarterback Tom Brady and forcing a fumble, but the ruling was controversially overturned. Woodson later battled several nagging injuries in consecutive seasons in Oakland, leading to his departure and becoming a free agent after the 2005 NFL season.
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Charley Brock
Charles Jacob "Charley" Brock (March 15, 1916 - May 25, 1987) was an American football center and linebacker.
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Charlie Peprah
Charles Yaw "Charlie" Peprah (born February 24, 1983) is an American football safety for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the 5th round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Alabama.
Peprah has also played for the Atlanta Falcons.
Peprah is the grandson of the former military president of Ghana, general Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. Ruling in a coup d’etat in 1972, Acheampong remained in power until 1977 and was executed in 1979 after a revolution. Acheampong's daughter Elizabeth Acheampong, the last family member to see her father alive, married Josh Peprah, a member of Acheampong's army, and immigrated to Europe and then the United States. Peprah was born in Fort Worth, Texas and has two brothers, Richard and Josh, college football players at Wyoming and Wisconsin respectively. When he was in middle school, his parents divorced, and his father returned to Ghana. Charlie Peprah attended Plano East Senior High School. As of 2011, Peprah's mother was still working as a Home Depot cashier.
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Chastin West
Chastin Jareaux West (born May 1, 1987 in Inglewood, California) is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football for Fresno State .
West was signed from the Packers practice squad by the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 20, 2011.
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Chris Campbell
Chris Cardell Campbell (born September 22, 1986 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
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Chris Jacke
Christopher Lee Jacke (born March 12, 1966 in Richmond, Virginia) is a former professional American football placekicker best known for playing for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League.
Before his NFL career, Jacke played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1989 NFL Draft. He went on to play eight seasons with the Packers from 1989 to 1996. In his last year with the Packers, he assisted the Packers to a 13-3 record and a win in Super Bowl XXXI. In 1997 Jacke became a free agent and was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers. During training camp he was injured and never played a game for them. Later that season he was signed by the Washington Redskins, only playing in one game. He finished his football career with the Arizona Cardinals for the 1998 and 1999 NFL seasons.
Jacke previously held a record for the longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards) and is third behind Ryan Longwell and Don Hutson all time for the Packers in scoring.
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Chuck Bednarik
Charles Philip Bednarik (born May 1, 1925) is a former professional American football player, known as one of the most devastating tacklers in the history of football and the last two-way player in the National Football League. A Slovak American from the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, he is perhaps best remembered for a tackle on the New York Giants' Frank Gifford, then a star running back, that knocked Gifford out of professional football for a year and a half, and shortened Gifford's playing career.
Bednarik played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1949 through 1962 and, upon retirement, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 (his first year of eligibility).
Bednarik currently resides in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley. His great-nephew, Adam Bednarik, was the starting quarterback at West Virginia University, before suffering an injury in 2005 that opened the door for fellow freshman Pat White, who never relinquished the starting position.
His parents emigrated in 1920 from Široké, a village in eastern Slovakia, for work, settling in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and working for Bethlehem Steel. Their son Charles was born in 1925. He attended school at SS. Cyril & Methodius in Bethlehem, which was a Slovak parochial school with Slovak the language of instruction.
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Chuck Mercein
Charles Schley Mercein (born April 9, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for six seasons for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins and New York Jets. As a pro, Mercein is best remembered for his performance in the Packers' game-winning drive in the 1967 NFL Championship Game, known popularly as the Ice Bowl. That day, he ran six times for 20 yards, and had two receptions for 22 yards, most of which occurred in that game's final drive.
Mercein, along with Packers guard Jerry Kramer and linebacker Dave Robinson, provided commentary about the 1967 Green Bay Packers in the NFL Network documentary America's Game . His inclusion was notable in that unlike Kramer and Robinson, who both had long and storied careers with the Packers, Mercein was signed mid-season, and after the Ice Bowl, appeared in but one more game with the team (Super Bowl II).
At Yale University Mercein was an All-American and All-Ivy League selection.
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Chuck Tollefson
Charles Tollefson (February 28, 1917 - August 20, 1989) was an American football player. He played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, winning one World Championship. Prior to joining the Packers, Tollefson attended the University of Iowa.
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Clarke Hinkle
William Clarke Hinkle (April 10, 1909 – November 9, 1988) was a professional American football player for the Green Bay Packers. Wearing # 30, he played Tailback and Linebacker from 1932 to 1941.
At the time of his retirement, he was the NFL’s all time leading rusher. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of fame in 1964 and the Packer Hall of fame in 1972. Hinkle is a member of the 1930s all decade team. In 1997, the Packers' west practice field across Oneida Street from Lambeau Field was dedicated Clarke Hinkle Field.
At 5’ 11”, Hinkle was not physically large, but he is considered to be one of the most physical players of the 1930s. He was a workhorse running back and a savage blocker. As a linebacker, he was a tremendous blitzer and intimidating tackler.
While playing in Bucknell University, Hinkle led the team to an undefeated season in 1931. Hinkle's coach at Bucknell, Carl Snavely, called him: "Without a doubt, the greatest defensive back I have ever seen or coached." Those words were uttered by a man who had seen and coached many of the nation's best.
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Claude Perry
Claude Perry (October 31, 1901 – July 1975) was a professional American football player who played offensive tackle for nine seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was born in Walker, Alabama.
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Clay Matthews III
William Clay Matthews III (born May 14, 1986) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers 26th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Southern California.
Matthews was born in the Los Angeles district of Northridge to parents Clay and Leslie Matthews. He attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California. Physically, Matthews was a late bloomer. His father was the team's defensive coordinator, but declined to start his son because he was physically undersized. Matthews began developing physically in his senior season, but only garnered interest from Division I FCS schools and local community colleges. He has described his own recruiting status out of high school as "not applicable." Like his father and uncle, Matthews opted to attend the University of Southern California with hopes of becoming a walk-on for the Trojans football team.
Matthews played for the USC Trojans football team (2005-2008 seasons; 2004 redshirt) under head coach Pete Carroll and Linebacker Coach Ken Norton, Jr. Matthews entered USC as an unheralded, walk-on student athlete. During his first season, USC's 2004 National Championship season, he played only on the scout team and turned down several playing opportunities during garbage time during the fourth quarters of games in order to preserve his redshirt status and remaining seasons of NCAA eligibility. He remained a non-athletic scholarship (a "walk on"), reserve linebacker during the 2005 season, and played mainly on special teams. He was granted full athletic scholarship status at the beginning of the 2006 season. Matthews continued to play reserve linebacker in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, and made two starts in 2007 in place of injured teammate Brian Cushing. He was awarded USC's Co-Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and blocked two field goals in the latter season.
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Craig Hentrich
Craig Hentrich ( /ˈhɛntrɪk/; born May 18, 1971 in Alton, Illinois) is a former American football punter. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.
Hentrich has also played for the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans.
Hentrich graduated from Marquette Catholic High School in Alton, Illinois.
Hentrich lettered four years at the University of Notre Dame, serving as both the placekicker and punter. He finished his career with a school-record 44.1-yard punting average and had 39 career field goals (on 56 attempts) to rank second behind John Carney’s 51. Also, he finished his career ranked second on the school's all-time scoring list with 294 points, the most ever by an Irish kicker, and made a record 98.3 percent (177/180) of his PAT attempts.
Hentrich was drafted in the 1993 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, but was then signed to the Green Bay Packers. Hentrich spent four seasons with the Packers, playing in all 16 games for Green Bay from 1994 through 1997. He also handled kickoffs regularly for the Packers during the 1996 season, helping the Packers to a world championship in Super Bowl XXXI. Hentrich signed with the Tennessee Oilers following the 1997 season. In 1999, the Titans made it to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Hentrich featured, however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams, denying him a second Super Bowl ring.
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Craig Newsome
Craig Newsome (born August 10, 1971) is a former NFL cornerback who was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he played for four years. He was later traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 1999.
He played for Eisenhower High School in Rialto, CA and attended San Bernardino Valley College and later transferred to Arizona State University.
The Packers drafted Newsome with the 32nd pick in the 1995 NFL Draft. He was the starting cornerback on the 1996 Green Bay Packers championship team. He also had a forced fumble and an interception in Super Bowl XXXI. On September 19, 1999 the Packers traded Newsome to the 49ers.
Newsome coached the La Crosse River Rats of the Indoor Football League in 2000, located in La Crosse Wisconsin. While coaching he was charged with one count of obtaining a controlled substance. He currently resides in Holmen, Wisconsin where he is a coach on the high school football team. Now he coaches pee-wee football for Holmen Youth players, where his son Craig Newsome Jr. plays.
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Cullen Jenkins
Cullen Darome Jenkins (born January 20, 1981) is an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Central Michigan.
He is the younger brother of former Carolina Panthers and New York Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins.
Both he and his brother Kris Jenkins played at Belleville High School under Bob LaPointe.
Jenkins played college football at Central Michigan University, where he recorded 40 tackles, seven tackles for a loss, 4½ sacks, and two passes defensed during his senior year.
Cullen Jenkins was originally signed by Green Bay as a rookie free agent after the '03 draft. One year later, after an impressive NFL Europe season and strong training camp, landed a spot on the Packers' roster. From 2004 to November 2006, Jenkins was the backup for Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, and took over the starting role the final month of the 2006 season. As the starter for the last month of games, he recorded a career-high 6½ sacks that year, including his first three-sack game vs. Detroit on December 17, 2006.
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Cully Lidberg
Carl Leroy "Cully" Lidberg (August 25, 1900 – June 1987) was a professional American football player who played running back for three seasons for the Green Bay Packers.
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Curly Lambeau
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was founder, player, and first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team. He shares the distinction with rival George Halas of the Chicago Bears of coaching his team to the most NFL championships, with six.
Lambeau was a standout multi-sport athlete at Green Bay East High School, and captain of its football team as a senior in 1917. Lambeau then played for legendary coach Knute Rockne at Notre Dame in 1918, making the Irish's varsity squad as a freshman, but a severe case of tonsillitis forced him to return home before his sophomore year.
Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun formed the Green Bay Packers on August 11, 1919, while Lambeau was working as a shipping clerk at the Indian Packing Company. The Packers initially played teams from Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula; however, the success of the team in 1919-20 quickly led to its joining of the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922.
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Curtis Young
Curtis Young is an American football linebacker who currently plays for the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League who is currently a free agent. Previously, he was a member of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.
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Dale Hackbart
Dale Leonard Hackbart (born July 21, 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a former American football defensive back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Cardinals, and Denver Broncos from 1960 to 1973. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1964 and 1965.
Hackbert initially focused on baseball. He spent a season playing baseball for the Grand Forks Chiefs; a Class C minor league team in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Vince Lombardi convinced Hackbart to drop baseball and concentrate on a career in the National Football League.[citation needed]
In 1973, Hackbart was involved in an on-field transgression that he eventually took to court. He asserted that a late hit by Cincinnati Bengals running back Boobie Clark was an intentional tort.
He was with the Denver Broncos and I was their starting safety in 1973.”
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Dale Moss
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Dan Currie
Daniel George Currie (born June 27, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1958–1964) and the Los Angeles Rams (1965–1966). He was an All-American linebacker and center at Michigan State in 1957. He was a first round draft choice in the 1958 NFL Draft of the Packers. He was an All-Pro 1961, and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on December 18, 1961.[1]
Currie was the third overall pick of the 1958 NFL Draft, in which the Green Bay Packers also selected Jim Taylor of LSU (2nd round, 15th overall), Ray Nitschke of Illinois (3rd round, 36th), and Jerry Kramer of Idaho (4th round, 39th).
He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Dan Devine
Daniel John Devine (December 22, 1924 – May 9, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach football coach at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1957, the University of Missouri from 1958 to 1970, and the University of Notre Dame from 1975 to 1980, compiling a career college football mark of 173–56–9. Devine was also the head coach of the NFL's Green Bay Packers from 1971 to 1974, tallying a mark of 25–27–4. His 1977 Notre Dame team won a College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS after beating Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1985.
Born in Augusta, Wisconsin, Devine and his eight siblings later went to live with an aunt and uncle in Proctor, Minnesota. As a star at Proctor High School, Devine started at quarterback as a freshman and later became known as, "The Proctor Flash." He also competed in three other sports during his four years at the school, and graduated in 1942.
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Dan Grimm
Daniel Jay Grimm (born February 7, 1941 in Perry, Iowa)He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, and is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Colts, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Colorado and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1963 NFL Draft. Grimm was also selected in the 20th round of the 1963 AFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.
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Daniel Muir
Daniel Travanti Muir ( /ˈdænjəl trəˈvɑːnti ˈmjʊər/; born September 12, 1983) is an American football nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Kent State.
Muir has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams.
Muir attended Fairmont Heights High School and later transferred to Parkdale High School in Riverdale, Maryland where he was a four-year letterman. He played both defensive tackle and offensive guard. He earned All-State honors after finishing his senior season with 96 tackles, including 13.5 sacks. He recorded 179 tackles, including 28.5 sacks, his final two seasons. He also lettered in wrestling, where he finished second in state as a junior and third as a senior.
Muir attended Kent State where he started 45 of his 46 career games there. He also left Kent State ranked third in school history in career sacks (14.5) and seventh in tackles-for-losses (35). He finished his career with 198 tackles, he also had three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and one interception. He began his college career at defensive tackle before moving to defensive end, where he earned First-team All-MAC honors as a senior.
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Darius Holland
Darius Jerome Holland (born November 10, 1973, in Petersburg, Virginia) is a former American football defensive tackle who played ten seasons in the US National Football League. He went to Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His nickname with the Packers was 'Dirty D'.
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Darren Perry
Darren Perry (born December 29, 1968) is a National Football League assistant coach and former professional American football player. He is currently the safeties coach for the Green Bay Packers. A product of Penn State, Perry played free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints.
As a quarterback at Chesapeake, Virginia's Deep Creek High School, Perry passed for 23 touchdowns and 2,790 yards.
Perry was named a first-team Football Writers All-American in 1991 and graduated as Penn State's second leading all-time interceptor with 15. Perry's 299 interception return yards and three interceptions for touchdowns are school records. Perry had six interceptions his senior year and returned two for touchdowns.
Perry appeared on the cover of the November 26, 1990 issue of Sports Illustrated following Penn State’s defeat of then #1, Notre Dame. He has a sandwich named in his honor at State College, Pennsylvania's Fraser Street Deli. The ingredients are Roast Beef, Provolone, and Onions all heated and served on toasted bread.
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Daryn Colledge
Daryn Wayne Colledge (born February 11, 1982 in Fairbanks Alaska) is an American football offensive guard for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League.
Colledge attended North Pole High School and was a first team all state defensive linemen
A four-year starter at Boise State, Colledge was a three-time All-WAC selection, earning first-team honors in 2004 and 2005 after receiving second-team recognition in 2003.
Colledge was selected by the Packers in the second round (47th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, becoming the highest player ever drafted from the state of Alaska. On July 29, 2011, Colledge announced on his twitter page that he and the Arizona Cardinals agreed to a 5-year contract.
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Dave Hanner
Dave "Hawg" Hanner – Joel David Hanner (May 20, 1930 – September 11, 2008) was an American football player, coach and scout who spent his entire 42 year career with the Green Bay Packers.
Coming out of Arkansas, Hanner played defensive tackle from 1952 to 1964 and was selected for the Pro Bowl in 1953 and 1954. He started at left defensive end in 1961 and 1962 for the team's first two National Football League championships under Vince Lombardi. During his NFL career, Hanner played in 160 of 164 possible regular season games, missing three of those in his rookie season.
Following his playing career, Hanner spent sixteen seasons as an assistant coach for the Packers. From 1965 until 1971, he was the defensive line coach. Once Dan Devine took over as head coach in 1972, he was promoted to the defensive coordinator, a position he served in until 1974. Bart Starr became the team's head coach in 1975 and Hanner remained as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. He was released after the 1979 season, but returned as the team's quality control assistant in 1982. He transferred into a scout role until he retired in 1996.
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Dave Hathcock
David Gary Hathcock (born July 20, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants. He played college football as a linebacker at the University of Memphis and was drafted by the Packers in the 17th round (258th overall) of the 1966 NFL Draft.
He currently teaches drafting at Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Dave Redding
Dave Redding was an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Green Bay Packers.
A native of Holdenville, Oklahoma, Redding has one daughter, Taylor. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he was a three-year letterman on the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
Redding's first coaching position was as a graduated assistant with the Cornhuskers in 1976. The following year he became the first Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Washington State Cougars. Later he also became the first Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Missouri Tigers and the Cleveland Browns. He later served as Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 to 1997, the Washington Redskins in 2001, and the San Diego Chargers from 2002 to 2006. Redding joined the Packers in 2009 as strength and conditioning coordinator, and in 2010, he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Packers; Redding retired on February 21, 2011.
Redding was inducted in the USA Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Dave Zuidmulder
David C. "Dave" Zuidmulder was an American football tailback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1931. He played at the collegiate level at Georgetown University and St. Ambrose University.
Zuidmulder was born David Zuidmulder on February 4, 1906 in New Franken, Wisconsin.
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Davon House
Davon Thomas House (born July 10, 1989) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. He attended New Mexico State University.
House attended Palmdale High School Palmdale, California. Though he did not play football until his junior year in high school, he was part of a Palmdale Falcons team that went 9-2 and won the fifth Golden League Championship. He was also an All-Golden League selection in baseball and track & field. Following this season, House was selected to play in the Next Level All-Star Game and was rated as the Most Valuable Player. However, he was unrecognized by any recruiting service.
House went on to play football for the New Mexico State Aggies where he ranks sixth in school history for interceptions with 11.
House appeared in all thirteen games as true freshman. He lead the Aggies with four interception, and broke the school record for interception return yards in a game that had stood since 1981. In his second career start, House tied an NCAA record with a 100 yard interception returned for a touchdown against Idaho. He finished the season with 37 tackles, 21 solo, eight pass break-ups, two tackles-for-a-loss, four interceptions with 171 return yards, 94 kickoff return yards and 283 yards of all-purpose yards.
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Deion Sanders
Deion Luwynn Sanders (pronounced /ˈdiːɒn/; born August 9, 1967), nicknamed "Prime Time" and "Neon Deion", is a former National Football League cornerback and Major League Baseball outfielder who currently works as an NFL Network analyst. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 6, 2011.
Sanders is considered one of the most versatile athletes in sporting history because he played two sports at multiple positions. In the NFL, he played primarily at cornerback, but also occasionally as a running back, wide receiver, kick returner, and punt returner. He played for the Atlanta Falcons, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, and the Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl with both the 49ers and the Cowboys. In baseball, he played for the New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds, and the San Francisco Giants. He attended Florida State University, where he excelled at both football and baseball.
Sanders was born in Fort Myers, Florida. He attended North Fort Myers High School in North Fort Myers, Florida, and was a letterman and credited All-State in football, basketball, and baseball. He was an All-State honoree in all three sports. In 1985, Sanders was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida.
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Dennis Claridge
Dennis Bert Claridge (born August 18, 1941 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at the University of Nebraska.
Claridge was a member of the 1965 NFL Champion Green Bay Packers, playing behind future Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr.
Claridge is now an orthodontist in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Derek Sherrod
Derek Lee Sherrod (born April 23, 1989) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi State.
Born in Chula Vista, California, Sherrod attended Caledonia High School in Caledonia, Mississippi, where he was a four-year starter on the offensive line and three-year regular on the defensive side of the ball. He allowed just one quarterback sack during his senior season and was credited with 32 pancake blocks, while also making 79 tackles on defense, with six quarterback sacks and four fumble recoveries. Sherrod was a first-team All-State selection in Class 3A by the Mississippi Association of Coaches at offensive tackle.
Regarded as a four-star recruit, he was listed as the No. 13 offensive tackle prospect of the class of 2007. He chose Mississippi State University over Florida, Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame, Michigan, Louisville and Ole Miss.
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Derrick Martin
Derrick Martin (born May 16, 1985 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent the National Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wyoming.
He has played for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants.
Martin attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, CO where he led his team to the quarter final stage of the 2001 state playoffs and also the 2002 state semifinals. Martin also excelled at basketball where he was team captain. He was named Gatorade player of the year as a senior.
Martin played college football at the University of Wyoming where he played in 30 games making 24 starts and finishing his college career with 134 tackles and six interceptions.
Martin was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round (208th overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft. He was the first ever player to be selected by the Ravens out of the University of Wyoming. In his rookie season he played in eight games posting four tackles. He made his NFL debut versus the Carolina Panthers on October 15. In the 2007 season he made 32 tackles.
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Derrick Mayes
Derrick Binet Mayes (born January 28, 1974 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1996 to 2001.
Mayes played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1993 to 1996. He wore jersey number 1. He held the school record for career touchdown receptions until the record was broken by Jeff Samardzija.
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Derrick Thomas
Derrick Vincent Thomas (January 1, 1967 – February 8, 2000), nicknamed D.T., was an American football linebacker and defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire 11-year career for the Chiefs after being drafted fourth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft. Thomas, part of the class of 2009 entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was a premier football player throughout the 1990s and is considered one of the best pass rushers of all-time. In 1990 against the Seattle Seahawks, he set an NFL record with seven sacks in a single game. On February 8, 2000, Thomas died from a massive blood clot that developed in his paralyzed lower extremities and traveled to his lungs. His paralysis was the result of severe injuries sustained in a car accident weeks earlier.
Born in Miami, Florida, Thomas was raised by his mother. His father, Air Force Captain and B-52 pilot Robert James Thomas, died during a mission in the Vietnam War. Thomas started playing football when he was three years old. He played high school football at South Miami Senior High School.
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Desmond Bishop
Desmond Lamont Bishop (born July 24, 1984) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.
Bishop attended Fairfield High School in Fairfield, California. While at Fairfield he earned Second-Team All-State from Calhisports.com. He played in the California North-South Shrine All-Star Game as a senior in 2002. He also lettered in basketball.
Bishop attended City College of San Francisco from 2003 to 2004. While there he was a two time letterman. In 2003 Bishop was on the team that won the national championship game that went 13-0. He was ranked by SuperPrep as the fourth-best community college player in the nation and was voted California's 2004 Junior College Defensive Player of the Year by the JC Athletic Bureau/California Community College Football Coaches Association. He was named the Northern California Conference Defensive Most Valuable Player and was a First-team JC Gridwire All-American. He finished the season with 118 tackles 10 regular games. In California's state championship game he had 14 tackles, one sack and two tackles for loss against the College of the Canyons.
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Desmond Howard
Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is a former NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.
He played football for the University of Michigan from 1989–1991 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1991. He played professional football in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins (1992–1994), Jacksonville Jaguars (1995), Green Bay Packers (1996, 1999), Oakland Raiders (1997–1998) and Detroit Lions (1999–2002). Howard was voted the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXI and is the first and only special teams player to win the award. He is one of only four players to win both the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP; Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett, and Marcus Allen are the others. Howard was ranked the 9th Greatest Return Specialist in NFL History by NFL Network's NFL Top 10 Return Aces. On July 16, 2011, Howard was inducted into the 2011 Class of the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
Howard currently works for ESPN as a college football analyst.
Howard was born in Cleveland and earned All-America and All-State honors as a tailback during his senior season at St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio, scoring 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on defense. He earned three varsity letters each in track and football, as well as one in basketball.
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Dick Bilda
Dick Bilda was an American Football player. He born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 15, 1919 and is deceased now. He attended Marquette University High School, graduating in 1937. He is a member of the Marquette University High School Athletic Hall of Fame. A standout athlete in three sports, he later attended Marquette University where he played football. In 1944 he was a member of the Green Bay Packers NFL Championship team when he played in three games. Bilda also played for the New York Giants.
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Dick Capp
Richard Francis Capp (born April 9, 1942) is an American former American football tight end and linebacker in the National Football League. He is from Portland, Maine.
Capp played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1967 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the Super Bowl II Champion Packers. He had previously been drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1966 AFL Draft by the Boston Patriots. The following season he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He played at the collegiate level at Boston College.
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Dick LeBeau
Charles Richard “Dick” LeBeau (born September 9, 1937) is a National Football League Hall of Fame defensive back and football coach. He is currently the Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive coordinator and is considered to be one of the greatest defensive coordinators of all time. He spent 14 years in the NFL as a player with the Detroit Lions and is in his 37th year as a coach. Considered an “innovator” and “defensive football genius”, LeBeau created the "zone blitz" when he was defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals in the late 1980s.
On February 6, 2010, LeBeau was selected into the 2010 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The entire 2010 Pittsburgh Steelers team was in attendance at the induction ceremony.
LeBeau attended Ohio State University playing for famed coach Woody Hayes, and was on the 1957 national championship team, playing at cornerback and halfback. Also in 1957, playing both sides of the ball, he scored two touchdowns as Ohio State came back to beat Michigan 31–14.
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Dick Stahlman
Dick Stahlman (born October 20, 1902) was an American football offensive lineman. He played seven seasons in the National Football League and one season in the first American Football League.
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Dick Voris
Richard J. "Dick" Voris is a former American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Virginia from 1958 to 1960, compiling a record of 1–29.
Voris was named head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers football program on February 11, 1958. In his three season at the helm, the Cavaliers went 1–29. That mark included a 28-game losing streak, then an NCAA major-college record. His only win came against Duke with a score of 15–12. He resigned shortly after the conclusion of the 1960 season, on December 9.
Following his stint at Virginia, Voris was hired by the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. From 1961 to 1962, he served as the teams director of player personnel and also as an assistant on Vince Lombardi's staff, coaching the ends. During that period the Packers won two league championships.
He was also an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers and at San Jose State.
Voris graduated from Salinas Junior College (later Hartnell) in 1942. After coaching his James Lick High School to a championship, he brought nine players from the San Jose area and two from his previous coaching job in Hanford to join Salinas Valley area players.
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Dick Weisgerber
Dick Weisgerber is a former player in the National Football League. He played four seasons with the Green Bay Packers.
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Dick Zoll
Richard Archibald Zoll was a professional football player in the National Football League for the Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers from 1937 to 1939 as a guard and tackle. He played at the collegiate level at Indiana University-Bloomington. He was also the brother of original Packers Martin and Carl Zoll.
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Dimitri Nance
Dimitri Othello Nance (born February 18, 1988 in Bedford, Texas) is an American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Arizona State and also played high school football at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas.
Nance has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers.
Nance was signed as a undrafted rookie free agent by the Falcons on April 26, 2010. He was then cut and signed to the practice squad on September 5.
On September 14, 2010, Nance was signed by the Packers. He was cut on September 3, 2011.
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Diondre Borel
Diondre Borel (born December 12, 1988) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the practice squad of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. He was undrafted, but signed as a free agent by the Packers and converted to wide receiver after playing both punter and quarterback in college. He played college football at Utah State University.
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Diyral Briggs
Diyral Briggs (born October 31, 1985) is an American football linebacker for the Kansas City Command of the Arena Football League. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Bowling Green.
Briggs was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent. He appeared in five games before being released in September. He was later signed to the Denver Broncos' practice squad and was on the active roster for one game. He was cut by the Broncos on October 25, 2010 and was claimed off waivers by the Green Bay Packers a day later. He was waived by Green Bay on August 15, 2011.
Briggs was signed by the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League on August 29, 2011.
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Dom Capers
Ernest Dominic "Dom" Capers (born August 7, 1950) is an American football coach. He is the current defensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers, and the only man to serve two different National Football League expansion teams as their inaugural head coach.
After playing high school football for the Meadowbrook Colts in Byesville, Ohio Capers attended Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio where he played linebacker and defensive tackle. He is a brother of the Alpha Nu chapter of Alpha Tau Omega.
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Kent State University and the University of Washington. Later he was an assistant coach at Hawaii, San Jose State, California, Tennessee and Ohio State.
After a stint in the USFL, he began his NFL career as an assistant with the New Orleans Saints and was named defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1992, including a trip to the AFC Championship game in 1994. He remained with the Steelers until becoming head coach of the expansion Carolina Panthers in 1995. After 1995's 7–9 season, a record breaking mark for an expansion team, the Panthers went to the NFC Championship game in 1996. Continuing to spend against the salary cap, and eventually taking control of personnel matters in 1997, the Panthers went 7–9, followed by a dismal 4–12 season in 1998, at the end of which he was terminated.
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Don Beebe
Don Lee Beebe (born December 18, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Buffalo Bills (1989–1994), Carolina Panthers (1995) and the Green Bay Packers (1996–1997) of the NFL, and is considered one of the fastest players in NFL history.
Beebe attended Kaneland High School in Maple Park, IL where he lettered in basketball, track and football. He was drafted by the Bills out of unheralded Chadron State College (after transferring from Western Illinois University) in the third round (82nd pick overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft. He created a sensation at the 1989 pre-draft combine, posting times in speed and agility drills that were the marvel of the camp. Most of the coaches and staff were dumb-founded as to where he came from and how he got invited.
In his 9 NFL seasons, Don Beebe caught 219 passes for 3,416 yards, rushed for 28 yards, returned 81 kickoffs for 1,735 yards, and scored 25 touchdowns (23 receiving, 1 kickoff return, 1 fumble recovery). He shares the NFL record for most appearances as a player in Super Bowls. Beebe appeared in six Super Bowls (XXV, XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII with the Buffalo Bills; XXXI and XXXII with the Green Bay Packers), and won the NFL Championship with the Packers in Super Bowl XXXI. Beebe has always been highly respected by players and coaches because of his strong work ethic and character. He was honored as an "Unsung Hero" in 1996 at the NFL Players Association Awards Banquet.
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Don Chandler
Donald Gene Chandler (September 5, 1934 – August 11, 2011) was an American college and professional football player who was a punter and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons in the 1950s and 1960s. Chandler played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers of the NFL.
Chandler was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and he played for the Will Rogers Ropers high school football team.
After graduating from high school, Chandler first attended Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and then transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played halfback, punter and placekicker for coach Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators football team in 1954 and 1955. As a senior in 1955, Chandler led all major college punters with an average kick of 44.3 yards, narrowly beating out Earl Morrall of the Michigan State Spartans. Memorably, Chandler also kicked a 76-yard punt against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1955, which remains tied for the second longest punt in Gators history. Woodruff ranked him and Bobby Joe Green as the Gators' best kickers of the 1950s.
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Don Horn
Donald Glenn Horn (born March 9, 1945) is a former National Football League quarterback. He was a first round pick All American out of San Diego State University by the Green Bay Packers, but his NFL career was less impressive because he only threw for 3,369 yards and 20 touchdowns in 8 seasons. He finished his pro career in 1975 with the Portland Thunder of the up-start WFL, where he completed 158 of 272 passes for 1742 yards and 11 TDs (and 12 picks.)
During a conversation in 2008, Don talked about the excitement he felt when he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers as their first round draft choice with a contract for $15,000. As he stated, "that was over $1,000 a month, something today's players wouldn't even cross the street for".
Vince Lombardi, the coach that drafted him, told his players that he was aware "three or four of you are here for the money and are sorry souls". Horn responded that the opposite is true today, that only "three or four are playing now for the love of the game".
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Don Hutson
Donald Montgomery Hutson (January 31, 1913 – June 26, 1997) was the first star wide receiver in National Football League history. He is considered by many to have been the first modern receiver.
In his senior season at the University of Alabama in 1934, Hutson was a first team All-American for six different organizations and a second team selection by one other. After his career at Alabama, he joined the Green Bay Packers in 1935 and retired in 1945 after 11 seasons.
Hutson is credited with creating many of the modern pass routes used in the NFL today. He was the dominant receiver of his day and is widely considered to be one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history, holding almost all important receiving records at the time of his retirement. As of the end of the 2009 NFL season, Hutson still holds the following records: Most seasons leading league in pass receptions (8), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receptions (5), Most seasons leading league in pass receiving yards gained (7), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receiving yards gained (4), Most seasons leading league in pass receiving touchdowns (9), Most consecutive seasons leading league in pass receiving touchdowns (5), Most seasons leading league in scoring (5), and Most consecutive seasons leading league in scoring (5) (Source: NFL Record and fact book).
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Don Majkowski
Donald "Magic Man" Francis Vincent Majkowski, "Majik", (born February 25, 1964) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions.
Majkowski attended the University of Virginia, and became the starting quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers partway into the 1983 season, his first year there. Majkowski led the Cavaliers to the school's first ever bowl appearance and bowl win, in the 1984 Peach Bowl. During his college career, Majkowski's jersey number was "1".
Majkowski was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 10th round in 1987. He was originally issued jersey #5, but switched to #7 the following season in anticipation that #5 would be retired for Paul Hornung. The jersey was never officially retired, but Majkowski is still the last Packer to have worn #5. As a rookie, Majkowski split time with Randy Wright whom he also shared quarterback duties with during the 1988 season. During the 1987 season Majkowski's salary was $65,000, he also received a $10,000 roster bonus.
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Don Meredith
Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith (April 10, 1938–December 5, 2010) was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career (1960–;1968) with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player. He subsequently became a color analyst for NFL telecasts from 1970–1984. As an original member of the Monday Night Football broadcast team on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), he famously played the role of Howard Cosell's comic foil.
Meredith was born on April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas, located approximately 100 miles east of Dallas. He attended Mount Vernon High School in his hometown, where he starred in football and basketball, performed in school plays and graduated second in his class.
Even though he was heavily recruited by then-Texas A&M head coach Bear Bryant, Meredith decided to play college football at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He led the Southwest Conference in passing completion percentage in each of his three years as the starting quarterback, and was an All-America selection in 1958 and 1959. His fellow students jokingly referred to the school as "Southern Meredith University" due to his popularity on campus. He completed 8 of 20 passes for 156 yards in the College All-Stars' 32–7 loss to the Baltimore Colts in the Chicago College All-Star Game on August 12, 1960.
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Donald Driver
Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975) is an American football wide receiver and children's author. He plays for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Driver was picked by the Packers in the 1999 NFL Draft in the seventh round (213th pick overall) out of Alcorn State University.
Donald Driver attended Alcorn State University in Mississippi, where he lettered in both football and track & field. He finished his college football career there with 88 receptions for 1993 yards (19.69 Yards Per Catch). Driver is one of the most decorated track athletes in the NFL (he is an Olympic class high jumper, being able to jump 7 feet 6 inches and could have qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics team). He was a five-time "Athlete of the Year" in his conference for his track and football prowess.
Driver is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Donald Driver was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 7th round of the 1999 NFL Draft. As of 2011, he has spent his entire career with the Packers.
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Donny Anderson
Garry Don "Donny" Anderson (born May 16, 1943, in Borger, Texas) is a former professional American football player who played nine years in the National Football League. A halfback and punter from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University), Anderson was the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 1965 NFL Draft, the seventh overall selection in the draft that included future hall-of-famers Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers, Joe Namath and Fred Biletnikoff.
During his time at Texas Tech, Donny Anderson earned the nickname the "Golden Palomino". Anderson received All-American honors twice in 1964 and 1965 and was a three-time all-Southwest Conference halfback 1963-65. Anderson held many of Texas Tech's football records as his career ended with the 1965 season. He finished fourth in the 1965 Heisman Trophy race. Anderson is part of the Texas Tech Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
Anderson began his NFL career a in 1966, as #44 for the Packers. Anderson was drafted in the 1st Round as the 7th Pick for $600,000, the highest in NFL history to that date.
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Dorsey Levens
Herbert Dorsey Levens (born May 21, 1970) is a retired American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round (149th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame and later Georgia Tech.
In his career, Levens also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. While playing for the Packers, he rushed for 1,000 or more yards twice and was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1997 season.
Levens was born in Syracuse, New York and first attended Nottingham High School (Syracuse, New York), then Notre Dame. However, he found himself in competition with Ricky Watters, Jerome Bettis, Rodney Culver, Reggie Brooks, and Anthony Johnson, all of whom would play in the NFL, at running back. Levens eventually earned the starting spot, but injured his knee before the season started.
The next year he transferred to Georgia Tech, where - after sitting out a year - he set a school record by averaging 7.2 yards-per-carry. In his senior season, he was voted First-Team All-ACC. He rushed for 823 yards and scored eight touchdowns that season.
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Doug Hart
Douglas Wayne Hart (born June 6, 1939 in Handley, Texas), is a former professional American football player who played in 8 NFL seasons for the Green Bay Packers.
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Doug Pederson
Doug Irvin Pederson (born January 31, 1968) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He spent most of his career as a member of the Green Bay Packers, serving as a backup to Brett Favre. He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Pederson attended Ferndale High School in Ferndale, Washington, and was an All-State selection in football, basketball, and baseball.
Pederson originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Miami Dolphins in 1991 out of the Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Louisiana. For several years, Pederson bounced on and off of the Dolphins' roster, spending time on their practice squad before settling onto their roster in 1993. He also helped Don Shula win his NFL record 325th victory as a coach when starting quarterback Scott Mitchell went down with an injury in a game against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 14, 1993. In 1992, Pederson played for the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football.
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Earl Dotson
Earl Christopher Dotson (born December 17, 1970) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round (81st overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers after playing college football for Texas A&M–Kingsville. He played for the Packers for 10 seasons. He started in Super Bowl XXXI and XXXII. Dotson currently owns a restaurant/bar in Corpus Christi, Texas.[citation needed]
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Earl Gros
Earl Roy Gros (born August 29, 1940 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana) is a former American football running back who played college football at Louisiana State University and played in the National Football League from 1962 to 1970.
After finishing at LSU, Gros was drafted in the first round of the 1962 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and in the second round of the 1962 American Football League Draft by the Houston Oilers. Gros decided to go to the NFL, where he played three seasons with the Green Bay Packers (1962–1964), two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (1964–1965), and three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1967–1969). In 1970, Gros played one game with the New Orleans Saints.
Gros finished his career with 821 rushes for 3,157 yards (an average of 3.8 yards per rush) and 28 touchdowns. He also had 142 receptions for 1,255 yards (an average of 8.8 yards per reception) and ten touchdowns.
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Ed Blaine
Edward Homer Blaine was born in Farmington, Missouri on January 30, 1940. He played offensive guard on the University of Missouri Tigers football team while a pre-med student there. Blaine was named All-Big Eight Conference and All-America in 1961.
Blaine was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (28th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft, and was also drafted by the New York Titans in the 4th round (29th overall) of the American Football League's 1962 Draft.
He played professionally in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers (1962) and Philadelphia Eagles (1963–1966). He was named All-Pro after the 1964 NFL season. Blaine was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on September 29, 2011.
Blaine is the former Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Director and continues as a Dalton Development officer and Investigator and Professor in the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology with the University of Missouri. Dr. Ed Blaine was not only successful on the football field but also as one of the Nation’s foremost pharmaceutical researchers with an interest in hypertension and heart failure.
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Eddie Jankowski
Edward J. Jankowski (June 23, 1913 - July 20, 1996) was an American football player. He played running back for five seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1984. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.
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Eddie Kotal
Edward Louis "Eddie" Kotal (September 1, 1902 – January 27, 1973) was a player in the National Football League.
Kotal was born Edward Louis Kotal on September 1, 1902 in Illinois.
Kotal played with the Green Bay Packers for five seasons. He was a member of the 1929 NFL Champion Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at Lawrence University and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Kotal later went on to coach football, basketball, track and field, and boxing at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. He led teams to conference championships in all four sports and is an inductee in the University's Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Edgar Bennett
Edgar Bennett III (born February 15, 1969) is a former National Football League running back who played for the Green Bay Packers (1992-1996) and the Chicago Bears (1998-1999), and is currently a coach for the Green Bay Packers.
Bennett attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida and won varsity letters in football, basketball, and track. In football, he was a Class 4A All-State running back, and was a SuperPrep All-Dixie selection.
Bennett attended Florida State University. He lined up primarily at fullback in a backfield that included future NFL running backs Amp Lee, Marquette Smith, William Floyd, Zach Crockett and Sean Jackson. When Lee was suspended for the Cotton Bowl, Bennett started at halfback. Bennett is considered one of the most versatile fullbacks in FSU history. His career all-purpose yardage totaled more than 2,300 on 389 touches, good for 20 touchdowns. He was an all-around player who ran a 4.5 40 and caught 93 passes for over 1000 yards.
Bennett was drafted in the 4th round (103rd overall) by the Packers in the 1992 NFL Draft. Bennett started his Packer career as a fullback, but he became the starting running back in 1995 and gained 1,067 yards rushing. As both a fullback and a running back, Bennett excelled as a receiver leading the Packers in receptions. He continued as the starting running back throughout the 1996 season, but in the latter half, Dorsey Levens was receiving significant playing time at running back. Bennett's career as a Packer culminated in their Super Bowl XXXI victory. He ruptured his Achilles tendon in the 1997 preseason and did not play that year. Bennett played with the Chicago Bears in 1998 and 1999 before retiring after the 1999 season.
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Elbert Bloodgood
Elbert "Al" Lorraine Bloodgood (born September 5, 1901, date of death unknown) was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played at the University of Nebraska. He graduated from Nebraska in 1924. He played five seasons in the NFL including the 1930 Green Bay Packers title team.
Elbert Bloodgood was born in Beatrice, Nebraska and attended Beatrice High School where became a Nebraska high school track state champion for the 100-yard dash in 1920, and the 440-yard dash and 880-yard relay in 1921. He graduated from high school in 1921.
Bloodgood attended DePauw University and then at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he earned varsity letters as a quarterback in 1923 and 1924. At Nebraska, he played during the tenure of head football coach Fred Dawson and alongside Ed Weir and Verne Lewellen.
Bloodgood was a Cornhusker on the 1923 team that defeated Notre Dame University and head coach Knute Rockne's legendary "Four Horsemen" for the second straight year. He was starting quarterback in the following year's 1924 game where the Cornhuskers lost 34-6 to the Fighting Irish.
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Elijah Pitts
Elijah Eugene Pitts (February 3, 1938 – July 10, 1998) was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Pitts scored two touchdowns in the original Super Bowl. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.
After his playing career ended, Pitts was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams, the Houston Oilers, and the Buffalo Bills, coaching in all four of the Bills' Super Bowl appearances in the early 90s. Pitts occasionally substituted as head coach for Marv Levy in the mid-1990s.
In October 1997, while still the Bills' assistant head coach, Pitts was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which claimed his life nine months later at the age of 60.
Pitts' son Ron Pitts is currently a sportscaster for the Fox television network.
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Emlen Tunnell
Emlen Lewis Tunnell (March 29, 1925 – July 22, 1975) was an American football player. He was the first African American to play for the New York Giants, and was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He played in the National Football League for the Giants and Green Bay Packers. Tunnell played college football at the University of Iowa.
In 1999, Tunnell was ranked number 70 on The Sporting News' list of 100 Greatest Football Players.
Tunnell died of a heart attack on July 22, 1975.
Tunnell joined the University of Iowa football team in 1946 after two years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He started as a quarterback, halfback and on defense during his two years as a Hawkeye. He led the team in passing in the 1946 season and receiving during the 1947 season. He quit the team before the 1948 season in order to join the New York Giants.
Tunnell played 14 years in the National Football League. He played his first 11 years with the New York Giants and the last three years with the Green Bay Packers. He was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection. He ended his career with a record 79 interceptions (since surpassed by Paul Krause). He was elected as the first African-American in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He became a scout and assistant coach with the Giants, where he died from an heart attack during a practice section in 1975. Tunnell began his pro career by hitchhiking across the country from Iowa to New York City to meet Jack Mara, son of Giants founder Tim Mara and ask to try out for the team. In his Hall of Fame induction speech, Tunnell thanked the West Indian banana-truck driver who dropped him off near this Polo Grounds "appointment."
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Emmitt Thomas
Emmitt Earl Thomas (born June 3, 1943) is currently the secondary coach of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. He is a former college and professional football player who played for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs from 1966 to 1969, and then for the Chiefs in the NFL from 1970 to 1978. He owns the Chiefs all-time interception record with 58, which places him ninth on pro football's all-time list. Thomas was elected to the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame after being nominated by the Seniors Committee.
Thomas made the Chiefs team as an undrafted free agent from Bishop College in Dallas. Thomas was an AFL All-Star in 1968 and made the NFL's AFC-NFC Pro Bowl 4 times (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) after the Chiefs joined the NFL in the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger. He was also selected All-Pro 3 times. In the 1969 season, he led all pro football with 9 interceptions, which he returned for 146 yards and a touchdown, helping his team win the AFL Championship and the fourth and last AFL-NFL World Championship Game, which the Chiefs won 23-7 over the NFL champion Vikings. Thomas recorded an interception in the Kansas City victory. In 1974, Thomas led the NFL in interceptions (12), return yards (214), and return touchdowns (2).
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Erik Walden
Erik Lashawn Walden (born August 21, 1985 in Dublin, Georgia) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State.
Walden has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins.
At Middle Tennessee State University he was a starter at defensive end since his freshman year. He owns the school's career (20.5) and season (11.5) sack records.
As a junior he was an All-Sun Belt Conference selection. Against Central Michigan in the 2006 Motor City Bowl he lead his team with six tackles and two quarterback sacks.
Walden was injured most of his senior season, which limited his effectiveness, but was still named All-Sun Belt Conference, after finishing second in conference history in career sacks.
Walden signed a four-year contract with the Cowboys on July 22, 2008. He was waived by the team on August 30 during final cuts.
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Eugene Robinson
Eugene Keefe Robinson (born May 28, 1963) is a former professional American football player who played free safety. He played collegiately at Colgate University. In his 16-year NFL career, Robinson played for the Seattle Seahawks from 1985 to 1995, the Green Bay Packers from 1996 to 1997, Atlanta Falcons from 1998 to 1999, and Carolina Panthers in 2000.
After a college career at Colgate University, Robinson spent his first 11 NFL seasons with the Seahawks, being selected to the Pro Bowl twice in 1992 and 1993.
After the 1995 season, Robinson signed with the Packers. That year he recorded 55 tackles and led Green Bay with eight interceptions. After the 1996 season, the Packers went on to win Super Bowl XXXI 35–21, over the New England Patriots, earning Robinson his first and only championship ring. Then again, after the 1997 season, Robinson and the Packers went to Super Bowl XXXII, however they lost 31–24, to the Denver Broncos. With his team trailing 24–17 in the third quarter, Robinson intercepted a pass from Broncos quarterback John Elway in the end zone, preventing Denver from building a bigger lead and setting up a touchdown on Green Bay's ensuing drive to tie the game. He also recorded an interception of Steve Young that set up a touchdown in the Packers 23–10 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game a week prior.
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Forrest Gregg
Alvis Forrest Gregg (born October 18, 1933) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League. During a Pro Football Hall of Fame playing career, he was a part of six championships, five of them with the Green Bay Packers before closing out his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys with a win in Super Bowl VI. He went on to serve as head coach of three teams: the Cleveland Browns, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Green Bay Packers. He was born in Birthright, Texas and attended Sulphur Springs High School.
Gregg played college football at Southern Methodist University.
Gregg was a key player on the Packers dynasty that won five NFL championships and two Super Bowls in the 1960s. Gregg earned an "iron-man" tag by playing in a then-league record 188 consecutive games from 1956 until 1971. He also won All-NFL acclaim eight straight years from 1960 through 1967 and was selected to play in nine Pro Bowls.
Gregg closed his career with the Dallas Cowboys, as did his Packer teammate, cornerback Herb Adderley. They both helped the Cowboys win Super Bowl VI, making them the only players (along with former teammate Fred Thurston, who was on the Baltimore Colts world championship team in 1958) in professional football history to play on six teams that won World Championships.
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Forrest McPherson
Forrest W. McPherson was an American football player (center, guard and tackle), once considered the strongest man in pro football[citation needed].
McPherson was born on October 22, 1911 in Fairbury, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska and made his professional debut in the NFL in 1935 with the Chicago Bears until he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles the same year. He played for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles over the course of his 10 year career. He also played for the 1938 Los Angeles Bulldogs (Independent,) Los Angeles Dons, Hollywood Bears. In 1934 he signed with the St Louis Gunners Pro Football Club but did not play with them. During his years as a player, McPherson played next to or against some of the greatest names in NFL history, including Steve Van Buren, Bob Waterfield, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, and others. He was coached by legends like Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers also George Halas legendary founder of the NFL and Chicago Bears. Forrest won a Championship with the Green Bay Packers in 1944 under coach Lambeau.
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Frank Balasz
Frank Steve Balasz (January 23, 1918 – August 6, 1962) was a professional American football player for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Cardinals from 1939-1945. A member of the 1939 NFL Champion Packers, he was selected to the Pro Bowl that year. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Iowa.
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Frank Steen
Frank Steen (born Frank William Steen) was a player in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1939 NFL season.
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Frank Twedell
Frank Twedell is a former guard in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1939 NFL Draft and played with the team that season.
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Frank Winters
Frank Mitchell Winters (born January 23, 1964 in Hoboken, New Jersey) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Western Illinois University and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1987 NFL Draft.
Winters was the Packers' starting center serving for eight straight seasons (1993–2000). He played in the Pro Bowl and also earned USA Today All-Pro honors in 1999. His nickname was "Frankie Baggadonuts" or "Old Bag of Donuts".
On July 18, 2008, Winters was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. His ceremony was marked by hightened media interest because quarterback Brett Favre gave the induction speech amidst the developing saga regarding Favre's status with the Packers.
On May 20, 2009, Winters got an internship with the Indianapolis Colts.
He has part ownership in a popular Missouri bar and grill, Frankie & Johnny's.
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Frank Zombo
Frank William Zombo III (born March 5, 1987) is an American football professional linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Central Michigan.
Zombo graduated from Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Sterling Heights, Michigan) in 2005 where he also played high school football.
The Packers signed Zombo as an undrafted rookie free agent on April, 30, 2010.
In Super Bowl XLV, Zombo recorded a sack as well as 5 tackles (2 for a loss), as Green Bay beat Pittsburgh 31-25 to bring the Lombardi trophy back to Green Bay for the first time in 14 years.
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Fred Thurston
Frederick Charles "Fuzzy" Thurston (born December 29, 1933) is a former American football guard in the National Football League who played for the Baltimore Colts and Green Bay Packers. Thurston played collegiate ball for Valparaiso University before being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 5th round of the 1956 NFL Draft.
He was a key member of the Packers' offensive line during the team's glory years under coach Vince Lombardi, when they won five NFL Championships including the first two Super Bowls. Often paired with fellow guard Jerry Kramer, he led the Packers' vaunted Lombardi power sweep running attack. Thurston was named to the 1961 and 1962 All-Pro teams. Prior to joining the Packers, Thurston played the 1958 season with the NFL champion Baltimore Colts. Along with two former Packer teammates—Herb Adderley and Forrest Gregg—Thurston is one of only three players in pro football history to play on six World Championship teams. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in January 1975.
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Fritz Shurmur
Leonard Frank “Fritz” Shurmur (July 15, 1932 – August 30, 1999) was an American football coach who served as head coach of the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1971 to 1974. He also served as the defensive coordinator for the National Football League's Green Bay Packers from 1994 to 1998. He is the uncle of current Cleveland Browns head coach and former St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur.
Shurmur was nicknamed Fritz as a baby, after his grandfather's cocker spaniel. He grew up in Wyandotte, Michigan along with his parents and his brother, Joseph.
Shurmur's father was a factory worker for 49 years in the suburbs of Detroit. Shurmur's parents twice refinanced the family home so Fritz and his brother could have opportunities to attend Albion College.
Shurmur started playing football in high school at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte. Upon completion of high school, he attended and played college football at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. At Albion, Shurmur played center where he earned All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) honors, and was named the conference's most valuable player. As a complement to football, Shurmur also played baseball at Albion, where he earned all-conference honors.
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Gabe Wilkins
Gabriel Nicholas Wilkins (born January 9, 1971 in Cowpens, South Carolina) is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers in a six year career that lasted from 1994 to 1999 in the National Football League.
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Gale Gillingham
Gale Herbert Gillingham (February 3, 1944 – October 20, 2011) was an American guard who spent his entire ten-year professional football career in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers (1966–1974, 1976).
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Gillingham grew up on a farm in nearby Stoughton. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a classmate of future Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Aaron Brown, whom he faced in Super Bowl I.
In his rookie season, he alternated as the starter at left guard with veteran Fuzzy Thurston. During the 1967 season, he took Thurston's spot full-time, opposite perennial All-Pro Jerry Kramer. He started the Ice Bowl and Super Bowl II, coach Vince Lombardi's final games after nine seasons with the team.
Gillingham was the last member of the Lombardi-era Packers to be active with the franchise. By time he retired, Bart Starr, whom he blocked for when Starr was leading the Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowls, was the team's coach. Gillingham was a five-time Pro Bowler (1969, '70, '71, 73 and '74), six-time All Pro, and a two-time NFL First Team All Pro (1969 and '70). He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1982.
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Gary Barnes
Gary Marshall Barnes (born September 13, 1939 in Fairfax, Alabama) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Chicago Bears, and the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at Clemson University.
Barnes was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round (41st overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft, and also drafted by the New York Titans in the ninth round (69th overall) of the 1962 American Football League Draft.
Barnes was a member of the 1962 NFL Champion Green Bay Packers seeing action in 13 games with no receptions. He also played for the Dallas Cowboys in 1963, the Chicago Bears in 1964, and the Atlanta Falcons in 1966 and 1967. He played in 60 career games with 41 receptions for 583 yards receiving. He scored his two career touchdowns with Atlanta.
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Gary Knafelc
Gary Knafelc (born January 2, 1932 in Pueblo, Colorado) is a former American football wide receiver/tight end who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (1954–1963). He attended the University of Colorado. Knafelc is the only player to ever be carried off the City Stadium or Lambeau Field turf by fans. That happened after he caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Tobin Rote in the final minute to beat the Detroit Lions, 20-17, in the 1955 season opener.
He served as public address announcer for Packers game at Lambeau from 1964 until 2004, when he was succeeded by Bill Jartz of WBAY-TV.
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Gary Reynolds
Gary Reynolds is a former professional American football coach in the National Football League who served as the offensive assistant of quality control for the Seattle Seahawks, where he has been since 1999. He is currently the Director of Football Operations/Research and Development at Texas A&M.
Reynolds started his coaching career as a graduate assistant and assistant recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M University in 1991. Before entering the NFL, he was also the assistant recruiting coordinator at the University of Tennessee in 1992.
Reynolds spent six years with the Green Bay Packers, where he served as an administrative assistant in football operations from 1993–1995, and as offensive assistant of quality control from 1996 to 1998.
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Gene Ronzani
Gene Ronzani was the second head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He coached the Packers from 1951 until 1953. He resigned with two games remaining in the 1953 season and was replaced on an interim basis by the tandem of Hugh Devore and Ray Scooter McLean.
Ronzani's legacy with the Packers includes an emphasis on green as a primary team color, having discarded his predecessor Curly Lambeau's blue-and-gold uniforms:
Gene "Tuffy" Ronzani was a chief contributor to the Golden Age of Marquette University (Milwaukee) sports in the early 1930s as the first of two MU nine-letter athletes. He was born in Iron Mountain, a small mining town in Michigans upper peninsula and entered Marquette in the fall of 1929, following his two brothers Anthony and David Ronzani of a 1st generation Italian family. Gene went out for freshman football, track and basketball and made all three varsity teams his sophomore year. "I wasn't interested in individual records," he once mentioned. "What good does it do if you score all the points and the team loses? Why, I can't even remember my records." But his records were history. In football under Coach Frank Murray, the 1930 team marched to a nine game undefeated season under the sparkling leadership of Ronzani and John Sisk. tuffy played either quarterback or fullback on offense and safety or linebacker on defense. He and Sisk both were to become All-Americans.
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George Halas
George Stanley Halas, Sr. (February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was a player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional American football. He was the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears. He was also lesser known as an inventor, jurist, producer, philanthropist, philatelist, and professional baseball player.
Halas was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a family of Czech-Bohemian immigrants. His parents were Slavic migrants from Pilsen, Bohemia part of what would later become Czechoslovakia. George had a varied career in sports. In 1915, Halas worked temporarily for Western Electric and was planning on being on the Eastland. He was running late, however, and missed the capsizing. After graduating from Crane High School in Chicago, he attended the University of Illinois, playing football for coach Bob Zuppke as well as baseball and basketball, and earning a degree in civil engineering. He also became a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He helped Illinois win the 1918 Big Ten football title.
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George Sauer
George Henry Sauer (December 11, 1910 – February 5, 1994) was an American football player, coach, college sports administrator, and professional football executive. He played college football as a halfback at the University of Nebraska from 1931 to 1933 and then with the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from 1935 to 1937. Sauer served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire (1937–1941), the University of Kansas (1946–1947), the United States Naval Academy (1948–1949), and Baylor University (1950–1955), compiling a career college football record of 78–55–9. He was also the head basketball at New Hampshire for one season in 1938–39, tallying a mark of 3–14. Sauer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954.
Sauer attended the University of Nebraska where he was an All-American halfback under Dana X. Bible. He coached at the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1941. Although he only coached two years at Kansas, he compiled a 15–3–2 (.786) record.
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George Svendsen
George Peter Svendsen (March 22, 1913 - August 6, 1995) was an American football player. He also played one season for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League.
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Gil Haskell
Gil Haskell (born September 24, 1943) is a long time NFL coach and the former Offensive Coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks. He began his career in the NFL as a ball boy with the San Francisco 49ers while his uncle Dr. William O’Grady was a part owner of the franchise. Coach Haskell grew up in St. Brendan's Parish in San Francisco, graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1961, played at San Francisco State, and then was head coach at St. Ignatius from 1973-1977. Haskell then left for USC, spending 5 seasons as an assistant coach. He broke into the NFL as a coach in 1983 with the Los Angeles Rams, coaching special teams, running backs and tight ends for 9 seasons. In 1992 he joined the Green Bay Packers where he became part of Mike Holmgren's staff for the first time as a running back coach and wide receiver coach. When Holmgren left Green Bay for the Seattle Seahawks in 1998 Haskell accepted the Offensive Coordinator position with the Carolina Panthers. The next season he reunited with Holmgren in Seattle in the same role. He has indicated that he would like to be a head coach in the NFL and even launched a low key campaign for the Oakland Raiders position when the Raiders fired Norv Turner after the 2005 season. That position was eventually filled with the hiring of Art Shell.
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Gilbert Brown
Gilbert Jesse Brown, (born February 22, 1971) is a former nose tackle who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (1993–99, 2001–03). Brown played 125 Packers games (103 starts) recording 292 tackles (186 solo) and seven sacks. Nicknamed "The Gravedigger," in honor of his celebratory dance following a thunderous tackle, Brown played in 15 Packers playoff games. He was a major contributor on strong defenses during the mid 1990s. His best season was 1996, when Green Bay won Super Bowl XXXI. He was also part of the Kansas team that won the 1992 Aloha Bowl, and was selected for the All-Academic Big Eight team in 1991.
Gilbert grew up in Detroit, Michigan with parents Leroy and Ann Brown, older brother Wes, and younger siblings, Sheri, Tommy and Anna (all of whom went to college and became athletes). Like Wes Sr., Gilbert was athletic and fast. Even his brothers could not run home before Gilbert.
During his senior year at MacKenzie High School, he recorded 189 tackles and 19 sacks his senior year to earn all-state honors. Brown also lettered in track, competing in the shot put. He graduated from high school in 1989.
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Glen Sorenson
Glen Sorenson is a former guard in the National Football League. He played three seasons with the Green Bay Packers.
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Graham Harrell
Graham Harrell (born May 22, 1985) is an American football quarterback. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in May 2010. He was on the practice squad for the first 13 games of the 2010 season before being signed to the active roster for the last three regular season games and the postseason. He started the 2011 season on the practice squad but was signed to the active roster prior to week 14. He played college football at Texas Tech.
Harrell played at Ennis High School in Ennis, Texas, where he was coached by his father, Sam Harrell. He was the starting quarterback for three seasons and led the Fighting Lions to a state Class 4A title as a sophomore. He also played in the 2004 Oil Bowl, receiving the offensive MVP award.
Harrell set Texas high school records in the following categories:
In addition, Harrell ranks second in career pass completions (805 from 2000–2003).
In 2004, Harrell redshirted his first season at Texas Tech. The following season, he served as the backup quarterback behind Cody Hodges.
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Greg Jennings
Gregory Jennings, Jr. (born September 21, 1983 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is a professional American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted out of Western Michigan University in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2006 NFL Draft.
Jennings attended Kalamazoo Central High School where he was all conference in three sports—football, basketball and track. Jennings played wide receiver, running back, outside linebacker and defensive back as a three-time letterman for the football team. He was listed 11th on the "Fab 50" rankings of the Detroit Free Press as a senior. Jennings finished seventh in voting for Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 2000–01 and scored a school record 50 points in a losing effort against Benton Harbor as a senior.
Greg Jennings attended Western Michigan University. He finished his career there with 238 receptions for 3539 yards and 39 touchdowns. When Jennings was a redshirt freshman, he missed 8 games due to a broken ankle bone. In the 8 games he did play, he caught 10 passes for 138 yards. In 2003, he was second on the Broncos with 56 catches for 1,050 yards and 14 touchdowns. He finished the 2003 season with 1,734 all-purpose yards. He was named to the second team All-Mid American team. In 2004, he led the Broncos with 74 catches for 1,092 yards and 11 touchdowns. He tallied 1,415 all-purpose yards. He was named to the All-MAC team. In 2005, he had 98 catches, and led the nation in catches per game, with 8.91. He had 1,259 yards with 14 touchdowns, and earned the 2005 MAC Offensive Player of the Year Award. His 5,093 all-purpose yards is a WMU record, and ranks 8th in MAC history. Jennings became only the 11th player to gain over 1,000 yards in at least three seasons of a college career. Jennings graduated from WMU in 2010 after completing the 16 credits he needed through self-instructional classes.
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Gust Zarnas
Gustave Constantine Zarnas (December 16, 1913 – December 26, 2000) was a college football All-American and professional football player.
Born in Ikaria, Greece, Zarnas came to America with his parents. He played the guard position at the Ohio State University from 1935 to 1937 and received All-American recognition his last year as a Buckeye. At 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 220 lbs., Zarnas played professionally in the NFL for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers from 1938 to 1940, and enlisted into the United States Navy becoming a lieutenant during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
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Hank Bruder
Henry George "Hank" Bruder (November 22, 1907 - June, 1970) was an American football player in the National Football League. He played nine years with the Green Bay Packers from 1931 to 1939 and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1972. Bruder attended Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
He was part of the offensive line that blocked for Pro Football Hall of Fame back Johnny "Blood" McNally.
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Hank Gremminger
Charles Henry "Hank" Gremminger (September 1, 1933 - November 2, 2001) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played ten seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1956–1965) and one for the Los Angeles Rams (1966).[citation needed]
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Harry Jacunski
Harry Anthony Jacunski (October 20, 1915–February 20, 2003) was an National Football League player and college football coach for over 40 years.
Jacunski was an All-state center on the New Britain High School 1934 basketball team and played football with Vince Lombardi at Fordham University, where Jacunski was one of Fordham’s "Seven Blocks of Granite". In 1938 he was co-captain of the Fordham football team where he started as end.
He played in the NFL for six seasons (1939 – 1944) as defensive end for the Green Bay Packers, who were NFL champions in 1939 and 1944.
In 1945 he started a 35 year coaching career: one year at University of Notre Dame, two years at Harvard University, and the last 33 years at Yale University. Jacunski was inducted into both the Fordham and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
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Harry Mattos
Harry Mattos (April 7, 1911 - February 5, 1992), nicknamed "The Horse" or "The Toe", was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Rams. He played college football at the St. Mary's College of California. In 1934, Mattos threw for two touchdown passes in a 14-9 win over Fordham University.
After graduating from St. Mary’s in 1935, Mattos signed with the Hollywood Braves of the American Legion Football League, a league of area Los Angeles teams. With the Braves, Mattos was used mainly as a passer, throwing for two touchdowns in three games before a broken leg ended his season.
Mattos started the next year in the NFL, with the Green Bay Packers. However the Packers, with an already solid backfield, dropped him early in the season. As a result Mattos signed with the Cleveland Rams, who were still members of the second American Football League, a competing major league. The Rams used Mattos as a running back and as a wide receiver and as a kicker, to leading the league in scoring. Mattos kicking ability earned him the nickname “The Toe.” He also caught two touchdown catches that season. Mattos helped the Rams battle the Boston Shamrocks for first place in the league, however the Rams had to settle for a second place finish. However Mattos earned the respect of the media. A Boston sportswriter, used a different nickname each time he mentioned Mattos. One such nickname was Harry “Nothing” Mattos.
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Harry Sydney
Harry Sydney (born June 26, 1959) is a former professional American football player whose position was running back. He played six seasons in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers after three years with the Denver Gold and Memphis Showboats of the USFL. He now resides in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he operates a not-for-profit male mentoring program called "My Brother's Keeper", and is the head football coach of the West High School Wildcats.
Harry Sydney played on the 1988 and 1989 San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl championship teams. He earned another Super Bowl ring as running backs coach for the 1996 Green Bay Packers. He is also 11th all-time in rushing yards for the USFL.
Sydney is the only NFL player who has caught touchdown passes from both Joe Montana and Brett Favre.
Harry is also a public speaker as well as co-host of a Green Bay, Wisconsin sports radio show.
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Henry Jordan
Henry Wendell Jordan (January 26, 1935 - February 21, 1977) was an American football defensive tackle who played for two teams, the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns, during his thirteen-year National Football League career. He played in the NFL from 1957 to 1969.
Jordan attended Warwick High School in Newport News, Virginia. He played college football at the University of Virginia, where he was the captain of the football team as a senior. He was also a runner-up in the 1957 NCAA wrestling championships. He was a member of the Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at UVA. Jordan was drafted in the fifth round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, who traded him two years later to the Green Bay Packers for a fourth round draft choice. At Green Bay, Jordan was elected to four Pro Bowls (1960, 1961 1963 and 1966), and he was the Pro Bowl MVP in 1961. Jordan was All-NFL six times, and he was a defensive leader on a Green Bay Packers team that played in six NFL title games and won the first two Super Bowls.
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Herb Adderley
Herbert Allen Adderley (born June 8, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
He played college football at Michigan State University and was an All-Big Ten offensive star. He is the only player to appear in four of the first six Super Bowls.
Adderley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 8, 1939 to parents Charles and Rene (White). Adderley grew up there as well. He attended Northeast High School beginning in 1953. He played football, basketball, and baseball, and won All-City Honors in all three.
After high school, Adderley chose to attend Michigan State University under head coach Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty. Adderley led the team in rushing yards in 1959 and pass receptions in both 1959 and 1960. Adderley was the co-captain of the team in his senior year. In 1960, he made the All-Big Ten Conference team and played in the East-West Shrine Game, the Coaches' All-American, and the College All-Star games. Adderley was picked for the All-Michigan State University team in 1970.
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Herb Franta
Herbert Joseph Franta (March 10, 1905 – August 3, 1950) was a tackle and guard in the National Football League.
Franta was born on March 10, 1905 in Minnesota. His nickname was "Chief".
Franta played with the Minneapolis Red Jackets during the 1929 NFL season before splitting the following season between the Red Jackets and the Green Bay Packers. As such, he was a member of the 1930 NFL Champion Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of St. Thomas.
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Herm Schneidman
Herman Schneidman (November 22, 1913 – August 12, 2008) was a professional American football player for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Cardinals.
was a psychiatrist
When Scheidman left the University of Iowa, he signed with the Green Bay Packers and played mainly Blocking back, the forerunner to a fullback, on offense. He played with the Packers from 1935 to 1939 and was a member of their 1936 and 1939 league titles. Schneidman played in 40 games for the Packers with 16 starts. He rushed 13 times for 37 yards during his career and caught seven passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Schneidman wore No. 4 during his first three seasons in Green Bay, a jersey later made famous by quarterback Brett Favre. Herm attempted to play for the Packers in 1940 but was released in training camp.
After being released by the Packers, Herm signed with the Chicago Cardinals and played for one more season before retiring and joining the Navy.
Scheidman died on August 12, 2008 in Quincy, Illinois, at the age of 95.
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Howie Williams
Howie Williams (born December 4, 1936 in Spartanburg, South Carolina) is a former professional American football player for the NFL Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers, and for the American Football League's Oakland Raiders.
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Hugh Devore
Hugh John Devore (November 25, 1910 – December 8, 1992) was a football player and coach whose close connection to the University of Notre Dame saw him serve in both capacities, while also seeing time as head coach at two other colleges as well as the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles.
Devore was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, and was a three-sport star at the city's St. Benedict's Prep. He was then recruited by the legendary Knute Rockne to play at Notre Dame. While playing on the freshman squad in 1930, Devore caught Rockne's eye during an intrasquad scrimmage when he stopped All-America quarterback Frank Carideo with a crushing tackle. Unfortunately, Devore never had the opportunity to play for Rockne in an official game after the coach was killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931.
During his three years as a member of the Fighting Irish varsity, Devore played at end under Hunk Anderson, serving as co-captain during his senior year in 1933. Upon graduating from the school, Devore stayed at Notre Dame the following year as freshman football coach, then followed fellow Irish alum Jim Crowley as line coach at Fordham University in 1935.
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Hurdis McCrary
Hurdis McCrary was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Green Bay Packers.
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Irv Comp
Irving Henry Comp, Jr. (May 17, 1919 - July 11, 1989) was an American football player. He played his entire seven year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1986.
Born in the Bay View section of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Comp had sight in only one eye. He attended college and played college football at Benedictine College, then known as St. Benedict's College. He graduated in 1942, and became a member of the Ravens Hall of Fame in 1988.
Comp was drafted in the third round with the 23rd pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 1943 NFL Draft.
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Jamari Lattimore
Jamari Lattimore (born October 6, 1988) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Middle Tennessee.
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James Campen
James Frederick Campen (born June 11, 1964) is a former American football center in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers. Currently he is the offensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers. Campen graduated from Ponderosa High School.
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James Lofton
James David Lofton (born July 5, 1956 at Fort Ord, Monterey County, California) is a former American football player and coach. He is a former American football coach for the San Diego Chargers but is best known for his years in the National Football League as a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers (1978–1986), Los Angeles Raiders (1987–1988), the Buffalo Bills (1989–1992), Los Angeles Rams (1993) and Philadelphia Eagles (1993). He was also the NCAA champion in the long jump in 1978 while attending Stanford University. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Lofton prepped at George Washington High School in Los Angeles, California where he played quarterback and safety.
Lofton won the long jump at the 1978 NCAA Track and Field Championships with a wind-aided jump of 26 feet 11¾ inches. He won the long jump at the 1974 CIF California State Meet with a jump of 24 feet 3½ inches after placing sixth in this meet the year before. He was also a sprinter of note, with a best of 20.7 in the 200 meter dash. He has been an active participant in Masters track and field since 1997.
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James Starks
James Darell Starks (born February 25, 1986) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, (commonly known as the University at Buffalo or UB).
James attended high school in Niagara Falls, New York. He ran for 1,048 yards and threw for over 600 yards for the Wolverines of Niagara Falls High School while earning All-Western New York honors in his senior season. He served as a captain for three years. Considered only a 2 star recruit by Rivals.com, Starks' only scholarship offer came from Buffalo, which he accepted.
Starks enjoyed a standout career at Buffalo. He set a career rushing record with 3,140 yards, and scored 40 total touchdowns. He registered back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons as a sophomore and junior. He was one of the elite backs in the MAC and the nation and became the first 1,000-yard rusher in the Bulls’ Division I-A era. He also became the first UB freshman to earn All-MAC honors in 2006. He was named to the All-Mac Second Team as a freshman and sophomore, and was named to the All-Mac First Team as a junior. Starks did not play in his senior season due to a shoulder injury. He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
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Jarius Wynn
Jarius Jessereel Wynn (born August 29, 1986) is an American football defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia.
Wynn attended Lincoln County High School and was First-team GHSA All-State Class-A as a senior defensive lineman in 2004 and earned First-team All-State honors as an offensive lineman in 2003.
In 2008 Wynn appeared in 13 games, making twelve starts, recording 54 tackles and six quarterback hurries. After enrolling at Georgia in January 2007 he appeared in and started 13 games. He and finished first on the team with 69 tackles .
Wynn attended Georgia Military College and was Second-team National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American honors following the 2006 campaign as well as team captain and defensive MVP. He tallied 21 tackles, including a team-leading eight for losses, two sacks, forced four fumbles and had one fumble recovery in 2006. Wynn was rated the No. 1 junior college defensive tackle prospect in the nation for the class of 2007 by JCGridiron.com.
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Jarrett Boykin
Jarrett Boykin (born November 4, 1989) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Virginia Tech.
Boykin is Virginia Tech's all time leader in receptions and receiving yards with 184 receptions for 2,884 yards.
Boykin made the Packers roster as an undrafted free agent in 2012.
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Jarrett Bush
Jarrett Lee Bush (born May 21, 1984 in Vacaville, California) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2006, but was claimed by Green Bay immediately following the preseason of his rookie year and has played there ever since. He played college football at Utah State and American River College.
Bush attended Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville, California. He played both defensive back and wide receiver.
Bush was originally with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2006, but was waived following the preseason.
Bush was claimed off of waivers by the Green Bay Packers one day after being cut by Carolina. He has played mainly as a third or fourth cornerback and on special teams during his career with the Packers.
On March 13, 2009 the Tennessee Titans signed Bush to an offer sheet. The Packers matched the Titans offer on March 16.
On February 6, 2011 during Super Bowl XLV, after Pro-Bowl cornerback Charles Woodson suffered a broken collar bone, Bush would have to fill a cornerback slot as well as continue his special teams duties. In the second quarter, the Steelers were on the Green Bay 49 yard line with a 2nd and 11. Bush made a great read and drove on a Ben Roethlisberger pass intended for Michael Wallace over the middle, resulting in the Packers second interception of the game. This would prove pivotal in the game, as the ensuing drive resulted with a touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Greg Jennings. Bush ended Super Bowl XLV with one interception, one hit on quarterback, one pass defended, and five total tackles of which four were solo.
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Jason Spitz
Jason Spitz (born December 19, 1982) is an American football offensive guard for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville.
Spitz attended Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a first team All-First Coast selection as a two-way lineman. In his Senior Year he had 10 sacks and 56 total tackles in the year.
Spitz started all four years at Louisville, where he was a first-team All-Big East. .
Spitz was originally meant to redshirt his Freshman year but was made the starting right guard during the game with Duke.
Spitz was part of a highly successful offensive line that only allowed 13 Sacks in 13 games and helped Louisville rank in the top 10 in rushing. He was appointed as a 2nd team All American All-Conference USA.
Spitz had a highly successful Junior season and started all 12 games at Right Guard. The Cardinal offense lead Division I-A in total offense, scoring, and pass efficiency rating. He only allowed 2½ sacks that season.
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Jay Glazer
Jay Glazer (born December 26, 1969) is an American senior writer for FoxSports.com and is a sideline reporter for the NFL on Fox since 2004. He is also the studio host, alongside Frank Trigg, on Fox Sport Net's PRIDE Fighting Championship show. Currently, he is the "NFL insider" for Fox NFL Sunday and hosts Pros vs Joes alongside fellow Fox football analyst Michael Strahan. During NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule, Glazer, alongside analysts Kurt Warner, Sterling Sharpe, Brian Billick, Jim Mora and host Fran Charles can be seen on Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears. Glazer has earned a sterling reputation for being the first "insider" to report several breaking NFL stories through his sources, such as Brett Favre's unretirement and the trade of Randy Moss from the New England Patriots to the Minnesota Vikings. He is also a business partner with Randy Couture in MMAthletics based in Las Vegas, Nevada at Xtreme Couture Training Center. Jay is 1-1 in fights, but has not fought professionally since 2003.
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Jeff Dellenbach
Jeffrey Alan Dellenbach (born February 14, 1963 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was a member of the Green Bay Packers when they won Super Bowl XXXI. Dellenbach played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1985 NFL Draft. Currently, Dellenbach serves as the head varsity football coach for the American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida.
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Jeff Garcia
Jeffrey Jason "Jeff" Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at San Jose State University.
A four-time CFL All-Star and four-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, Garcia began his professional football career with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as an undrafted free agent in 1994. In 1999, Garcia debuted with the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers. Since 2003, he has also played for the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Oakland Raiders. In 2010, Garcia played for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.
Garcia attended Gilroy High School in Gilroy, California and was a letterman in football and basketball.
Garcia is one of only nine quarterbacks in NFL history who have achieved two consecutive thirty-touchdown passing seasons (2000 and 2001) at least one time in their career. The others are Steve Bartkowski, Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Tom Brady and Y.A. Tittle. He is also one of only twelve quarterbacks to throw a 99 yard touchdown pass.
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Jeff Saturday
Jeffrey Bryant Saturday (born June 18, 1975) is an American football center for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 1998. He played college football at North Carolina.
Saturday has also played for the Indianapolis Colts, where he won a Super Bowl ring and was selected to four All-Pro teams and five Pro Bowls.
Saturday was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Shamrock High School in Decatur, Georgia.
Saturday attended the University of North Carolina, where he was a four-year letterman for coach Mack Brown's North Carolina Tar Heels football team from 1994 to 1997. As a junior in 1996 and again as a senior in 1997, he was one of the Tar Heels' team captains. He was recognized as a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection at center in 1996 and 1997, and an Academic All-ACC selection in 1997.
Saturday went undrafted in the 1998 NFL Draft, but the Baltimore Ravens signed him as a free agent on April 27, 1998, only to waive him on June 12, 1998.
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Jeff Thomason
Jeffrey David Thomason (born December 30, 1969 in San Diego, California) is a former American football tight end and is currently a construction worker. He played college football at Oregon, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992. He played for the Bengals, the Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles, primarily as a reserve player, for ten years. He retired in 2002, but returned to the spotlight before Super Bowl XXXIX when he was re-signed by the Eagles three years after his retirement in order to temporarily replace injured tight end Chad Lewis. After seeing a few plays of action during the Eagles loss in that game, he retired once again that summer, returning to the construction business he had been working at when he was re-signed.
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Jerel Worthy
Jerel Worthy (born April 26, 1990) is an American football defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and was recognized as an All-American. The Packers selected him in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Worthy was born in Huber Heights, Ohio. He originally attended Chaminade-Julienne High School in Dayton, Ohio but then transfered to Wayne High School in Huber Heights, where he played high school football for the Wayne Warriors. As a senior for the Warriors, Worthy recorded 50 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 12 hurries. Worthy was also responsible for seven pass breakups and and two fumble recoveries
Worthy's performance earned him a spot on the Superprep and Prepstars Midwest Teams.
Coming out of High School, Worthy was ranked the 53rd Best Defensive Tackle by Rivals.com, 78th by Scout.com, and 93rd by Scouts Inc. He was also invited to play June 14 Big 33 Football Classic . Worthy received scholarship offers from Michigan State, Akron, Cincinnati, Marshall, Nebraska, and Ohio. He was six foot two inches, 288 pounds, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds who bench pressed a maximum of 335 pounds and squatted a maximum of 470 pounds. He had a 2.8 Grade-point average.
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Jermichael Finley
Jermichael Decorean Finley (born March 26, 1987 in Lufkin, Texas) is an American football tight end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas.
Finley attended Diboll High School in Diboll, Texas where he not only started at Tight End, but also played defensive end, wide receiver, safety, punter and kicker. As a high school senior he was named first team 3A all-state by the Texas Sports Writer Association and second team by the Associated Press. He was also named first-team all-district as a junior. Finley also holds a number of records at Diboll including 36 receptions for 878 yards. He also holds the record for receiving touchdowns with 13. He was also a district most valuable player in basketball.
Coming out of high school, Finley was ranked as a four star prospect by Rivals.com. He stood at six feet four inches tall and weighed 210 pounds. He ran a forty yard dash in 4.6 seconds.
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Jerron McMillian
Jerron McMillian ' (born April 2, 1989) is an American football safety for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for Maine.
Born April 2, 1989. Son of John and Rosemary McMillian. A child development and family relations major. Played quarterback and safety for coach Jim Hopke at Hillside H.S. Served as team captain. Earned all-state, all-county and All-Mountain Valley Conference honors. Also played basketball. Named to his high school’s academic honor roll.
McMillian played safety for the Maine Black Bears under head coach Jack Cosgrove. In McMillian's senior season he led a stout Maine defense to a #8 Ranking in the FBS and had 92 total tackles 61 solo and 31 assisted along with 11.5 tfl and 3.5 sacks with 1 interception and 5 breakups.
McMillian was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round pick 133 overall, in the 2012 NFL Draft. The fourth round pick is the highest ever by a Black Bear, surpassing John Huard who was taken in the fifth round of the draft in 1967.
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Jerry Burns
Jerome Monahan "Jerry" Burns (born January 24, 1927) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa, from 1961 to 1965, compiling record of 16–27–2, and for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL from 1986 to 1991, tallying a mark of 55–46.
Burns played quarterback at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1950. Michigan won four consecutive Big Ten Conference titles when Burns was with the Wolverines. He graduated in February 1951 with a physical education degree.
Burns then began his coaching career. He served as the head baseball coach and assistant football coach with the University of Hawaii in 1951. Burns left Hawaii to coach at Whittier College in 1952, where he was the head basketball coach and an assistant football coach. At the beginning of 1953, he left Whittier and took a job as head football and head basketball coach at St. Mary's of Redford High School in Detroit, Michigan. Following the 1953 football season at St. Mary's, Burns was hired by fellow Michigan alumnus Forest Evashevski as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa.
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Jerry Fontenot
Jerry Paul Fontenot (born November 21, 1966 in Lafayette, Louisiana was an American football Center in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals. Fontenot attended Texas A&M University.
Fontenot is currently an assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers.[1]
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Jerry Kramer
Gerald Louis "Jerry" Kramer (born January 23, 1936, in Jordan, Montana) is a former professional football player, author and sports commentator, best remembered for his 11-year NFL career with the Green Bay Packers as an offensive lineman. As a 6'3", 250 pound right guard, Kramer was an integral part of the famous "Packer Sweep", a signature play in which both guards rapidly pull out from their normal positions and lead block for the running back going around the end. Kramer was an All-Pro five times, and a member of the NFL's 50th anniversary team in 1969, but surprisingly, even after appearing on the list of finalists ten times since becoming eligible, has not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was rated #1 in NFL Network's Top 10 list of players not in the Hall of Fame.
Born in eastern Montana, Jerry Kramer moved with his parents and five siblings from northern Utah to northern Idaho when he was in the fourth grade, settling in Sandpoint. After graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1954, he accepted a football scholarship to the University of Idaho to play for new coach Skip Stahley. In that era, Idaho was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference, the forerunner of the Pac-12.
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Jerry Rice
Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is a retired American football wide receiver. He is widely considered to be the greatest wide receiver of all time and is considered by many to be the best NFL player to ever play football. On November 4, 2010, Rice was chosen by NFL Network's NFL Films production The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players as the greatest player in NFL history.
The all-time leader in most major statistical categories for wide receivers and the all-time NFL leader in touchdowns scored with 208, Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times (1986–1996, 1998, 2002) and named All-Pro 12 times in his 20 NFL seasons. He won three Super Bowl rings playing for the San Francisco 49ers and an AFC Championship with the Oakland Raiders.
Jerry Rice was born and raised in Starkville, Mississippi, as the son of a brick mason. He developed his hands while working for his father. His speed also helped him excel in football in high school. He enjoyed watching football on television.
According to his book "Rice" (written with Michael Silver), the school's principal tracked him down for skipping class, but when he called his name the startled Rice sprinted off running. After seeing him run, the principal decided to let him join the football team or be punished. Jerry decided upon football and the principal told the school's football coach about his speed. The truthfulness of this story has been questioned.
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Jesse Whittenton
Jesse Whittenton (May 9, 1934 – May 22, 2012) was an American football player who played nine seasons in the NFL, mainly for the Green Bay Packers.
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Jim Bowdoin
Jim Bowdoin (January 15, 1904 – May 1969) was a professional American football player who played guard for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and Portsmouth Spartans.
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Jim Grabowski
James S.(Wolf)Grabowski (born September 9, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football player and broadcaster. Grabowski played collegiately at the University of Illinois and professionally for the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears, and served as an analyst on University of Illinois football radio broadcasts for nearly 30 years, retiring after the 2006-2007 season.
Grabowski attended the University of Illinois out of Taft High School in Chicago. At Illinois, Grabowski was a star running back, and was named Associated Press All-American in both 1964 and 1965. As a sophomore, Grabowski was named Most Valuable Player of the 1964 Rose Bowl, having led the Fighting Illini to 17-7 victory over the University of Washington. Grabowski received many awards and recognitions after his senior season in 1965, including finishing third in the Heisman Trophy voting, being named The Sporting News co-player of the year and Back of the Year by the Washington Touchdown Club, and receiving the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten Most Valuable Player. Grabowski finished as the all-time leader in rushing yards in Big Ten history. Grabowski was also an outstanding student at the University of Illinois, having been named GTE Academic All-American in 1964 and 1965, and graduated with a degree in finance in 1966
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Jim McMahon
James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. (born August 21, 1959) is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American (1980, 1981) and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and Green Bay Packers.
McMahon was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and moved with his family to San Jose, California when he was three. He played high school football his freshman and sophomore years at Andrew Hill High School in San Jose and played his junior and senior years at Roy High School in Roy, Utah, graduating in 1977.
McMahon mainly served as Brigham Young University's punter during his freshman season (1977), but he played enough at quarterback to throw his first-ever collegiate touchdown pass against UTEP. He continued as the Cougars' punter as the 1978 season began, but when Marc Wilson was injured in the third game of the season (against Colorado State), McMahon became the starting quarterback. McMahon led BYU to victory against CSU, accounting for 112 passing yards, 80 rushing yards, and two touchdowns. He was named Chevrolet Player of the Game and WAC Player of the Week for his performance. McMahon and Wilson shared quarterback duties for the rest of the season; McMahon played well enough to earn All-WAC honors and Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America. The best game of his sophomore year was against Wyoming: he passed for 317 yards and rushed for 49 more yards, earning another WAC Player of the Week award.
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Jim Ringo
James Stephen "Jim" Ringo (November 21, 1931 – November 19, 2007) was a professional American football player, a Hall of Fame center and coach. He was a ten time Pro Bowler during his career.
Ringo grew up in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and played high school football at Phillipsburg High School. He went on to play college football at Syracuse University.
The Packers drafted him in the seventh round of the 1953 NFL Draft out of Syracuse. Ringo was considered vastly undersized at 211 pounds.
He was not, however, unfit for the role, using his outstanding quickness and excellent technique to build a 15-year NFL career, including 11 seasons with the Packers, as one of the game's best centers.
Ringo played for four different head coaches in his Packers tenure. In his first six seasons in Green Bay, playing under Gene Ronzani (1953), Lisle Blackbourn (1954–57) and Ray "Scooter" McLean (1958), the Packers went 20-50-2 (.291).
But Vince Lombardi's arrival in 1959 changed everything, and for Ringo's next five seasons the Packers went 50-15-1 (.765) and 2-1 in championship games. Ringo certainly knew individual success before the Lombardi era, attending his first of seven straight Pro Bowls in 1957,but he flourished under the coaching legend, earning consensus All-Pro honors from 1959-63.
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Jim Weatherwax
James Michael Weatherwax (born January 9, 1943 in Porterville, California) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at California State University, Los Angeles and West Texas A&M University.
Weatherwax was drafted by the Packers in the eleventh round (150th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft. Weatherwax played 34 games during his three professional seasons in 1966, 1967, and 1969, all with Green Bay. Weatherwax was a member of the Super Bowl I Champion Packers and also made the first official tackle in super bowl history.
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Jimmy Robinson
Jimmy Robinson (born January 3, 1953 in New York, New York) is a former American football wide receiver and current wide receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys. He played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers during his playing career. He has been a wide receivers coach in professional football since 1984, coaching for the Memphis Showboats, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Atlanta Falcons, Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, and currently the Dallas Cowboys.
Robinson played his high school football at Ridgeview High School in North Atlanta.
Robinson was a star wide receiver for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1971-1974. During his career he caught 101 passes for 1,633 yards and 13 touchdowns. In 1981 he was inducted into Georgia Tech's Hall of Fame and Tech's all-time team in 1992.
Robinson was drafted in the 15th round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He signed with the New York Giants in 1976. He led the Giants in receptions in 1977 with 22 and 1978 with 32. He also scored the first touchdown in Giants Stadium history in a pass from Craig Morton. After a season each with the San Francisco 49ers (1980) and the Denver Broncos (1981), he retired with 85 receptions for 1,437 yards and six touchdowns.
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Joe Laws
Joe Laws (June 16, 1911 - August 1979) was an American football player. He played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, winning three World Championships, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1972. Prior to joining the Packers, Laws attended the University of Iowa where he was a member of the Sigma Pi.
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Joe Philbin
Joseph "Joe" Philbin (born July 2, 1961) is an American football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
Joseph A. Philbin was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Paul Philbin and Mary Philbin. He attended Longmeadow High School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and did a post-grad year at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1984, where he obtained a B.A. in sociology and played one year on the football team. He was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He then pursued a master's of education in administration and supervision from Tulane University in 1986.
From 1984-2002, Philbin coached at the collegiate level. He won a national championship with Allegheny College in 1990. In 1998, he was offered the position of head football coach at his alma mater, Washington & Jefferson, but turned down the position to coach at Iowa. He served under Kirk Ferentz at Iowa from 1999-2002.
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Joel Hilgenberg
Joel Hilgenberg (born July 10, 1962 in Iowa City, Iowa) was an American football center in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints. Hilgenberg played college football at the University of Iowa and he is the brother of former center Jay Hilgenberg.
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Joel Mason
Joel Gregory Mason (March 12, 1912 – October 31, 1995) was a player in the National Football League.
Mason was born on March 12, 1912, in Iron River, Michigan.
Mason played with the Chicago Cardinals during the 1939 NFL season. After two seasons away from the NFL, he would play four seasons with the Green Bay Packers. During his time with them he was a member of the 1944 NFL Champion Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at Western Michigan University.
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John Biolo
John Robert Biolo Sr. (February 8, 1916 – February 4, 2003) was a guard in the National Football League.
Biolo was born on February 8, 1916 in Iron Mountain, Michigan. John died on February 4, 2003 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
John attended Lake Forest College (1935–38) and lettered in baseball and football. John captained the undefeated 1938 football team and was named a Little All American. John is all enshrined in the Lake Forest Athletic Hall of Fame. Biolo was a member of the Green Bay Packers during the 1939 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the 1939 NFL Champion Packers.
John continued on as a Player / Coach with the Kenosha Cardinals in 1940 and 41 of the American Pro Football League. John joined the US Navy in 1941 and was commissioned an officer. John flew anti-sub patrols in the canal zone and then received carrier qualification in fighter - bombers in preparation for the projected invasion of Japan. John attained the rank of Lieutenant.
After the war, John taught and coached at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin.
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John Elway
John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos. Elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback at the time of his retirement. He retired in 1999 and statistically was the second most prolific passer in NFL history. Elway led his teams to six AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls, winning his last two.
Elway set several career records for passing attempts and completions while at Stanford. He also received All-American honors. Elway was drafted #1 overall in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts before being traded to the Denver Broncos. In 1987, he embarked on what is considered to be one of the most clutch and iconic performances in sports and in NFL history, helping engineer the Broncos on a 98-yard, game-tying touchdown drive in the AFC Championship Game against the Cleveland Browns. The moment is known in National Football League lore as "The Drive". Following the AFC Championship Game, Elway and the Broncos lost in Super Bowl XXI to the New York Giants. It would be the first of a record five Super Bowl starts at quarterback in Elway's career, a record that he solely held until 2012 when Tom Brady earned his fifth Super Bowl start.
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John Hadl
John Willard Hadl (born February 15, 1940) is a former collegiate and professional football player.
Hadl was born in Lawrence, Kansas. After playing halfback on both offense and defense at the University of Kansas as a sophomore, Hadl played quarterback for his last two years at Kansas, and was selected as the school's Player of the Century. He was an All American at running back in 1960 and at quarterback in 1961. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
Hadl was the first KU player to be picked twice for All-America (1960 and 1961) honors for his skills as a quarterback and half back. Hadl also excelled as a defensive back, and punt returner and punter; he led the country with a 45.6-yard average in 1959. Hadl's No. 21 jersey is one of only three KU has retired. Hadl, who was picked for the all-conference team for three seasons, wound up with 1,281 yards passing and 1,016 yard rushing. Hadl still holds two KU records: Longest interception return, a 98-yard run against TCU; and longest punt, 94 yards vs. Oklahoma.
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John Kuhn
John Allen Kuhn (born September 9, 1982) is an American football fullback, currently playing for the Green Bay Packers.
Kuhn earned a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Steelers' practice squad in Super Bowl XL. He later helped the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV to earn his second Super Bowl ring.
On December 27, 2011 Kuhn was selected as the NFC's fullback for the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl.
A Northeast Region finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy given to the top player in NCAA Division II as a senior, Kuhn was selected to play in the 2005 Whataburger Cactus Bowl on January 7 as a Division II all-star for the North team. He was named PSAC Western Division Offensive Player of the Year in 2003 and was a three-time First-Team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Western Division selection.
In 2004, the Raiders won their first PSAC Western Division Championship since 1988 and advanced to the NCAA Division II national football championship second round with a 10-2 record, marking the team's first 10-win regular season since 1981.
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John McNally
John Victor "Blood" McNally (November 27, 1903 – November 28, 1985) was an American football player who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
A native of New Richmond, Wisconsin McNally was an intelligent and unathletic youth who graduated from high school at age 14. He blossomed into an athlete while at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he became the captain of the basketball team and a letterman in track, baseball, and football, all in his junior year.
With one year of college eligibility left, McNally and a friend decided to join a professional football team. While passing by a movie theater, McNally saw the title of the film Blood and Sand on the marquee. He turned to his friend and said, "That's it. You be Sand. I'll be Blood."
Using the alias "Johnny Blood" — an alias that became his nickname — McNally was able to play professional football without losing his college eligibility.
McNally played in the National Football League for 14 seasons, with five different teams. In his prime, McNally was 6'1" and 188 lbs., known for his speed, agility, and pass-catching ability. He got his professional start in 1925 with the Milwaukee Badgers, where he became famous as the "Vagabond Halfback" for his off-the-field behavior and spontaneity. In 1926 and 1927 he played for the Duluth Eskimos, and in 1928 he played with the Pottsville Maroons.
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John Michels
John Spiegel Michels (born March 19, 1973 in La Jolla, California) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League.
Michels attended La Jolla High School, where he was a three time letterman in football, basketball, and track. He was a First Team All-American defensive tackle in football and was the Western League Champion in the discus.
Michels was named as one of San Diego's 100 all time greatest players by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Michels played college football at the University of Southern California and was a First Team All-Pac 10 Conference and a Second Team All-American offensive tackle, after being converted from a defensive end. He helped to lead the Trojans to a victory over Northwestern University in the 1996 Rose Bowl. After his senior year at USC, Michels was selected as a starter in the 1996 Senior Bowl All-Star game.
Michels was drafted in the first round, 27th pick overall, of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. When then-starter and fellow Trojan Ken Ruettgers went down with a knee injury, Michels took over the left tackle duties. He started 9 games in his rookie season, helping the Packers win Super Bowl XXXI. He was named the Green Bay Packers 1996 Co-Rookie of the Year (along with Tyrone Williams) and earned NFL All-Rookie honors.
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John Rowser
John Felix Rowser (born April 24, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an football player. He played as a defensive back for ten seasons in the NFL. He was a part of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl II winning team.
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John Rushing
John Rushing (born February 26, 1972) is an American football coach. He is the currently an offensive assistant/special teams coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Rushing served for six years as a defensive coach at Utah State as well as serving as a secondary coach for three other colleges.
His brother is Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wide Receiver Kevin Robinson.
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John Symank
John Richard Symank (August 31, 1935 – January 23, 2002) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. Symank played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Green Bay Packers and St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL. He was later the head coach for Northern Arizona University and the University of Texas at Arlington football teams.
Symank was born in LaGrange, Texas in 1935, to Oswald "Curly" and Ann Pauline Symank. Symank's family was of Wendish descent, a Slavic group that emigrated to Central Texas in the mid-nineteenth century from Germany.
Symank's father died when Johnny was only 8 years old. Symank attended Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Texas, where he excelled in sports and lettered in high school football and track and field for the Caldwell Hornets.
After graduating from high school, Symank attended Arlington State Junior College in Arlington, Texas, and played for the Arlington Rebels football team under coach Chena Gilstrap in 1953 and 1954. Symank enrolled in the college's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit to fulfill his military obligation and remained an active ROTC member throughout his college career.
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Johnny Holland
Johnny Ray Holland (born March 11, 1965 in Bellville, Texas) is the current linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers from 1987-1993. He is an inductee into the Texas A&M Hall of Fame, the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame, and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
Holland is a graduate of Hempstead High School in Hempstead, Texas. While attending Hemsptead High, Holland was a letterman in several sports. He would become an All-State player in both football and basketball while simultaneously becoming a Top 10 student. Holland is the first of only two Hempstead High School Alumni to play in the NFL, the other being Harvey Williams.
Prior to his Pro-football career, Holland was a four year letterman at Texas A&M University in College Station Texas. While at Texas A&M, he was a three year starter, and was Texas A&M's all time leading tackler until his record was broken in 1998 by Dat Nguyen.[1]
Holland was a 2nd round draft pick for the Green Bay Packers in 1987. He posted over 100 tackles for six consecutive seasons while playing for Green Bay. He retired from play after the 1993 season. He is now married and has three children.
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Johnny Jolly
Johnny Ray Jolly, Jr. (born February 21, 1983) is an American football defensive end, who is serving an indefinite suspension from the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. He was drafted in the sixth round (183rd overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft out of Texas A&M University.
During his high school years, Jolly was a three-time all-district defensive lineman at Forest Brook High School in Houston, Texas.
Jolly attended Texas A&M University and became a starting defensive tackle after his breakout 2003 sophomore campaign. In this season, Jolly totaled his collegiate best 95 tackles along with two sacks and eight pass deflections. His success in 2003 resulted in double teams on a weekly basis in his Junior and Senior seasons. Although his statistics dropped because of this, Jolly was awarded Big 12 all-conference honors for his final two seasons.
Jolly was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in round six, pick 183 of the 2006 NFL Draft.
During his rookie season, Jolly struggled to get much playing time due to their deep defensive tackle rotation early in the season, but managed to get extensive playing time in the final four games of the 2006 season due to injuries of the more experienced players.
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Jordy Nelson
Jordy Ray Nelson (born May 31, 1985) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Kansas State University, and received All-American honors. Nelson was drafted in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft, and has played professionally for the Packers.
Nelson was born in Manhattan, Kansas. He attended Riley County High School in Riley, Kansas, and played for the Riley high school football team. During his senior year, he completed 62 percent of his passes for 1,029 yards and eight touchdowns. He also rushed for 1,572 yards, averaging 9.8 yards per carry with 25 touchdowns. He was named Flint Hills Player of the Year by the Manhattan Mercury and was a two-time first-team All-Mid-East League selection. Nelson was a first team 3A all-state football player and earned Top 22 honors in the state of Kansas as a quarterback/defensive back. In 2003, he played in the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Nelson was also an outstanding track and field athlete winning the 100 (10.63), 200 (21.64), 400 (48.79) and long jump (22-09.50) titles his senior year in Class 3A. He was also an all-state basketball player averaging 17.2 points per game his senior year for the Falcons. Nelson's older brother Mike, a 2002 graduate of Riley, was also an all-state basketball and football player.
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Josh Gordy
Josh Gordy (born February 9, 1987 in Warthen, Georgia) is an American football cornerback for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. Gordy has previously been a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars & Green Bay Packers.
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Josh Sitton
Josh James Sitton (pronounced /ˈsɪtən/ SIT-ən; born June 6, 1986) is an American football offensive guard for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Central Florida, where he was an offensive tackle.
Sitton attended Catholic High School in Pensacola, Florida, where he lettered four times in football and twice in basketball. A two-way lineman, Sitton allowed just three quarterback sacks over two seasons on the offensive side, while adding 50 tackles and six sacks as a defensive lineman as a senior. He earned second-team all-state and first-team all-area honors as an offensive lineman as a senior.
Regarded as only a two-star recruit by both Rivals.com and Scout.com, Sitton was not listed among the best offensive lineman prospects in the class of 2004. He chose UCF over offers from Nicholls State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In his true freshman season at UCF, Sitton played in all 11 games with four starts at right guard. He was moved to right tackle for his sophomore season, where he started all 13 games for the Knights. He remained a starter at right tackle for the rest of his college career, blocking the way for Kevin Smith, as he rushed for 2,567 yards in 2007, just 62 yards short of breaking Barry Sanders' NCAA single-season rushing record (2,628) set in 1988.
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Jug Earp
Francis Louis "Jug" Earp (July 22, 1897 – January 8, 1969) was a professional football player. He played eleven seasons in the National Football League, mostly with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. He also played with the Rock Island Independents as well as played 3 games for the New York Yankees and one game for the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
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Junior Coffey
Junior Lee Coffey (born March 21, 1942 in Kyle, Texas) Junior Coffey (6’ 1" 200) with 10.2* speed, was one of the finest running backs and defensive linebackers in Texas High School football during the 1960s. As a senior in 1960, Coffey, a strong, difficult to tackle and punishing runner, rushed for 1562 yards in 11 games to lead the Dimmitt, Texas Bobcat offense.
Although Coffey enjoyed numerous memorable moments on the field, in a bi-district playoff game against Olton during the 1960 season, he posted particularly impressive numbers in a losing effort. Coffey carried the ball 34 times for 253 yards and scored both Dimmitt touchdowns despite leg cramps as the Bobcats fell 15-12 to Olton.
Coffey became an all-state performer for the Bobcats in football and basketball in the 1960-61 school year. In the 1959-60 season, Coffey became the first black athlete ever to play in a Texas UIL state basketball tournament.
As a junior during the 1959 football season, Coffey led the Dimmitt Bobcat offense with 1294 rushing yards on 165 carries and also led the defense with 185 tackles at linebacker.
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Justin Harrell
Justin Tyrell Harrell (born February 14, 1984) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers 16th overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
Harrell was named the 2A Mr. Football in Tennessee and was named All-American by PrepStar recruiting service. During his senior season at tight end he caught 18 passes for 354 yards and six touchdowns. Harrell attended Westview High School where his team was a state runner-up his senior year. He started three years in basketball and averaged 17 points per game. He also started all four years in football.
At the 2007 NFL draft he was selected 16th overall by the Green Bay Packers. He was the second defensive tackle taken in the draft after Amobi Okoye (Texans).
Harrell took part in only limited drills with the Packers in their organized team activities (OTA) practices as a result of the torn biceps tendon suffered while playing for Tennessee. Harrell was cleared to practice with the team at the preseason camp which began July 28. Harrell immediately drew criticism for showing up to OTA and Training Camp his rookie season out of shape and slightly overweight.
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Ken Bowman
Kenneth Brian Bowman (born December 15, 1942 in Milan, Illinois) was a center in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Bowman was the center during the winning play of the Ice Bowl in which Bart Starr scored the winning touchdown. Bowman attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Ken Haycraft
Ken Haycraft (February 16, 1907 – June 29, 1995) was a player in the National Football League.
Haycraft was born on February 16, 1907 in Bemidji, Minnesota.
Haycraft played with the Minneapolis Red Jackets during the 1929 NFL season before splitting the following season with the Red Jackets and the Green Bay Packers. As such, he was a member of the 1930 NFL Champion Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Minnesota.
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Ken Iman
Kenneth Charles Iman (February 8, 1939 – November 13, 2010) was a center (American football) who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams from 1961 to 1975.
Iman played in three consecutive NFL championship games with the Packers from 1960 to '62, winning two, as well as one with the Rams (1974), a loss. He started 140 straight games with the Rams from 1965 to '74 and was voted team MVP in 1972.
After losing divisional round games in 1969 and 1973, the Rams won one in the 1974-75 NFL playoffs, beating the Washington Redskins while amassing 131 yards on the ground, with Iman, Tom Mack, and Joe Scibelli strong up the middle, but lost the NFC championship game to the Minnesota Vikings. Iman was replaced in 1975 by Rich Saul.
Iman was an offensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to '86 under coaches Dick Vermeil, Marion Campbell, and Buddy Ryan. During his time with the Eagles, he was instrumental in the development of Pro Bowl tackles Jerry Sisemore and Stan Walters. He was an assistant coach on the Eagles 1980 NFC championship squad. After his coaching career, Iman served as a Philadelphia Eagles sales account executive for 10 years.
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Ken Radick
Kenneth Milton "Ken" Radick (June 17, 1907 – August 1987) was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930 and 1931. He played at the collegiate level at Indiana University and Marquette University.
Radick was born on June 17, 1907 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Kevin Greene
Kevin Darwin Greene (born July 31, 1962) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for 15 years and who retired after the 1999 NFL season. Greene is currently the outside linebackers coach for the Green Bay Packers.
Greene was a two-year starter and honorable mention All-conference selection as a senior at Granite City South High (IL.). He also played basketball and was a high jumper for the track team. He is in The Granite City Sports Hall of Fame in Granite City, IL.
Greene played college football as a walk-on at Auburn University, and in 1984 won the Zeke Smith Award as Defensive Player of the Year. He had 69 career tackles as an outside linebacker and 11 sacks his senior year where he led the Southeastern Conference. He was selected by the Birmingham Stallions in the 1985 United States Football League Territorial Draft and later selected by the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League in the fifth round (113th overall) of the NFL Draft the same year. He earned a degree in Criminal Justice at Auburn. He completed ROTC while at Auburn and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Alabama Army National Guard and during the off season, he graduated from the RC-1-86 Armor Officer Basic Course, Fort Knox, KY.
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Kevin Harlan
Kevin Harlan (born June 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American television sports announcer. The son of former Green Bay Packers executive Bob Harlan, he currently broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS. Harlan is also a play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT. Until 2008, Harlan was the voice of Westwood One Radio's Final Four coverage, which is heard on hundreds of radio stations nationwide. In 2009, he began serving as Westwood One's lead announcer for Monday Night Football He serves as TNT's #2 announcer
Harlan's broadcasting career began in 1982, when he became the TV and radio voice of the NBA's Kansas City Kings (now the Sacramento Kings). He then was a basketball announcer for his alma mater, the University of Kansas, for one year, then went on to call games for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs from 1985–93. Harlan also split time with the University of Missouri (1986–89) calling football and basketball games, and worked as the play-by-play voice of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves for nine seasons (1989–98). On the network level, Harlan called NFL football for NBC in 1991, college football for ESPN in 1992–93, NFL for Fox from 1994–97, and joined Turner Sports in 1996 to cover NBA playoff games (he would begin calling games throughout the entire season in 1997, which he continues to do to this day). He began working for CBS in 1998.
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Korey Hall
Korey Dean Hall (born August 5, 1983 in Glenns Ferry, Idaho) is an American Football fullback for the New Orleans Saints. He was drafted in the sixth round (191st overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played linebacker at Boise State.
Hall played high school football at Glenns Ferry H.S. in Idaho. Korey played both linebacker and running back and he was named the Class 2A Player of the Year in 2001.
Hall played at Boise State University where he was a three-time 1st team all-WAC linebacker and two-time WAC Special Teams player of the year. He majored in Construction Management while at Boise State.
Hall was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round, pick 191 of the 2007 NFL Draft. As a smaller middle linebacker the Packers converted him to a fullback with hopes that he could become an impact special teams player. Hall has stated that he is okay with the change in his position and that he will do whatever it takes to get on the field. Hall scored his first NFL touchdown when he caught a one-yard pass from quarterback Aaron Rodgers on September 8, 2008, in a Monday night game against the Minnesota Vikings. It was Rodgers' first career touchdown as a starter in the NFL.
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Kyle Wachholtz
Kyle Wachholtz (born May 17, 1972 in Norco, California) was a 7th round pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 1996 NFL Draft. He was drafted as a quarterback out of USC, but was converted to tight end.
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Lamont Hollinquest
Lamont Bertrell Hollinquest (born October 24, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Southern California. He played high school football at Pius X High School (now known as St. Matthias High School[1]) in Downey, California.
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Larry Brooks
Lawrence Lee Brooks, Sr. (born June 10, 1950), is a former American Football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams eleven seasons from 1972 to 1982 in the National Football League. Brooks was drafted in the 14th round of the 1972 NFL Draft after playing college football at Virginia State University.
Virginia Sport Hall of Fame 2000 inductee, Larry Brooks, a native of Prince George and a Prince George High School standout, made a name for himself at every level of athletics. In high school, he was selected as an All-Central District choice as a defensive end.
Brooks furthered his education and attended Virginia State University, where he was named to the Associated Press Little All-American team as a defensive tackle in 1971. He also was named Virginia Small College Lineman of the Year and received All-conference honors.
Brooks became a starter at right defensive tackle in the 8th game of the season during his rookie year of 1972.
He collected 9 quarterback sacks in 1973 and the Rams defense was tops in the NFL against the run (allowed 1270 rushing yards) and led the NFL in total defense (allowing just 2970 yards). Larry led Ram defensive linemen in tackles for the first time with 76. The 1973 Los Angeles Rams did not allow 300 yards in all 14 games in a 14-game season. in 2008 the Steelers' defense has held opponents to under 300 yards in all 14 games this season, tied for the longest streak to start a season since 1970. However, the Steelers did not break the Rams' record.
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Larry Buhler
Lawrence A. "Larry" Buhler (May 28, 1917 – August 21, 1990) was a fullback/halfback in the National Football League who played 21 games for the Green Bay Packers. In 1939, the Green Bay Packers used the 9th pick in the 1st round of the 1939 NFL Draft to sign Buhler out of the University of Minnesota. Buhler went on to play for three seasons with the Packers and retired in 1941.
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Larry McCarren
Laurence "Larry" Anthony McCarren (born November 9, 1951 in Park Forest, Illinois) is a former American football center who played for twelve seasons in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers. During his time with the team, the Packers compiled an overall record of 71 - 99 - 5. He earned the nickname the "Rock" after he started 162 consecutive games, which is the team's fourth longest consecutive games start streak as of May 2008. He played in two NFL Pro Bowls in 1982 and 1983. He was inducted in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1992.
In 1988 McCarren became the main sports anchor and sports director of Green Bay's WFRV-TV (Channel 5), a position he held until March 2012, when the station announced he was departing. He hosts "Larry McCarren's Locker Room" during the NFL season, which includes player interviews, highlights, and breakdowns of game film. McCarren began as a color commentator and game analyst on the "Packers Radio Network" with Jim Irwin and Max McGee in 1995, and has been teamed with play by play voice Wayne Larrivee on radio broadcasts since 1999. He was named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year in 1994, 1996, 2002, and 2007 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
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LaVern Dilweg
LaVern "Lavvie" Ralph Dilweg (January 11, 1903 – January 2, 1968) was an American football player, official, lawyer, and politician.
Dilweg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 11, 1903. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee in 1927, and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar the same year. While at Marquette, Lavvie was an All-American End. In 1926, Lavvie played for the Milwaukee Badgers, an early NFL team. From 1927 to 1934, while practicing law, Lavvie played for the Green Bay Packers and was recognized as one of the best ends in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. His Packers won NFL championships in 1929, 1930, and 1931. Lavvie was an official in the Big Ten Conference until 1943.
Dilweg was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district in 1942 and served in the 78th United States Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). After serving in Congress, Lavvie resumed the practice of law in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C. In 1961, he was confirmed as a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. He died on January 2, 1968, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and is interred at the Fort Howard Cemetery in Green Bay.
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Lawrence Guy
Lawrence Thomas Guy (born March 17, 1990) is an American football defensive end with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Prior to being a member of the Packers, Guy played college football at Arizona State University.
Guy attended Western High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., where he recorded 238 tackles (171 solo), 30.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries in his three seasons. As a senior in 2007, he totaled 102 tackles (69 solo), 15.5 quarterback sacks and one fumble recovery.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Guy was listed as the No. 13 defensive tackle prospect in the nation. He committed to the Sun Devils on December 19, 2007, choosing ASU over Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and Tennessee.
As a true freshman, Guy played in all 12 games of the season, starting the final eight. He totaled 44 tackles (17 solo), 10.0 tackles for loss (minus 22 yards), two sacks (minus nine yards) and one fumble recovery that he returned for a touchdown. Guy's 44 tackles were the second-highest among Pac-10 defensive tackles on the season.
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Lawrence Tynes
Lawrence James Henry Tynes (born May 3, 1978) is a Scottish American football placekicker for the New York Giants. He was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2001. After 4 seasons in Kansas City, he was traded to the Giants in 2007. In his first season with the Giants, he kicked them to Super Bowl XLII with a last-second field goal in overtime against the Green Bay Packers in the 2008 NFC Championship Game and another last-second field goal in the 2012 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers. He has experienced his best success in New York, winning two Super Bowl championships in 2007 and 2011.
Tynes attended Milton High School in Milton, Florida along with professional golfer and classmate, Bubba Watson.
Tynes attended Troy State University (now simply Troy University), graduating with a degree in criminal justice, and holds school records for career field goals (45), and points (262).
Tynes originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with Kansas City in 2001. He also played in 10 games for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 2002.
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Lee Folkins
Lloyd Leroy Folkins (born July 4, 1939 in Wallace, Idaho) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League from 1961-1965 for the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Washington and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1961 NFL Draft. Folkins went to one Pro Bowl in 1963.
He attended Roosevelt High School before signing with the University of Washington.
He started as a sophomore playing both offense and defense, specially standing out as an offensive end, where he eventually formed a massive duo with John Meyers, with both standing 6–5 feet and over 200 pounds each.
In 1959 he helped the Huskies reach the 1960 Rose Bowl, winning it for the first time in school history, with a 44-8 upset against the University of Wisconsin.
In 1960 he was a preseason All American candidate and again helped the Huskies reach the 1961 Rose Bowl, which they won 17-7 against the University of Minnesota.
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Lee Roy Caffey
Lee Roy Caffey (June 3, 1941 – January 18, 1994) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League.
He played college football at Texas A&M University where he led the Aggies in rushing with 371 yards in 1961. He played on the 1963 College All Star Football Team and in the 1963 Challenge Bowl and is a member of the Texas A&M Hall of Fame. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1963 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles and was named All Rookie. Caffey was acquired by the Green Bay Packers in the famous 'Jim Ringo' trade where he became a starting linebacker and would become an All-Pro Player. With 10.0 speed in the 100-yard-dash he was one of the fastest linebackers in the league at that time. He played on three of Vince Lombardi's championship teams at Green Bay which include the 1965 World Championship, Super Bowl I, where he led with 7 tackles, and Super Bowl II. Caffey was named AP and UPI All Pro in 1966, played in the 1966 Pro Bowl, and played in the legendary 'Ice Bowl' in 1967.
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LeRoy Butler
LeRoy Butler, III (born July 19, 1968) is a former American football strong safety who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers (1990–2001). He spent his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, challenged by physical problems that forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair at times while undergoing therapy. In 2007, he was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team, which selected the "Top 33" players in the 100-year history of Florida high school football.
Butler attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida, and played under the direction of the all time wins leader for a high school football coach in the state of Florida's history, Corky Rogers. Rogers has coached at both Robert E. Lee High School from 1972–1988, where he coached Butler and fellow NFL star Edgar Bennett, and from 1989–present at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, now having won a total of 8 football State Championships. Before moving onto Florida State, Butler was an outstanding player for the Robert E. Lee High School Generals football program. Butler played under head coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State University. He was a three-year starter, collecting 194 tackles and 9 interceptions, but he's most remembered by FSU fans for his role in the, "puntrooskie." In 1988, against rival Clemson, FSU was backed up to its own 21-yard line, on fourth down, with a minute and 30 seconds left to play and the score tied at 21. Bowden called the famous trick play, a fake punt. The snap went to upback Dayne Williams and he slipped the ball to Butler, who ran 78 yards to set up the game-winning field goal.
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Lew Carpenter
Lewis Glen "Lew" Carpenter (January 12, 1932 – November 14, 2010) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Arkansas and professionally for ten seasons in the NFL as a halfback and fullback with the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, and Green Bay Packers. After his playing career ended, Carpenter spent 31 years as an assistant coach in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings (1964–1966), Atlanta Falcons (1967–1968), Washington Redskins (1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1970–1972), Houston Oilers (1970–1974), Green Bay Packers (1975–1985), Detroit Lions (1987–1988), and Philadelphia Eagles (1990–1994). Carpenter also coached the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football in 1996 and at Southwest Texas State University. He concluded his 47 years of playing and coaching football at the end of the 1996 season. Scientific tests on his brain diagnosed post-mortem that he had an advanced case of Chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.
Carpenter was born to Verba Glen Carpenter and Edna Earl Pullam in Hayti, Missouri. He was raised in West Memphis, Arkansas, where he attended high school and played six-man football. His brother, Preston Carpenter (1934 – 2011), married Jeanne Eytchison and the couple had three sons: Scott, Bruce, and Lewis Todd. In 1951, Lew married Ann Holt. The couple had four daughters; Cheryl Doane, Cathy, Lisa Prewitt and Rebecca. He also had ten grandchildren; Chad, Jennifer and Travis Cory (deceased) Doane, Ketzal, Rivelino,and Alisha Carpenter, Natalie Prewitt, Tyler Wendland, Parker Carpenter and Annika Blomquist. Carpenter was a descendant of Thomas "Jack" Carpenter (born 1740 Virginia and died 1803 in North Carolina).
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Lindsay Knapp
Lindsay Haines Knapp (born February 25, 1970 in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is a former American football guard in the National Football League who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers. He was a member of the Packers' Super Bowl XXXI championship team.
Knapp grew up in Deerfield, Illinois, where he was a standout athlete. He was an all-state lineman for Deerfield High School and won the Gatorade Player of the Year award for Illinois during his senior year. After high school, he attended Notre Dame, where he earned an MBA and was again a stand-out offensive lineman.
Knapp was drafted by Kansas City in the 5th round of the 1993 NFL Draft (130th overall). He played four years before being placed on waivers by Green Bay. He currently works as a bond salesman.
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Lindy Infante
Gelindo Infante (born May 27, 1940), nicknamed Lindy Infante, is a former American college football player and assistant coach, who became an offensive coordinator and head coach in both the National Football League (NFL) and the United States Football League (USFL). Infante played college football for the University of Florida, and later served as the head coach of the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL, and the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL.
Infante was born in Miami, Florida in 1940. He attended Miami Senior High School, where he played high school football and was the star fullback for the Miami Stingarees.
Infante received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and he played tailback for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1960 to 1962. He was also a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity (Epsilon Zeta Chapter) while he was an undergraduate. Memorably, Infante scored the go-ahead touchdown in the Gators' 18–17 upset of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1960, scored three touchdowns in their 21–7 victory over the Clemson Tigers in 1961, and was a senior team captain and a third-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1962. During his undergraduate playing days, he also suffered two severe injuries: a ruptured lung against the LSU Tigers in 1960, and a season-ending broken leg against LSU in 1962.
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Lionel Aldridge
Lionel Aldridge (February 14, 1941 – February 12, 1998) was a United States professional football player.
He was drafted in 1963 after a standout college career at Utah State. One of the few rookies to start for coach Vince Lombardi, Aldridge enjoyed an eleven-year NFL career. As a Packer, he played a role in three straight NFL Championships (1965-66-67) and in Packer victories in Super Bowls I and II. Traded to the San Diego Chargers, Aldridge played two seasons in San Diego before retiring from professional football in 1973.
After retiring, Aldridge worked as sports analyst in Milwaukee and for Packers radio and NBC until manifesting paranoid schizophrenia in the late 1970s. Homeless for a time, he eventually reached a form of equilibrium, working as an advocate for the homeless and mentally ill until his death in 1998.
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Lisle Blackbourn
Lisle "Liz" Blackbourn (June 3, 1899 – June 15, 1983) was an American football coach who was the third head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He coached the Packers from 1954 to 1957.
Blackbourn began his career playing football for the Lawrence University Vikings, under head coach Mark Catlin, Sr. He earned "all-state" honors three times for the Vikings. He also was head coach at Marquette University, was on the football staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and coached Washington High School in Milwaukee for 22 years, compiling a 141–30–6 record.
Blackbourn was also the 21st head college football coach for the Carroll College (Wisconsin) Pioneers located in Waukesha, Wisconsin and he held that position for the 1958 season. His career coaching record at Carroll College was 6 wins, 2 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 16th at Carroll College in total wins and second at Carroll College in winning percentage.
As head coach for the Green Bay Packers, Blackbourn managed only a 17–31 record from 1954 to 1957 with no playoff appearances. He resigned at the end of the 1957 season after a disappointing 3–9 campaign. Blackbourn stayed with the Packers as a scout. He drafted future big names such as Bart Starr, Paul Hornung and Ray Nitschke.
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Lloyd Voss
Lloyd John Voss (February 13, 1942 — March 1, 2007) was an American football defensive end. He was drafted in the first round by the Green Bay Packers in the 1964 NFL Draft. He played most of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Voss reportedly died of liver and kidney failure.
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Lon Evans
Lon Evans (December 25, 1911 – December 11, 1992) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for five seasons for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1978.
Evans was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Polytechnic High School. He then played at Texas Christian University for coach Francis Schmidt. As a senior in 1932, Evans helped the TCU Horned Frogs to a Southwest Conference championship.
Following his NFL career, Evans became sheriff of Tarrant County, Texas. Nicknamed "Purple Lawman", he held the county's top law enforcement job from 1960 until his retirement in 1984. He wa interred at Fort Worth's cemetery Greenwood Memorial Park along with Ray Renfro.
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Marc Tyler
Marc Tyler (born September 27, 1988) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Southern California
Tyler attended Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California, while his family lived in Palmdale. He stayed with the family of a teammate. In his senior season, Tyler scored 31 touchdowns and averaged 12.2 yards per carry. Tyler broke his left leg during a playoff game in November 2006; as a result, he had a stainless steel rod surgically implanted in his leg.
Despite the injury, Tyler remained a 5-star recruit and was ranked as the 2nd best running back prospect in the U.S. behind fellow USC recruit Joe McKnight, and the 17th best overall. At Oaks Christian High School, Tyler played alongside quarterback Jimmy Clausen, the nation's #1 rated recruit overall.
Tyler enrolled at University of Southern California in August 2007. After redshirting the 2007 season while recovering from a broken leg that he suffered in his senior season at Oaks Christian HS, he was expected to play in 2008. In the season opener at Virginia, Tyler scored the first touchdown of his collegiate career with 02:33 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.On July 18, 2011, Tyler was suspended for the season opener against Minnesota for making inappropriate comments to the media.
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Marco Rivera
Marco Anthony Rivera (born April 26, 1972) is a former American football Guard in the National Football League. Rivera is of Puerto Rican descent.
Rivera attended Elmont Memorial High School in Long Island, New York. He was an excellent all-around athlete and won five varsity letters each in football as an offensive lineman and basketball, and three in lacrosse.
Rivera attended Penn State University from 1992 to 1995. He had a notable career at Penn State as a three-year starter and four-time letter winner (1992–95). He played in 41 career games for the Nittany Lions, making 31 starts. His experience also included appearances in three bowl games - the Outback, Rose and Blockbuster. He earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in both his junior and senior seasons. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Penn State in 1995.
Rivera was chosen by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft. During his first year, he was inactive for all 16 regular season games, Rivera was a key practice contributor to the Packers run to their third world title in Super Bowl XXXI. In 1997, Rivera was allocated to the Scottish Claymores of the World League and started all ten games, helping his team finish third in the league in total offense. He was named honorable mention All-World League by Pro Football Weekly. Rivera returned to Green Bay and saw action in 14 regular season games, primarily on special teams as a member of the field goal and extra point units and on kickoffs. He was inactive for the Packers first two contests before seeing action in the club's final 14 games as well as all three playoff contests.
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Marion Ashmore
Marion Ashmore (born Roger Marion Ashmore) is a former player in the National Football League. He played his first two seasons with the Milwaukee Badgers and the Duluth Eskimos before playing his final two with the Green Bay Packers.
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Mark Chmura
Mark William Chmura (born February 22, 1969), is a former American football tight end, who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers (1993–1999).
Chmura was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States. He is Hispanic.
Before his NFL career, Chmura began his career at Frontier Regional High School. Chmura then played for Boston College, where he set a school record with 164 receptions.
Chmura was drafted in the 1992 NFL draft and selected to the Pro Bowl in 1995, 1997, and 1998. He played for the Packers from 1993–1999, whom he assisted to Super Bowl XXXI and Super Bowl XXXII. He scored the final points of Super Bowl XXXI with a 2-point conversion catch, and he finished Super Bowl XXXII with 4 catches for 43 yards and a touchdown.
In 1997, Chmura chose not to meet with United States President Bill Clinton at the White House following the Packers Super Bowl XXXI win. While many claimed that this was because Chmura was a staunch Republican, the meeting fell on the same day as the annual Mike Utley golf tournament. The tournament is something that Chmura had played in every year since 1992 to honor current and former Detroit Lions players who had been paralyzed on the field.
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Mark Lovat
Mark Lovat is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator of the Green Bay Packers.
Lovat was born in Pocatello, Idaho. He is the son of former Packers assistant coach and Utah Utes head coach Tom Lovat. Lovat graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana where he was a member of a state champion football team and captain of a state champion baseball team. He received a baseball scholarship from Butler University where he graduated cum laude with high honors with a B.A. in Spanish and International Studies. Later he also graduated from the California University of Pennsylvania.
Lovat joined the Packers in 1999. He became Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach in 2006 before being named Coordinator in 2010.
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Mark Tauscher
Mark Tauscher ( /ˈtaʊʃər/; born June 17, 1977 in Marshfield, Wisconsin) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wisconsin.
While attending Auburndale High School (Auburndale, Wisconsin), Tauscher won three varsity letters in football and baseball along with two varsity letters in basketball, and went to state for basketball in 1992-93. In football, he was a two-time All-Conference honoree, while earning Honorable Mention All-State and team MVP honors as a senior. In basketball, he won All-Conference honors. He was also a member of the National FFA Organization.
Tauscher made the University of Wisconsin–Madison team as a walk-on in 1995. After seeing little action his first two years, Tauscher earned a letter in 1998 and became a starter at right tackle the following year. He contributed significantly as a blocker to Ron Dayne's Heisman Trophy-winning season in 1999. He considered not returning for his 5th year.
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Marshall Newhouse
Marshall Edward Newhouse (born September 29, 1988) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Newhouse attended Lake Highlands High School where he was a two-year letterman in football. He was named first-team all-district 10-5A and received Offensive Line MVP honors as a senior while also being named Lake Highlands' Most Outstanding Offensive Blocker. He also lettered in track & field in shot put, and was the 2006 UIL Texas State shot put champion. Newhouse also lettered in weightlifting, where he competed in powerlifting and earned a third-place finish in the 2005 state championships. He was also very active on campus at Lake Highlands as a member of the Horticulture Society and Japanese Club. He has one sibling, an older brother named John Newhouse and a cousin named Michael Dial.
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Marty Mornhinweg
Marty Mornhinweg (born March 29, 1962) is the offensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles, having joined the Eagles in 2003 as the assistant head coach. He was named offensive coordinator on January 6, 2006, after the Eagles previous offensive coordinator Brad Childress was hired as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. He was the head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2001–2002.
Mornhingweg led the Oak Grove Eagles high school varsity team to a CCS championship game in 1978 when they blew out St Francis, 52-7, for the CCS Title.
Mornhingweg played for four years as a starter, at quarterback, the University of Montana, where he set 15 passing records.
Mornhinweg became the starting quarterback for the Denver Dynamite in the Arena Football League in 1987. He completed 3 of 4 passes for 30 yards and was sacked twice. Soon after Mornhinweg blew out his knee. His team, however, went on to win the inaugural ArenaBowl I with a 45-16 victory over the Pittsburgh Gladiators - a team that featured former University of Arizona Head Coach Mike Stoops.
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Marv Fleming
Marvin Fleming (born January 2, 1942 in Longview, Texas) is a former professional American football tight end with the Green Bay Packers and the Miami Dolphins. He is the first player in National Football League history to play in five Super Bowls — with Green Bay Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II; with Miami Super Bowl VI, Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII.
At the May 4th, 2011 public memorial for former Miami Dolphin Jim Mandich, teammate Bob Griese said "you could time a sun dial to Marv Fleming."
Fleming was the victim of an identity theft scam in the late 70s and early 80s. One Arthur Lee Trotter posed as Fleming and was arrested in Texas in 1980 for selling phony stock in NFL teams. Caught, Trotter conceded to police that he was not Fleming: he said he was actually former Baltimore Colts star John Mackey. Fleming was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
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Mason Crosby
Mason Walker Crosby (born September 3, 1984) is a professional American football placekicker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). During his playing days at the University of Colorado, Crosby was widely considered the best kicker in college football, as evidenced by ESPN draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.'s Top 5 Seniors by position in 2006. Crosby was a unanimous selection as a first-team All American by the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, and Walter Camp Football Foundation for the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. He was the runner-up for the Lou Groza Award, despite being heavily favored to win.
During his senior season at Colorado, Crosby became the first player in Big 12 Conference history to be named player of the week eight times. In late 2006, he also became Colorado's all-time leading scorer, with 308 career points. The previous record holder was Eric Bieniemy (1987–1990) with 254.
While enrolled at Colorado, Crosby displayed extraordinary leg strength, making a school record 60-yard field goal against Iowa State in 2004. Crosby’s 58-yard field goal against Miami in 2005 was the longest ever kicked in NCAA Division I-A football at sea-level without a tee. In all, Crosby holds 31 school records. Crosby connected on 66 of 88 field goals in total during his college career, and 30 of 34 inside 40 yards.
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Matt Flynn
Matthew Clayton Flynn (born June 20, 1985) is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at LSU.
Matt Flynn attended Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas, where he was coached by Mike Owens, and was teammates with Justin Warren, Brandon Pettigrew, and Ciron Black. Flynn was one of the top-rated quarterbacks in the state of Texas, alongside Drew Tate of Baytown, Texas. As a junior in 2001, Flynn guided his team to a 5A playoff appearance but lost to the eventual state champion Mesquite High School. Flynn completed 101 of 199 passes for 1,650 yards, 13 touchdowns and 9 interceptions for the season. As a senior, he completed 124 of 206 passes for 1,679 yards and 9 touchdowns. He also displayed his ability on the ground with 305 yards rushing and 12 touchdowns. Flynn displayed toughness by leading Robert E. Lee High School to a semifinal appearance in one of the toughest classifications in Texas despite playing his last four games with a broken foot. His team lost to Midland High School 24-14.
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Matt Wilhelm
Matthew Wilhelm (born February 2, 1981) is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the early 2000s. He played college football for Ohio State University, and earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft, and also played for the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers of the NFL.
Wilhelm was born in Oberlin, Ohio, and grew up in Lorain, Ohio. He attended Elyria Catholic High School in nearby Elyria, Ohio. He amassed 100 tackles, 26 for loss, and 11 sacks as a senior, and was named a first-team All-Ohio selection. He also played tight end and running back. In 2002, his high school retired his No. 34 jersey.
Wilhelm attended Ohio State University, and played for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1999 to 2002. Wilhelm was moved to middle linebacker before his sophomore season and started every game. In his first game as a starter against Fresno State, Wilhelm intercepted a David Carr pass and ran it 25 yards for a touchdown. The following year, he earned the Randy Gradishar Award as the team's top linebacker and made all of the defensive calls. As a senior in 2002, Wilhelm was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, and helped his team to a national championship with a team-leading 11 tackles in one of the most memorable games in college history against the Miami Hurricanes. Wilhelm ended the year with a career high 121 tackles and ended his career with the 6th most career tackles for loss for Ohio State all-time.
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Max McGee
William Max McGee (July 16, 1932 - October 20, 2007) was a professional football wide receiver who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1954-67. He served as the team's punter during a few years of his career. McGee may be best known for his performance during the first Super Bowl game. Prior to his NFL career, he played college football at Tulane for the Green Wave. He was selected by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1954 NFL Draft. He played his high school football in White Oak, Texas. McGee was the first player in High School football history ever to rush for over 3,000 yards in a single season. He rushed for 3,048 his senior year as a White Oak Roughneck in 1949; it would take another 20 years before a High School player would throw the ball for over 3,000 yards in a single season. McGee died October 20, 2007.
In his rookie season, McGee led the NFL in punting yards while catching 36 passes for 614 yards and nine touchdowns. He missed the next two seasons to serve as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, but returned to become the Packers' leading receiver from 1958-62. McGee was one of the few bright spots on the 1958 Packers team, which finished the season with a league-low 1-10-1 record, worst in Packers history. During that season, he led the NFL in yards per catch average (23.2), punting yards (2,716) and net yards average (36.0).
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Merle Zuver
Merle Zuver is a former guard in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1930 NFL season.
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Mike Bucchianeri
Amadeo Roger "Mike" Bucchianeri (January 9, 1917 - February 19, 1992) was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Indiana University.
Mike Bucchianeri began his football career at Monongahela High School where he graduated in 1937. Born January 9, 1917, the son of a coalminer, he went on to college at Indiana University playing football four years as an interior lineman as well as earning a Bachelor of Education degree in 1941. It was Mike Bucchianeri who kicked the decisive two extra points in the North’s 14-12 victory over the South in the 1940 Blue-Gray Game. For this achievement, he was named Most Valuable Player. He was an All-American and played in the 1941 Chicago Tribune All-Star Game.
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1941, Mike suffered a serious head injury near the end of the season and spent two years with the Packers’ affiliate team in Wilmington, Delaware to hone his kicking skills and serve as an assistant line coach.
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Mike Holmgren
Michael George Holmgren (born June 15, 1948) is a former professional football coach and current President of the Cleveland Browns. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, and the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to 2008. Prior to his career in the National Football League, Holmgren coached football at the high school and collegiate levels.
Holmgren is noted for his role in molding quarterbacks such as Steve Young, Brett Favre and Matt Hasselbeck during his tenures in San Francisco, Green Bay and Seattle, respectively. Under Holmgren's leadership and play calling the Green Bay Packers were consistent winners. He became known as one of the best coaches in the NFL[by whom?], leading the Packers to their twelfth league championship in Super Bowl XXXI. Under Holmgren the Seahawks also became a frequent playoff team, including a trip to the franchise's first Super Bowl in 2005.
Holmgren started out as a tight end before becoming a standout quarterback at San Francisco's Abraham Lincoln High School where he was named "Prep Athlete of the Year" in 1965 and graduated in 1966. He continued his playing career as a quarterback at the University of Southern California, from 1966-69. As a sophomore he was on USC's national championship team of 1967, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He played behind starter Steve Sogge in 1967–68, and a knee injury put him behind sophomore Jimmy Jones in 1969. Although a back-up, Holmgren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round (201st overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft and went to camp with both the Cardinals and the New York Jets that year.
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Mike Michalske
August Mike Michalske (April 24, 1903 - October 26, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964.
Originally a member of the short-lived New York Yankees National Football League team from 1927 to 1928, Michalske arrived in Green Bay in 1929 for the first of what would be nine seasons with the team. An All-America fullback during his Penn State career, the 6-foot, 210 pound Michalske convinced Packers coach Curly Lambeau to try him on the offensive line, where he became the first great guard in pro football, known for his combination of speed, agility and power.
The first guard inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Michalske was a key blocker in the Packers' championship seasons in 1929, 1930, and 1931, opening holes for the likes of Johnny "Blood" McNally and Bob Monnett. Michalske also played on the defensive line and was dubbed "Iron Mike" because despite playing 60 minutes a game, he missed only 9 of 104 games during his Packers tenure, 5 of them in his final season. Moreover, throughout his football career he played with an unrepaired congenital abdominal hernia.
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Mike Neal
Michael Jamel Neal (born June 26, 1987) is an American football defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.
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Mike Prior
Michael Robert Prior (born November 14, 1963 in Chicago Heights, Illinois), is a former American professional football player who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 7th round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 208 lb (94 kg). defensive back from Illinois State University, Prior played in 13 NFL seasons from 1985 and 1987 to 1998 for the Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, and Green Bay Packers, recording 35 interceptions and 17 fumble recoveries.
Prior was one of the captains of Super Bowl XXXI and intercepted a pass for the Packers thrown by quarterback Drew Bledsoe of the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.
Prior is also a part of one of the most famous Super Bowl highlights. He was the player who clipped John Elway in Super Bowl XXXII sending him spinning himself into Super Bowl history.
Prior attended Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois where he played football under Coach Dave Mattio. His football career started when he played in the Catholic elementary school leagues for St. Kieran Parish in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Prior also starred as the center fielder for the Illinois state championship winning Hale Swanson all-star baseball team. Prior, along with Joe Lira, Mark Finley, Brad Randle, and Mike Heldt eventually lost to national champion Detroit, Michigan.
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Mike Sherman
Michael Francis Sherman (born December 19, 1954) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL), a position he assumed in January 2012. Sherman has previously been the head football coach at Texas A&M University from 2008 to 2011. Prior to coaching the Aggies, he served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from the 2000 to 2005. Sherman led the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons from 2000–04 and three divisional titles in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Before he started coaching in the NFL, he served as an assistant coach at five different colleges, including Texas A&M, where he coached the offensive line for seven seasons.
Sherman was born in 1954 in Norwood, Massachusetts. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Sherman spent his life in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, the southernmost neighborhood in Boston. He lived there with his parents, Claire and Frank Sherman, his two sisters, Sandra and Cynthia, and his two brothers, George and Frank. His extended family members, who lived nearby, were devout Green Bay Packers fans and now follow the Aggies regularly. Sherman was also raised in Northborough, Massachusetts, where he attended Algonquin Regional High School, playing for the football team. Though he was considered a solid player in high school, he was never a standout.
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Mike Trgovac
Michael Trgovac (born 1959) is the defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers and the former defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers. Born near Youngstown, Ohio, Trgovac was an All-American middle guard at the University of Michigan before starting his NFL coaching career.
Trgovac was an all-state defensive lineman at Fitch High School in Austintown, Ohio. He was named defensive lineman of the year in 1976 and also won the state wrestling title. As a player under Bo Schembechler at Michigan from 1977–80, Trgovac started three years at middle guard and was second-team All-America as a senior. He earned All-Big Ten honors twice and played in three Rose Bowls. Following his graduation from Michigan, Trgovac became a graduate assistant under Schembechler in the 1984 and '85 seasons with fellow GAs Cam Cameron and Bill Sheridan. From 1986 to 1988 he coached the defensive line at Ball State. Following a one year stint with Navy, he joined former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce's staff at Colorado State as defensive line coach. He ended his college coaching career with three seasons on Lou Holtz's staff at Notre Dame. Trgovac also has a family. A wife Angela and two children. Jordan, a girl and Michael, a boy.
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Milt Gantenbein
Milton Edward Gantenbein (May 31, 1910–December 18, 1988) was an American football player who played on three championship teams, both as a receiver and as a defensive end for the Green Bay Packers from 1931 to 1940.
The former University of Wisconsin- Madison standout at both receiver and defensive end was a solid player on three National Football League (NFL) championship teams under head coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau. In 1931, his rookie year, the sure-handed Gantenbein was the perfect complement to deep-threat Laverne Dilweg in Lambeau's pass-oriented offense and was a solid addition at defensive end. Green Bay's defense limited opponents to 87 points and had five shutouts, while the Packer offense compiled 291 points in fashioning a 12-2 record and winning a third league championship title in the 1931 NFL season.
Gantenbein continued as a two-way starter for the next three seasons, playing in the shadow of Laverne Dilweg and John "Blood" McNally.
In the 1936 NFL season, Don Hutson and Gantenbein were the main targets in the Packers' record-setting passing attack, with 34 and 15 catches respectively. The duo was also instrumental in Green Bay's 21-6 victory over the Boston Redskins in the 1936 NFL Championship Game . Gantenbein iced the game with an 8-yard touchdown reception from Arnie Herber in the third quarter.
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Morgan Burnett
Morgan Mark Burnett (born January 13, 1989) is an American football safety for the Green Bay Packers. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and was drafted in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft with the 71st overall pick.
A native of College Park, Georgia, Burnett attended North Clayton High School, where he was named Class AAAA first-team all-state as a senior after earning honorable mention all-state recognition at quarterback as a sophomore. He made 135 tackles as a senior and six interceptions including three that he returned for touchdowns.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Burnett ranked seventh among safety prospects nation-wide. He was offered athletic scholarship by a number of high-major schools, including Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia, before choosing to attend Georgia Tech on January 10, 2007.
As a freshman, Burnett played in all 13 games and started against UNC. He subbed at safety and came in on the nickel package all season. Burnett led the team in interceptions (3) and ranked fifth on the team in tackles (57, 37 solo). He subsequently earned ACC All-Freshman team by Sporting News.
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Mule Wilson
Fay "Mule" Wilson was born to Thomas Rufinus Wilson and Nancy Jane Bohannon. He attended Honey Grove high school, where he was a star athlete. Mule was the quarterback of the 1921 team that lost the state championship to Oak Cliff High School 7-0. After his high school career, he then was a star at Texas A&M, lettering both in football and track. He was a captin on the football team that won the 1925 Southwest Conference Championship. Mule also was the 1926 Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion. After his time in college, he signed with the Buffalo Rangers. He only played with Buffalo for the 1926 season, then he signed with the New York Giants, and was on the 1927 NFL Championship team. Mule was also part of the Green Bay Packers Championship teams of 1930 and 1931. His career was relatively brief, and injuries cut it short. When he returned home, he was active in the oil industry. Just before his 36th birthday, Mule suffered a heart attack on July 18th, 1937.
In 1980, Mule was posthumously enshrined in the Texas A&M Hall of Fame.
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Nate Barragar
Nathan Robert Barragar (June 3, 1907 – August 10, 1985) was an American collegiate and professional football player.
Barragar was the only son of Nathaniel Hawthorne Barragar (1872–1943), a clergyman, and Olive Jan (Littleton) Barragar (1875–1955). The family moved to Yakima, Washington, then eventually settled in Los Angeles. Nathan played high school football in San Fernando.[citation needed]
An All-American at USC (1929), and an All-Pro for the Green Bay Packers (1931–1932, 1934–1935), he also played for the Minneapolis Red Jackets (1930), and the Frankford Yellow Jackets (1930, 1931). Inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.
Barragar served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of Sergeant.
He began working in films while playing pro football. His credits as a motion picture and television director, production manager, and producer include Gunga Din, Hondo, and Sands of Iwo Jima, and on such television series as The Gene Autry Show, The Roy Rogers Show, Adventures of Superman, Have Gun – Will Travel, Gunsmoke, and Julia.
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Nelson Toburen
Nelson Edward Toburen (born November 24, 1938 in Boulder, Colorado) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played high school football at Colby High School and college football at Wichita State University as a End.
Nelson Toburen, was selected in the 14th Round (194 overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft, by the Green Bay Packers.
Toburen, a second-year linebacker with the world champion Green Bay Packers, was making his first start in the National Football League. The date was November 18, 1962. The site was City Stadium, Green Bay Wisconsin. The opponent was the Western Conference rival Baltimore Colts led by star quarterback Johnny Unitas. "Unitas went back to pass and then started to run," Toburen said. "(Ray) Nitschke was coming at him straight on and I was coming from the side.
"I hit him squarely in the hip, but the mechanics of the tackle got blown up. My head was down and it should have been up."
Toburen's hit jarred the ball loose from Unitas and Nitschke recovered the fumble. But Toburen lie still on the City Stadium turf.
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Nick Barnett
Nicholas Alexander Barnett (born May 27, 1981) is an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State.
Barnett was born in Barstow, CA and attended Fontana A.B. Miller High School in Fontana, California.
Barnett was a four year letter winner (1999–2002) at Oregon State, starting the last three seasons at strong side linebacker. As a senior, Barnett was a first team All-Pacific 10 Conference selection. He led the conference in tackles with 121 (62 solo). Barnett registered his single game best against the University of California in 2001 with 18 tackles (11 solo).
He majored in Business Administration and Communications.
Barnett was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft.
On April 10, 2007, Barnett signed a six year contract extension worth $34.85 million.
Barnett missed much of the 2008 season after suffering a torn knee ligament during November 9's game against the Minnesota Vikings.
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Nick Collins
Nicholas Cardell Collins (born August 16, 1983) is an American football free safety who is currently a free agent of the NFL.
Collins was a diverse athlete during his high school career. He attended Dixie County High School in Cross City, Florida, and lettered twice as a quarterback, running back and defensive back. Collins was also given first-team all-conference honors and was named team MVP as a senior. Collins also earned two letters as a basketball guard and three letters as a center fielder.
He was a student athlete at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
In 2002, Collins spent the majority of the season as a reserve linebacker. He played in all thirteen games of the season, making his first two starts in the final two games of the season at the strong safety position. Collins finished the season with 35 tackles (22 solo), one interception, five defended passes, one fumble recovery and eight kickoff returns for 181 yards. His strongest statistical performance of the season was an eight-tackle game in his first start, against Florida A&M University, on November 23.
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Nick McDonald
Nick McDonald (born June 27, 1987) is an American football guard who is currently a member of the New England Patriots of the National Football League. McDonald was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers in 2010. He played college football at Grand Valley State University.
Following the 2010 NFL Draft, the Packers signed McDonald as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2010. He was waived on September 3, 2011.
McDonald was signed to the New England Patriots' practice squad on September 4. He was released from the squad on September 15, but was re-signed the following day. On December 3, he was promoted to the active roster to replace the released Taylor Price.
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Nolan Cromwell
Nolan Neil Cromwell (born January 30, 1955) is an American football player and coach. He was an All-Pro safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and played for the University of Kansas in college where he earned All-American honors. Cromwell played for the Rams from 1977 through 1987 and was named to the Pro Bowl in four consecutive years, 1980 through 1983. He played on the Rams' 1979 Super Bowl XIV team. He was the Rams' wide receivers coach from 2010 to 2011.
Cromwell played at Logan High School as a freshman, helping the basketball team win a state championship. When his family moved to Ransom, Cromwell earned the nickname the "Ransom Rambler" while attending Ransom High School as a standout in football, basketball and track. He was a national AAU junior champion in the decathlon, a three-time state champion in track and earned consensus All-State honors in football and basketball. He was named the Wichita Eagle’s high school football player of the decade for the 1970s.
Cromwell, nicknamed "The Ransom Rambler", was an honorable mention All-America quarterback for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. He started at quarterback for two seasons, throwing 92 passes and completing 33 for 606 yards. He is one of KU's ten 1,000-yard rushers in school history.
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Norb Hecker
Norbert Earl Hecker (May 26, 1927 – March 14, 2004) was an American football player and coach who was part of eight National Football League championship teams, but may be best remembered as the first head coach of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.
Born and raised in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, Hecker served in the U.S. Army during World War II, then returned home to attend nearby Baldwin-Wallace College. In his years at the school, he showed himself to be an outstanding athlete by competing in four sports, most notably in football, where he won small college All-American honors in 1950 at wide receiver. After having seen time as a reserve during the previous two years, Hecker caught 34 passes for 646 yards as a senior, including 13 catches in a single game.
NorbHecker lived in Olmsted Falls Ohio, and his family still lives there this very day. Hecker was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round of the 1951 NFL Draft, and during his first season with the team, played on both sides of the ball, missing only one game after suffering a fractured cheekbone. On defense, he returned one turnover for a touchdown that season, but his most important contribution came in the NFL title game on December 23, when his game-saving tackle helped the Rams defeat the Cleveland Browns, 24-17.
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Norm Masters
Norman Donald Masters (September 19, 1933 – April 19, 2011) was an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1956 NFL Draft. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighted 249 pounds . He went to high school at St. Mary of Redford High School in Detroit.
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Oran Pape
Oran Henry Pape (March 10, 1904 – April 30, 1936) was a member of the Iowa State Patrol in the United States. To date, he is the only member of the Patrol to have been murdered in the line of duty.
Prior to joining the Patrol, Pape played American football. He played high school football at Dubuque Senior High School, where he was part of the 1924 Iowa State championship football team. Pape then played college football at the University of Iowa. Following college, he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Minneapolis Red Jackets, the Providence Steam Roller, the Boston Braves, and the Staten Island Stapletons, it was with the Packers, that he was a member of their 1930 NFL Championship team, he left the NFL in 1934, and returned to Iowa, where he attended the State Police Academy in Ft. Dodge.
Pape was appointed to the newly formed Iowa Highway Patrol (later Iowa State Patrol) in August 1935, one of the first men to become an officer in the Patrol.
On April 28, 1936, Pape was patrolling U.S. Highway 61 near Muscatine, Iowa. He noticed a car that had been reported stolen. After pulling the car over, Pape approached the car. The driver, Roscoe Barton, pointed his gun at Pape and ordered him into his car. Barton drove away with Pape as his hostage. A short while later, Pape saw an opportunity to overpower Barton, and the two began struggling. During the struggle, Barton was shot in the head, and Pape was shot in the abdomen.
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Paul Berezney
Paul Berezney (born September 25, 1915 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He played 31 games for the Green Bay Packers between 1942 and 1944, starting in 23. Berezney was the starting right tackle for the Packers in the 1944 NFL Championship Game. After leaving the NFL in 1944, Berezney played in one game for the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference in 1946.
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Paul Duhart
Paul Albert Duhart (December 30, 1920 – January 18, 2006) was an American college and professional football player who was a quarterback, running back and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the mid-1940s. Duhart played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Boston Yanks of the NFL.
Duhart was born in Montreal, Quebec, and is of French-Canadian descent. He attended Saint Peter's High School in Worcester, Massachusetts where he was a standout high school football player.
Duhart enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida where he played for coach Tom Lieb's Florida Gators football team. Duhart's performance that season earned his varsity letter in 1942, before entering the U.S. Army in 1943. The Gators did not field a varsity football team in 1943, as most able-bodied men of college age either volunteered or were drafted into the U.S. Armed Services during the height of World War II.
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Paul Engebretsen
Paul "Tiny" Engebretsen (July 27, 1910 – March 1979) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for two seasons for the Chicago Bears, and 9 years for the Green Bay Packers.
Paul J. Engebretsen was born in Chariton, a town in Lucas County, Iowa. He was named most valuable player of the Big Ten co-champion in 1931 playing at Northwestern University. Engebretsen had a large presence in his 1932 rookie season with the Chicago Bears, starting at guard and leading the NFL in extra points (10) and attempts (15). He was acquired in a trade with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1934 and played for nine years in Green Bay.
He was an all-league choice on the 1936 and 1939 champion Packer teams, topped the NFL in extra points (18) in 1939 and retired on Sept. 16, 1941, two days after the season opener. In the NFL, Engebretsen scored 100 points on 15 of 28 field-goal tries and 55 of 62 extra-point attempts. After retiring, he became a Packer scout. In 1941, he coached the Buffalo Lions of the third American Football League. Engebretsen was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1978
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Paul Fitzgibbon
Joseph Paul Fitzgibbon (March 21, 1903 - March 12, 1975) was a professional American football player who played wide receiver for six seasons for the Duluth Eskimos, Frankford Yellow Jackets, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers. Following his football career Paul Fitzgibbon became a neurologist and later one of the seven founding members of the Permanente Medical Group, now Kaiser Permanente.
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Paul Hornung
Paul Vernon Hornung (born December 23, 1935) is a retired Hall of Fame professional football player who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1957-66. He, O.J Simpson,Earl Campbell are the only people to have won the Heisman Trophy, been selected as first overall National Football League draft picks, and been inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.
A versatile player, he was a halfback, quarterback, and placekicker. Hornung was an excellent all-around athlete who also played college basketball.
Hornung was an outstanding athlete at Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget High School in Louisville (now closed), having lettered four years each in football, basketball, and baseball. He was recruited by Bear Bryant at Kentucky, but chose to attend Notre Dame instead.
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Paul Kell
Paul Ernest Kell (July 8, 1915 – May 1977) was a player in the National Football League.
Kell was born on July 8, 1915 in Princeton, Illinois.
Kell was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1939 NFL Draft and played two seasons with the team. As such, he was a member of the 1939 NFL Champion Packers. That season he was also named to the Western Conference Pro Bowl team.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Notre Dame.
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Paul Minick
Paul Minick (December 17, 1899 – December 22, 1978) was a guard in the National Football League. He played with the Buffalo Bisons during the 1927 NFL season before playing two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. During his time there he was a member of the 1929 Green Bay Packers that won the 1929 NFL Championship.
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Pete Tinsley
Elijah Pope Tinsley (March 16, 1913 - May 11, 1995) was a professional football player, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, who played offensive tackle for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Phil Bengtson
John Phillip Bengtson (July 17, 1913 – December 18, 1994) was a college football player and longtime assistant coach on the collegiate and NFL levels, chiefly remembered as the successor to Vince Lombardi as head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1968.
Bengtson was a native of Roseau, Minnesota, and played tackle under Bernie Bierman at the University of Minnesota during the 1930s. In 1934, he earned All-America honors with the Golden Gophers, working in tandem with a player who would go on to coaching immortality: quarterback Bud Wilkinson.
Bengtson took his first assistant coaching job at the Missouri in 1935, but soon returned to his alma mater as line coach, staying through the 1939 season. Beginning in 1940, he moved to Stanford, where he served as an assistant coach for twelve years. Bengtson moved to the professional level in 1952 with the nearby San Francisco 49ers.
In seven seasons with the Niners, Bengtson would serve under three head coaches: (Buck Shaw, Red Strader, Frankie Albert) before being dismissed with Albert after the 1958 season. Soon after, he was one of the first four assistants hired in Lombardi's first week with the Packers in early February 1959.
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Phil Vandersea
Phillip John "Phil" Vandersea (born February 25, 1943) is a former American football player.
He was born in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. After graduating from high school in Northbridge, Massachusetts, Vandersea played football for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, weighing in at 245 pounds and standing 6'3" tall. Vandersea played linebacker and defensive end.
He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 16th round (220th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft and played for the 1965 NFL Champion Packers in 1966, and also the 1968 and 1969 seasons. While playing for the Packers, Phil wore jersey number 37. He spent the 1967 season with the New Orleans Saints. He played in 46 career games in the NFL.
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Phillip Merling
Phillip Blaine Merling (born April 19, 1985) is an American football defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson.
Played tight end and defensive end at Fork Union Military Academy in 2004. He totaled 38 catches for 647 yards and five touchdowns on offense and on defense he added five sacks, 51 tackles, and eight pass breakups. He had 20 catches for 430 yards and four scores as a senior and totaled 96 tackles and thirty four sacks as a senior. For that performance he was the MVP at Fork Union. After his senior year he played in the Tennessee/Kentucky All-Star game. He was also First-team All-state and All-region as a senior Prior to Fork Union, Merling attended Calhoun County High School in Saint Matthews, SC, for three years.
Merling was also All-conference, All-region, and All-area in basketball as a sophomore and junior. He averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds as a senior and averaged 15 points and 13 rebounds as a junior.
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Quinn Johnson
Quinn Johnson (born September 30, 1986) is an American football fullback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at LSU.
He has also played for the Denver Broncos.
Johnson attended West Saint John High School in Edgard, Louisiana, where he was a member of the Rams 2003 2A State Championship team.
Johnson was selected in the 5th round (145th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Packers.
On September 3, 2011, Johnson was traded to the Tennessee Titans. He was released on October 7, 2011 to make room on the roster for fullback Ahmard Hall who was returning to the team from a four game suspension.
On October 10, 2011, the Denver Broncos received Johnson off of waivers from the Tennessee Titans. Johnson was then waived by the Broncos and the Tennessee Titans claimed him off of waivers.
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Ray Dominguez
Ray Anthony Dominguez (born July 12, 1988) is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Arkansas.
On October 12, 2011, he was signed to the Packers active roster from the practice squad.
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Ray Jennison
Ray Jennison (born Raymond Ellis Jennison) was a player in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1931 NFL season.
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Ray McLean
Ray "Scooter" McLean (December 6, 1915 - March 4, 1964) was a football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels, but may be best remembered for preceding Vince Lombardi as head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1958.
McLean was a native of Lowell, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire who played both football and basketball at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1940 and played eight years with the team, and also found time during the offseason to play semipro baseball. Though his name is listed as Ray McLean his real last name is MacLean, and was changed because the press would always spell it wrong.
During his time with the Bears, McLean played on both sides of the ball, catching 103 passes for over 2,200 yards and 21 touchdowns, while also gaining 412 yards via the running game. On defense, he intercepted 18 opponent tosses, while his special teams work also sparkled with three punt returns for touchdowns, one an 89-yard dash against the crosstown Chicago Cardinals. In his final season (1947), he served as the team's kicker.
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Ray Nitschke
Raymond Ernest "Ray" Nitschke (December 29, 1936 – March 8, 1998) was a professional football player who played his entire career as a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Wearing #66, he played fifteen seasons, from 1958-72.
Nitschke was born on December 29, 1936 in Elmwood Park, Illinois. His father, Robert, and Nitschke's mother, Anna, had two other children, Robert Jr. (age 8) and Richard (age 4). His father was killed in a car accident in 1940. Anna died of a blood clot when Ray was 13. Robert (age 21) and Richard (age 17) decided they would raise Ray on their own.
Ray entered Proviso High School in Maywood shortly before his mother's death. The loss of both parents enraged Nitschke, and the lack of a parental disciplinarian to quell his rage, caused him to engage in fights with other kids in the neighborhood. His freshman year at Proviso, Ray played fullback on one of the school's three football teams. He was a poor student at school and his grades eventually caught up with him as he was declared academically ineligible to play sports his sophomore year. This embarrassment he would lament for the rest of his life.
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Ray Rhodes
Raymond Earl Rhodes (born October 20, 1950) is currently a defensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns. He is also the former American football head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers. He is the former assistant defensive backs coach of the Houston Texans. He earned five Super Bowl rings as an assistant coach with the San Francisco 49ers and was named Coach of the Year by The Associated Press in 1995, his first season as a head coach.
Rhodes attended Mexia High School in Mexia, Texas and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field.
Rhodes was a running back at Texas Christian University for two seasons before transferring to the University of Tulsa, where he played wide receiver and defensive back.
Rhodes was selected by the New York Giants in the 10th round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He spent his first three years in the NFL as a wide receiver before switching to defensive back. In 1979, he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers for Tony Dungy, another future head coach. He retired after one season with the 49ers.
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Ray Wehba
Ray Wehba is a former player in the National Football League. He first played with the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1943 NFL season before playing with the Green Bay Packers during the 1944 NFL season.
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Ray Wietecha
Raymond Walter Wietecha (November 2, 1928 – December 14, 2002) was an American football center in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at Northwestern University and Michigan State University.
Following his retirement, Wietecha entered coaching and was the offensive coordinator under Vince Lombardi in Green Bay when the Packers won Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II.
Wietecha was an assistant coach in the USFL for the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers.
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Red Cochran
John Thurman "Red" Cochran Jr. (August 2, 1922 - September 5, 2004) was an American football running back and later an assistant coach and scout in the National Football League. He played college football at Wake Forest University.
After growing up in Fairfield, Alabama, Cochran started his football career at Wake Forest University. However, World War II broke out in the middle of his college career and he became a B-24 Liberator pilot in China with the 373rd Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group. Cochran played at Wake Forest before and after his service, then returned as a Demon Deacons assistant coach from 1951-55.
Cochran was drafted in the eighth round of the 1944 NFL Draft by Card-Pitt (a merger of the Cardinals and Pittsburgh during WWII because of a lack of players). He played cornerback and fullback for the Chicago Cardinals from 1947 to 1949. He holds the team record for Punt return average (21 yds).
After being an assistant coach at Wake Forest from 1951 to 1955, Cochran became an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions, where he would coach from 1956 to 1958. He then moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin to become an assistant coach with the Packers, where he would coach from 1959 to 1966 as offensive backfield coach. He coached the Hall of Fame backfield of Bart Starr, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung. After a year away from football, Cochran would coach for the St. Louis Cardinals (1968–1969) and the San Diego Chargers (1970). He then went back to Green Bay as offensive backfield coach (1971–1974), his last coaching position. Then, from 1975 until his death in 2004, he was a scout for the Packers.
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Red Dunn
Joseph "Red" Dunn (June 21, 1901 – January 15, 1957) was a professional American football player who played running back and was an exceptional punter for eight seasons for the Milwaukee Badgers, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1976. He is the grandfather of Arena Football League quarterback Jason Gesser. [1] Named “Red” for the color of his hair, Dunn possessed an equally colorful personality. He earned five letters competing in football, basketball and baseball at Marquette Academy. Dunn later attended Marquette University, earning All-America honors while leading the “Golden Avalanche” in 1922 and 1923 to a 17-0-1 record. While a Packer, he served as Curly Lambeau’s “field general” for the 1929, 1930 and 1931 NFL Champions. He later returned to coaching, assisting Frank Murray at Marquette University (1932–40). He is a member of the Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame.
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Red Mack
William Richard "Red" Mack (born June 19, 1937 in Oconto, Wisconsin) was an American football wide receiver and halfback in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Green Bay Packers. As a Green Bay Packer he played in Super Bowl I, January 15, 1967,and made two tackles. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame.
Mack was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 10th round (131st overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 23rd round (179th overall) of 1961 American Football League Draft.
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Reggie White
Reginald Howard "Reggie" White (December 19, 1961 – December 26, 2004) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for fifteen seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was recognized as an All-American. After initially playing two professional seasons for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL), he was selected in the first round of the 1985 Supplemental Draft, and then played for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history. The two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 13-time Pro Bowl and 12-time All-Pro selection holds 2nd place all-time amongst career sack leaders with 198.5 (behind Bruce Smith's 200 career sacks) and was selected to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, NFL 1990s All-Decade Team and the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. During his professional career, he was also known for his Christian ministry as an ordained Evangelical minister, leading to his nickname, "The Minister of Defense." White is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Robert Francois
Robert Joseph Francois (born May 14, 1985 in Highlands, Texas) is an American football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Boston College.
Francois has also been a member of the Detroit Lions.
Francois played tight end and safety for the Governor Dummer Academy. As a senior he gained Team MVP and All-New England honors. He was a two-time All-Independent League first-team selection and played in the 2004 Massachusetts Shriners Football Classic. Francois also excelled on GDA's basketball and track teams. In 2003, he won the New England Class C 100-meter title. Before attending GDA, Francois went to Ross Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas.
After redshirting in 2004, Francois played in all twelve games in 2005. He registered 28 tackles (16 solos), 2.0 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery, making at least one tackle in every game. His first collegiate action came during the season opener at Brigham Young and made his first tackle late in the first quarter. He finished the game with one unassisted tackle and one assisted. He made one solo tackle against Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl.
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Roderick Mullen
Roderick Louis Mullen (born December 5, 1972 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers (1995–1998) and the Carolina Panthers (1999) in the National Football League.
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Roger Goodell
Roger S. Goodell (born February 19, 1959) is the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), having been chosen to succeed the retiring Paul Tagliabue on August 8, 2006. He was chosen over four finalists for the position, winning a close vote on the fifth ballot before being unanimously approved by acclamation of the owners. He officially began his tenure on September 1, 2006, just prior to the beginning of the 2006 NFL season. Commentators have described him as "the most powerful man in sports".
Goodell was born in Jamestown, New York, the son of the late United States Senator Charles E. Goodell, a Republican from New York, and the late Jean Rice Goodell of Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Bronxville High School where, as a three-sport star in football, basketball, and baseball, he captained all three teams as a senior and was named the school's athlete of the year. Injuries kept him from playing college football. Goodell is a 1981 graduate of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania with a degree in economics.
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Roger Grove
Roger Robert Grove (June 19, 1908 – December 19, 1986) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the Green Bay Packers including the 1931 team that won the NFL Championship.
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Ron Gassert
Ronald Earl Gassert (born July 22, 1940 in Campbelltown, Pennsylvania) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the University of Virginia, where he was a defensive end.
Gassert was drafted by the Packers in the fourth round (56th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 13th round (99th overall) of the 1962 American Football League Draft.
Ron was a member of the 1962 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers.
Gassert has penned a fictional western novel titled "Driven" that is available online @ www.authorhouse.com
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Ron Kostelnik
Ronald Michael Kostelnik (14 January 1940 in Colver, Pennsylvania - 29 January 1993 on Interstate 75, Kentucky) was an American football player.
Kostelnik died when he suffered a heart attack and lost control of his car on Interstate 75 in Kentucky. He was 53.
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Ron Kramer
Ronald J. Kramer (June 24, 1935 – September 11, 2010) was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player. Before embarking on a career in the National Football League, he lettered in football, basketball, and track at the University of Michigan in the 1950s. Playing at end for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1954 to 1956, Kramer was a three-time All-American. Following his days at Michigan, Kramer was selected in the first round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He played for the Packers for seven seasons (1957, 1959–1964) and three more with the Detroit Lions (1965–1967). Kramer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978. His football jersey number at Michigan (#87) was retired upon his graduation.
Kramer began his sports career playing for East Detroit High School in Eastpointe, Michigan. In the tradition of Michigan athletes, he is considered to be ranked among the best. A three-sport athlete (football, basketball and track), Kramer led both the football and basketball teams in scoring for two years. Altogether, Kramer won a total of nine varsity letters in his three sports—the maximum number possible, as freshmen did not have athletic eligibility at the time.
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Ron Wolf
Ron Wolf (born December 30, 1938) is the former American football general manager (GM) of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. He also played a significant role in personnel operations with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders from 1963–1975 and again from 1978–1990. He joined Green Bay's front office in November 1991 from a personnel director's job with the New York Jets.
With the Raiders, Wolf took part in drafting such notable players as Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Ken Stabler, and Jack Tatum, all of whom would play for the Super Bowl XI Championship team in 1976, and later such players as Howie Long, Marcus Allen, and Matt Millen, all of the Super Bowl XVIII Championship team in 1983, the then Los Angeles Raiders.
After the death of Raiders owner Al Davis, Wolf was rumored to possibly come back to Oakland. He didn't specify that he wanted to have a full time job as General Manager there, but he told the new ownership team that he would assist them with anything they needed. In an interview with the Milwaukee Sentinel he supported Green Bay Packers director of football operations, Reggie McKenzie as a perfect candidate for the GM position in Oakland and called him a "tremendous evaluator" when it comes to finding players.
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Rudy Comstock
Rudolph S. Comstock (September 23, 1900 – November 1, 1975) was an American football player who played eleven seasons in the NFL.
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Russ Ball
Russ Ball is the Vice President of Football Administration/Player Finance of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
Born in Moberly, Missouri, Ball is a graduate of the University of Central Missouri and the University of Missouri. He is married to Diana and has two children.
During college Ball played center with the Central Missouri Mules football team. Later Ball served as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Missouri Tigers football team from 1982 to 1989. From there he spent ten season's with the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, first serving as Assistant Strength and Condition Coach, later as Administrative Assistant to the head coach. In 1999 he became Senior Football Administrator of the Minnesota Vikings. He became Director of Football Administration of the Washington Redskins in 2001. From 2002 to 2007 he worked with the New Orleans Saints, first as Senior Football Administrator, later as Vice President of Football Administration. He was named to his position with the Packers on February 13, 2008.
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Russ Letlow
Russ Letlow (October 5, 1913 - October 12, 1987) was a football guard who was chosen by the Green Bay Packers as their first-round draft pick in the inaugural 1936 NFL Draft. At the time, Letlow was unaware that he had been selected, and had signed with the Chicago Cardinals following the conclusion of his collegiate football career at the University of San Francisco.
In Letlow's rookie season, the Packers won their fourth World Championship (and first championship game). Letlow played for the Packers from 1936–42, and again in 1946. He was selected as an All-Pro for four straight seasons from 1937-1940.
Letlow was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Russ Saunders
Russ Saunders (born Stebbell Russell Saunders) was a fullback in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1931 NFL season.
He was an All-American at USC and was one of the models for the Tommy Trojan statue. He was MVP in the 1930 Rose Bowl when he led the Trojans to a 47–14 victory over the Pittsburg Panthers.
After playing football, Russ went on to a career in Hollywood. In 1938 he was nominated for an Oscar for best Assistant Director for The Life of Emile Zola. He was assistant or Second Unit director on more than 85 films including PT 109, Hatari, Arsenic and Old Lace, High Sierra and production manager for Stripes, The Amityville Horror and Bonnie and Clyde among others. His first screen appearance was in the 1927 movie The Drop Kick in which the 1927 USC team appeared. In that film, Russ appeared along with John Wayne—a teammate from the USC team—and worked on many of Wayne's movies over the following decades.
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Ryan Grant
Ryan Brett Grant (born December 9, 1982) is a NFL running back who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2005 but was traded to the Packers shortly before the 2007 season in exchange for a future sixth-round draft pick. He played college football at Notre Dame, under head coaches Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham, where he rushed for over 2,000 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Grant had a successful first season with the Packers, rushing for almost 1,000 yards, including five 100+ yard games, in 10 starts. He set franchise records with 201 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns in the Packers' divisional playoff game win against the Seattle Seahawks, a performance for which he was heavily praised, as they went on to reach the NFC Championship Game.
Grant grew up in Nyack, New York, and attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, New Jersey. He then transferred to Clarkstown South High School in West Nyack, New York. One year later, he transferred back to Don Bosco Prep. In 2000, his senior year, USA Today named him New Jersey Player of the Year. He rushed for nearly 1,000 yards and 6 touchdowns in Don Bosco Prep's run to an 11–1 record and the state championship game. In the championship game, Don Bosco Prep lost to Holy Cross High School. In high school, Grant also played basketball and competed in track and field, where he was timed at 10.7 seconds in the 100 meter dash.
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Ryan Pickett
Ryan Lamont Pickett (born October 8, 1979) is a National Football League defensive end for the Green Bay Packers. He attended Ohio State University and was selected with the 29th pick of the first round in the 2001 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He graduated from Zephyrhills High School in Zephyrhills, Florida.
Pickett was a consensus All-American selection, adding All-State honors at Zephyrhills High. Named one of the top 25 players in the country by the National Recruiting Advisor. He recorded 119 tackles with seven sacks as a senior.
Pickett played college football at Ohio State from 1998 to 2000. He was a three year starter and played both defensive tackle positions. Pickett played in every game as a true freshman and started the final nine games at right defensive tackle. He totaled 22 stops (17 solo), two sacks, and five tackles for loss. As a sophomore, Ryan started the whole season at right defensive tackle. He also was named All-Big Ten honorable mention with career-highs of 48 tackles (34 solo) and three sacks. In Pickett's junior season, he switched sides and played left defensive tackle. He totaled 39 tackles (21 solo), three sacks and two forced fumbles in 1999. After Pickett's junior season he decided to skip his senior season and apply for the NFL draft.
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Sam Shields
Samuel George Shields III (born December 8, 1987) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at the University of Miami.
A native of Sarasota, Florida, Shields attended Booker High School, where he played wide receiver. During his senior year, Shields had 67 receptions for 1,201 yards and 22 touchdowns. Of those 67 receptions, 44 of them went for either firstdowns or touchdowns. His performance helped his team make it to the Class 3A Championship game. Shields was ranked the 17th best receiver coming out of highschool by Rivals.com. He received scholarships from the University of Miami, Louisville, LSU, and Pittsburgh.
Shields ultimately decided to play at Miami where he starteds in seven games out of 13 and played during the others during his freshman year in 2006. Shields had 37 receptions, which was the most by a Miami true freshman since Reggie Wayne in 1997. During his first start against Louisville, he caught three passes for 63 yards including a reception for 49 yards. His first touchdown pass came on a trick play when he caught a 37 yard pass from safety Lovon Ponder versus the North Carolina Tarheels. Shields also had the only two touchdown game of his career against Duke University. Miami was given a bowl bid to the MPC Computers Bowl against Nevada. In the bowl, Shields had four receptions for 101 yards and caught a 78-yard touchdown pass to win the game. His performance earned him a spot as an honorable mention All-American on the freshman team by Sporting News. He was also named a selection to the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Football Team.
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Sampson Genus
Sampson Maurice Genus (pronounced /ˈdʒiːnəs/ JEE-nəs; born May 2, 1988) is an American football center currently playing for the Green Bay Packers. Genus was signed after going undrafted at the 2011 NFL Draft despite being one of the highest rated prospects at center.
A native of Lake City, Florida, Genus attended Columbia High School, where he earned Gainesville Sun All-Area First Team honors as a junior and senior. He was selected to Florida’s North-South Shrine Bowl in 2007. Regarded as a two-star recruit by Scout.com, Genus was listed the No. 32 center prospect in the class of 2007.
As a true freshman at South Florida, he saw action in six games. For his sophomore season, he was moved to defensive tackle, where he played in all 13 games and started in five, collecting nine tackles, two assisted and seven solo. It was the only year since Genus started playing organized football at the age of 7 that he didn't play center.
Moved back to offensive line after the season, Genus started all games of the 2009 season at center, except for the regular-season finale against UConn, which he missed due to an ankle injury. He earned 2009 All-Big East Conference second team honors.
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Santana Dotson
Santana N. Dotson (born December 12, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was a part of Houston's Yates High School football team when it won the 1985 5A state championship. While at Baylor, Dotson was voted All-American in 1991. He won the 1992 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played in two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers.
Santana Dotson is now working to become an NFL broadcaster, and currently appears on the "Bob & Brian Show," on WHQG Radio in Milwaukee, during the NFL season.
There are several other prominent football players in the Dotson family. Alphonse Dotson, father of Santana played at Grambling University then went on to play for several teams in the NFL, ending with the Oakland Raiders. Santana Dotson also has a nephew, Alonzo Dotson, who played for the Oklahoma Sooners, then was picked up as a free agent by the Washington Redskins, and has played defensive end for the Redskins.
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Scott McCurley
Scott McCurley is the Defensive Quality Control Coach of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, McCurley graduated from Mohawk High school in Bessemer, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pittsburgh. He is married to Colleen (Crisi) McCurley and has two children. They reside in De Pere, Wisconsin.
During college McCurley played linebacker with the Pittsburgh Panthers football team. Following graduation he remained with the program as a defensive graduate assistant. McCurley originally joined the Packers in 2006 as an intern before being named Coaching Administrator the following year. He was hired to his current position on February 3, 2009.
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Scott Wells
Scott Darvin Wells (born January 17, 1981) is an American football center for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
Wells's father is in the ministry of the Churches of Christ, and Wells began playing football in Crowley, Texas, before the family moved to a congregation in Pennsylvania, where Wells spent his freshman and sophomore years at Brookville Area High School; he finished his high school career at Brentwood Academy in Tennessee. Wells played offensive guard, defensive end, and nose tackle. He was a PrepStar and CNN/Sports Illustrated All America selection along with earning the Division II Class A 'Mr. Football' in 1998.
Wells played college football at the University of Tennessee. While playing at Tennessee during 2000–2003, he was a four-year letter winner.
Wells was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round, pick 251, of the 2004 NFL Draft.
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Shaky Smithson
Antoine "Shaky" Smithson (born August 23, 1987) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Utah.
Smithson specializes as a return man.
Smithson finished his college career at Utah with 38 receptions for 483 yards and three touchdowns in 23 career games and returned two punts for touchdowns in the 2010 season. Before transferring to Utah he played at East Los Angeles College.
After going undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, Smithson was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent on July 25, 2011. He was placed on injured reserve for the 2011 season.
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Shannon Clavelle
Shannon Lynn Clavelle (born October 12, 1973 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at the University of Colorado.
Although Clavelle was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round (185th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft, he debuted in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers in 1995. He played on the Packers Super Bowl XXXI Championship team of 1996. In 1997, he played six games with the Packers and finished his career that year playing in one game with the Kansas City Chiefs.
While at Colorado, Clavelle fathered a child Derek with Kristy McCartney, the daughter of then-coach Bill McCartney. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006171/index.htm
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Shawn Slocum
Shawn Slocum (born February 21, 1965 in Monticello, Arkansas) is the special teams coach for the National Football League Green Bay Packers.
Slocum attended Texas A&M University, where he played football as a linebacker and was a member of the 12th Man Kickoff Team under coach Jackie Sherrill. He graduated A&M with a degree in construction management in 1988. His father, R. C. Slocum, whom he also coached under, is the winningest coach in Texas A&M football history. In his leisure time, Slocum enjoys fishing, golfing, hunting, and spending time with his wife Michelle and four children.
Slocum started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M, under his father R. C. Slocum. In 1990, Shawn served as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh, coaching the defense. He returned to coaching at Texas A&M, coaching Tight Ends, Linebackers & special teams from 1991–1997. From 1991–1993, Slocum helped the Aggies win three straight Southwest Conference championships. During the years 1994-97, he coached two all-Americans, Shane Lechler and Lombardi Award winner Dat Nguyen, who both went on to play for the NFL. During his seven-season coaching tenure at A&M, he assisted the Aggies to five bowl games, including four Cotton Bowl Classic appearances. The Aggie team record was 94-28-2 from 1991–1997. The 94 wins were the sixth in the country and also the greatest wins by any Texas Division I school in any decade. From 1998-99, Slocum coached at the University of Southern California, where he coached Butkus Award winner Chris Claiborne, Zeke Moreno, and Markus Steele. He returned to A&M again and coached the Secondary and special teams from 2000-02. In 2005, he became assistant head coach and linebacker coach at Ole Miss, where he coached star linebacker Patrick Willis.
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Sherman Lewis
Sherman Lewis (born June 29, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky), is an American football coach and former player, most recently an offensive consultant and offensive play-caller for the Washington Redskins of the NFL. He spent thirty-four years as a coach, but had been out of football since the end of the 2004 season before joining the Redskins mid-way into the 2009 season, where he replaced head coach Jim Zorn as the team's offensive play-caller after the sixth game of the season. He attended Michigan State University as an undergrad and later received his graduate degree from Michigan State in education administration.
Lewis began his football career at Michigan State as a halfback. He was named to the College Football All-America Team and finished third behind winner Roger Staubach and runner-up Billy Lothridge for the Heisman Trophy in 1963. His professional playing career included parts of the 1964 and 1965 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
After a brief career as a professional football player, he was hired as an assistant coach for the football team at his alma mater, Michigan State, from 1969 through 1982. He went on to become the running backs coach for Bill Walsh, under whom the San Francisco 49ers won three Super Bowls. Subsequently, in 1992, he became the offensive coordinator for Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Holmgren.
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Spencer Havner
Spencer Rhett Havner [HAY-vner] (February 2, 1983) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at UCLA.
Havner has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions.
Born in Sacramento, California, Havner earned two varsity letters as an inside linebacker and tight end at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, California. During his career, he made over 232 tackles, 18 sacks and 12 interceptions. In his senior year, he led Nevada Union High to a 12-1 record and a trip to the city title game. Havner earned second-team All-State from Cal-Hi Sports and was named to the All-CAL first team and All-Metro first team.
Havner also played basketball at Nevada Union all four years, and was a starter all the way through varsity.
After a redshirt freshman year, Havner became a four year starter for UCLA. In 2002, he started 13 games and made 96 tackles with 2 sacks with 2 interceptions. In 2003, Havner started 12 of 13 games and had 82 tackles, 1 sack and 3 inteceptions. As a junior in 2004, Havner earned First-team All-America acclaim from CBS Sportsline.com and College Football News and was selected Second-team All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. He was one of 12 semifinalists for both the Butkus Award and the Rotary Lombardi Award. Havner missed the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl after having arthroscopic knee surgery, but, in 11 games, he accounted for 125 tackles, 1 sack and 2 interceptions. In 2005, Havner led the team with 99 tackles and 3 interceptions and added 2 sacks. Havner led UCLA to a 10-2 record with a win in the 2005 Sun Bowl versus Northwestern, where he made 7 tackles and had 1 interception in a 50-38 victory.
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Steve Mariucci
Stephen Ray "Steve" Mariucci (born November 4, 1955) is a former National Football League coach. He coached for the San Francisco 49ers and most recently for the Detroit Lions.
Mariucci was born and raised in Iron Mountain, Michigan, and was a three-time All-America (Division II) quarterback at Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette. In 1975, he quarterbacked NMU to the NCAA Division II National Football Championship. He then went on to play 2 weeks with the Hamilton Tigercats in the Canadian Football League.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater (1978–79), and moved to Cal State Fullerton (1980–82) and Louisville (1983–84). Mariucci's first pro position was as a receivers coach for the USFL's Orlando Renegades in 1985. Later that fall, he had a brief stint with the Los Angeles Rams as quality control coach.
He joined the USC staff in 1986 and then moved to the coaching staff at California in 1987. In 1990–91, he served as the Golden Bears' Offensive Coordinator before being appointed as QB coach for the Green Bay Packers.
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Swede Johnston
Chester "Swede" Johnston (March 7, 1910 – September 19, 2002) was a professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Cincinnati Reds, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Gunners and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Johnston was born in Appleton, Wisconsin to Swedish immigrant parents. In 1981, he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. He died in St. Louis, Missouri and is buried in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
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Ted Fritsch
Theodore Edward Fritsch (October 31, 1920 – October 4, 1979) was an American baseball, basketball, and football player who played running back for the National Football League's Green Bay Packers from 1942 to 1950. He also played two seasons for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League. Fritsch also played as an outfielder for the Portsmouth Cubs, Nashville Vols, and Los Angeles Angels minor league baseball teams in 1944. He attended Spencer High School in Spencer, WI and the High School's football field was named after him. Fritsch died in 1979 of a heart attack
His son, Ted Fritsch, Jr., also played in the NFL in the 1970s.
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Ted Thompson
Ted Thompson (born January 17, 1953, in Atlanta, Texas) is the current general manager of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Thompson was named to the post on January 14, 2005, by former Packers president and CEO Bob Harlan. Thompson took over the general manager duties from Mike Sherman, who had been serving as both head coach and general manager. Prior to becoming the Packers' general manager, Thompson served with the Seattle Seahawks as their vice president of operations from 2000 to 2004. Thompson had previously worked for the Packers organization from 1992 to 1999, serving as their assistant director of pro personnel in 1992, their director of pro personnel from 1993 to 1997, and their director of player personnel from 1997 to 1999. Thompson also had a 10-year playing career in the NFL as a linebacker and special teams player with the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1984.
Ted Thompson played college football at Southern Methodist University starting three years at linebacker intercepting seven passes during his career. During Thompson's senior year he served as a team captain and was also the team's place kicker.
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Terrell Manning
Terrell Manning is an American football linebacker, who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2012 NFL Draft.
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Terrell Owens
Terrell Eldorado Owens ( /ˈtɛrəl/; born on December 7, 1973) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a Free Agent. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Owens holds or shares several National Football League records, and features in the all-time top-five in several receiving categories, including yards and touchdowns.
As productive as he has been, Owens has been equally controversial, creating firestorms with almost every team he has played for as a professional. Owens played college football and basketball at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and was selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. Owens was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004 after a spat with 49ers front office members. Two years later, he was released and signed to another large pact by the Dallas Cowboys, only to be given his unconditional release on March 4, 2009. Owens has also played for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He recently played for the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, before being released in 2012.
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Terry Mickens
Terry KaJuan Mickens (born February 21, 1971 in Tallahassee, Florida) is a retired American football player, who was a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders from 1994 to 1999. He played college football at Florida A&M University. In his career he recorded 4 touchdowns; 3 with Green Bay and one with Oakland. His career best game was against the Detroit Lions, in which he had two touchdown receptions.
In 1996 he was part of the Super Bowl XXXI winning Green Bay Packers team.
In 2005 he began scouting for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Son Named Quinton Mickens in Louisiana
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Thadeus Jackson
Thadeus Jackson is an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Green Bay Packers.
Jackson was born in Columbus, Mississippi. He attended Jackson State University, Hinds Community College, and the University of Alabama. He resides in De Pere, Wisconsin.
Jackson was hired to his first coaching position in 2005 with the Alabama Crimson Tide, focusing mostly on the football program. While coaching with the Crimson Tide he also served as an intern with the New England Patriots in 2003 during the team's training camp. He was hired by the Packers in 2010.
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Tiki Barber
Atiim Kiambu Hakeem-Ah "Tiki" Barber (pronounced /ˈtiːki/) (born April 7, 1975) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia.
Barber retired from the NFL at the end of the 2006 NFL postseason as the New York Giants' all-time rushing and reception leader. On February 13, 2007, he was formally introduced as a correspondent for NBC's The Today Show and Football Night in America/Sunday Night Football. Tiki was also the host of NBC's pre-show for the 66th Golden Globe Awards with Brooke Burke and Nancy O'Dell. On September 18, 2007, Barber's book, Tiki: My Life and the Game Beyond was published. The autobiography was co-written by Gil Reavill. His second book, Tiki Barber's Pure Hard Workout, which was released on November 13, 2008, by Gotham Books, reveals Barber's intensive lifting program. The book is coauthored by his trainer, Joe Carini. He is the identical twin brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber.
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Tim Masthay
Timothy James Masthay (born March 16, 1987 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American football punter for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2009, but released before the first 2009 pre-season game. He played college football at Kentucky. He was nicknamed "Ginger Wolverine" by his Packers teammates for his long red sideburns.
Tim was born to Dr. Mark Masthay, who currently serves as the chairman of the chemistry department at the University of Dayton and to Jean Masthay, currently Executive Director of the League of Women Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Masthay played youth soccer in Des Moines for the Johnston Hornets. Masthay played both American and association football, as well as baseball and basketball at Murray High School in Murray, Kentucky. His positions on the school's football team included punter, placekicker, kickoff returner, wide receiver, and special teams coach.
While majoring in economics at the University of Kentucky, Masthay played football for the Kentucky Wildcats as a punter.
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Tim Terry
Timothy L. Terry (born July 26, 1974 in Hempstead, New York) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for four seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks. He is currently an Assistant Director of Pro Personnel for the Green Bay Packers. He won the 1999 Grey Cup with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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Tiny Cahoon
Tiny Cahoon (May 22, 1900 – February 3, 1973) was a player in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1926-1929 as a tackle. He played at the college level at Gonzaga University and the University of Montana-Missoula.
Cahoon was born Ivan Wells Cahoon on May 22, 1900 in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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Tiny Croft
Milburn Russell "Tiny" Croft (November 7, 1920 – January 22, 1977) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Ripon College and the University of Alabama. Croft was drafted in the 20th round of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.
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Tom Bettis
William Thomas "Tom" Bettis (born March 17, 1933) is a former American football linebacker and coach. After starring at Purdue, Bettis was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 1955 NFL Draft. He played nine seasons for the Packers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Chicago Bears. Bettis served as interim coach of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1977 after the firing of Paul Wiggin. In seven games as Head Coach, Bettis complied a 1-6 record ending a 12 year stinct as a coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. He returned in 1988 to be the defensive backs coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Tom Clements
Thomas Albert Clements (born June 18, 1953) is an American football coach and a former CFL quarterback. He is currently the offensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL.
Clements attended Canevin Catholic High School. Clements was a four year letterman in both football and basketball. He was also offered a basketball scholarship at North Carolina, but decided to play football instead. He is the only athlete in Canevin history to have his jersey retired.[citation needed]
Clements was the starting quarterback for the Notre Dame football team from 1972 to 1974 and led the team to a national championship in 1973. In the Dec 31, 1973 Sugar Bowl matchup against Alabama, Clements had a 3rd-and-9 Hail Mary completion from his own end zone with 2:00 left to secure a 24-23 victory. In 1974, Clements finished fourth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was voted a first-team All-American.
After graduation, Clements began a career in the Canadian Football League, quarterbacking the Ottawa Rough Riders for four seasons and winning the league’s Rookie-of-the-Year award in his inaugural campaign. The next season he helped to lead the team to what became the Rough Riders' last Grey Cup victory. After taking a powerful hit, a woozy Clements threw a pass to tight-end Tony Gabriel in the end zone, a catch which became famous in defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[citation needed]
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Tom Crabtree
Thomas Lewis Crabtree (born November 4, 1985 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American football tight end for the Green Bay Packers.
Married June 28, 2009 to Chelsea Crabtree. Has a son Bryce Thomas Crabtree born October 14, 2010 and is expecting his second child, a baby girl. Tom Crabtree also has two dogs: Molly a Boston Terrier and Charlie a Pug.
Before his professional career, Crabtree was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at tight end for Miami University.
Crabtree was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as a undrafted free agent on May 8, 2009. He appeared in all four of Kansas City’s preseason games registering two catches for 19 yards. He was then waived in the Chiefs final roster cutdown on Sept. 6 but later signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad the next day after clearing waivers. He was then released after the third regular season game.
During the 2009 NFL season, Crabtree was signed to the Green Bay Packers practice squad for the final five weeks of the 2009 NFL season and then to a reserve/futures contract after the season had ended. Crabtree made it past the Packers final roster cutdown before the 2010 NFL season as their third string TE behind Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee and ahead of rookie TE Andrew Quarless.
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Tom Fears
Thomas Jesse Fears (December 3, 1922 – January 4, 2000) was a Mexican-American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League, playing nine seasons from 1948 to 1956. He was later an NFL assistant coach and head coach of the New Orleans Saints, and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Fears was the son of an American mining engineer who had married a Mexican woman, and moved with his family to Los Angeles at the age of six. There, he began to display his ample work ethic by unloading flowers for 25 cents an hour, and later serving as an usher at football games for double that amount.
Fears first played football at Los Angeles' Manual Arts High School, then advanced to compete for Santa Clara University. He spent one year at the latter school before he was drafted for World War II and spent the next three years in military service. After his father became a Japanese prisoner of war, Fears sought to become a fighter pilot to fight Japan. He became a pilot, but was instead shipped to Colorado Springs to play football for a service team.
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Tom Greenfield
Thomas Guy Greenfield (November 10, 1917 - October 9, 2004) was a professional American football center/linebacker in the National Football League. Greenfield, who was born in Glendale, Arizona, played for the Green Bay Packers from 1939–1941. He was named to the Pro Bowl after the Packers won the championship in 1939. He played college football at the University of Arizona, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
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Tom Lovat
Thomas Lovat is a former American football coach in the NCAA, National Football League, and the Canadian Football League.
Lovat started coaching at Utah, there he became the defensive line coach in 1967. Next he went to Idaho State University (1968–70) coaching the defensive secondary and offensive line. Then Lovat moved on to the CFL as the defensive coordinator for the Ottawa Rough Riders (1971), and then went back to Utah as an assistant from 1972–73 and became the head coach 1974–76.
Next Lovat coached at Stanford University from 1977–79 with Bill Walsh. Then he was hired by Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers as the assistant offensive line coach in 1980, and then to St. Louis Cardinals under Jim Hanifan from 1981–84, as line coach. Then he coached the Indianapolis Colts from 1985–88; and back to the Cardinals when the team moved to Phoenix, coaching under Joe Bugel, as his line coach from 1990–91. Then he was hired by Mike Holmgren with the Packers from 1992–98,and finished his career with the Seattle Seahawks in 2003, finishing twelve years coaching for Holmgren.
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Tom McCormick
Thomas Mike McCormick (born May 16, 1930 in Waco, Texas) is a former American football halfback in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at the University of Pacific.
McCormick was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the eighth round (97th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft. He played three seasons for the Rams from 1953-1955. He then played for the San Francisco 49ers in 1956.
During his four-year career he played in 32 games and gained 272 yards rushing on 86 carries. He had one career touchdown. As a kick return man he gained 10 yards on 9 punt returns and 243 yards on 11 kickoff returns for the Rams and 49ers. He recovered four fumbles during his professional career.
McCormick was an assistant coach under Vince Lombardi for the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.
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Tommy Crutcher
Tommy Joe Crutcher (b. August 10, 1941 in McKinney, Texas – d. February 16, 2002 in Port Isabel, Texas)
Tommy Joe Crutcher (6’ 3” 192) with 10.5 speed, was one of the finest fullbacks and defensive linebackers in Texas High School football during the late 1950s. As a junior in 1958, Crutcher, a strong, punishing runner, rushed for 1,070 yards in 13 games to lead the McKinney Lions offense.
Crutcher, who was All-District as a junior was also an outstanding outside linebacker that had numerous unassisted tackles as the Lions lost in the 1958 AAA semi-final game to eventual AAA state champion Breckenridge.
Despite missing 3 games with a shoulder injury his senior year in 1959, Crutcher still managed to lead the Lions with 850 yards rushing on 143 carries over 7 games. He was also well known for his crushing tackles from his defensive linebacker position. He was Co-Captain of the football team and a 1959 AAA Honorable Mention All-State selection. Tommy Joe, a High School Football All-American, was highly respected by his coaches, teachers, team mates and the people of McKinney.
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Tony Canadeo
Anthony Robert "Tony" Canadeo (May 5, 1919 – November 29, 2003) was a professional football player, a halfback and quarterback for the NFL's Green Bay Packers from 1941 to 1944 and 1946 to 1952, having missed the 1945 season while serving in the United States Army during World War II.
Born and raised in Chicago, Tony Canadeo attended Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre, formerly known as Steinmetz High School, a public four-year high school located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299. It is named for the handicapped German-American mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923).
Canadeo played college football at Gonzaga University in Spokane, where he was first known as the "Gray Ghost of Gonzaga ," due to his prematurely graying hair. He was selected by the Packers in the ninth round (77th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft. He joined the army in 1945, but returned in 1946 and became Green Bay's primary ball carrier. He was the first Packer to rush for 1000 yards in a season and the third player ever in the NFL to accomplish this feat. Canadeo rushed for 1052 yards in 1949, as the Packers struggled to a 2-10 record. In addition to his accomplishments as a running back, Canadeo also recorded nine career interceptions on defense and served as the team's punter.
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Tony Mandarich
Ante Josip "Tony" Mandarich (born September 23, 1966) is a former football offensive lineman of the NFL. He was the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1989, second overall behind quarterback Troy Aikman, and ahead of the third selection, running back Barry Sanders, the fourth selection, linebacker Derrick Thomas, and the fifth selection, cornerback Deion Sanders. Mandarich is the only player of those five not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is tied with Charles Rogers as the second highest drafted Michigan State player ever (behind Bubba Smith). He is also the highest-drafted Canadian-born player in NFL history. In 1989, Sports Illustrated called him "the best offensive line prospect ever", but he is now considered one of the biggest busts in NFL history.
Playing at Michigan State University, Mandarich played in the 1988 Rose Bowl, was named as a First-team All-American, an Outland Award finalist and a two-time Big Ten Lineman of the Year. Upon his entry into the 1989 NFL Draft, both scouts and media (most notably Sports Illustrated, which did a cover story on him, nicknaming him "The Incredible Bulk") began trumpeting Mandarich as the best offensive line prospect ever, touting his "measurables", "He weighed 304, ran the 40 in 4.65 seconds, did a standing long jump of 10' 3", leaped vertically 30" and bench-pressed 225 pounds an unheard-of 39 times". He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice and was also a colorful character, illustrated by such instances as challenging then–Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson to a fight, missing scheduled public appearances due to being drunk or hungover, his well-documented love of the band Guns N' Roses (he had a dog named Axl and also a tattoo of the cross-design from the cover of Appetite for Destruction on his arm), and referring to Green Bay as "a village".
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Tony Paulekas
Anthony J. "Tony" Paulekas Jr. was an American football Center in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the Washington & Jefferson College.
In 1974, he was inducted into the Mercer County Hall of Fame.
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Tori Gurley
Tori Gurley (born November 22, 1987) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at South Carolina. Gurley was cut by the Packers on September 3, 2011 but was signed to their practice squad the following day.
He is from Rock Hill, South Carolina and attended Rock Hill High School where he led the Bearcats to a state championship on both the gridiron and the hardwood during his senior year. Through 2010 and 12 games Gurley's career statistics at South Carolina are as follows: 824 receiving yards (6 touchdowns, 70 receptions).
Born Tori Childers. Tori excelled as a two sport athlete in high school. In his senior year he led Rock Hill High School to a 2006 State Championship in basketball and football. He originally committed to the University of North Carolina to play both football and basketball. When Childers came to South Carolina he changed his last name to Gurley in honor of his late father, who was 42 when he died in a car accident in Las Vegas on Mother's Day in 2007. His father played basketball at Virginia Tech where he roomed with Dell Curry. Gurley played AAU basketball with NBA superstar Stephen Curry during his high school days and they remain close friends.
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Tramon Williams
Tramon Vernell Williams (born March 16, 1983 in Houma, Louisiana) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2006.
Williams played football at Assumption High School in Napoleonville, Louisiana, but was overlooked by college football recruiters who instead scouted his teammate and friend Brandon Jacobs. After graduating in 2001, Williams attended Louisiana Tech University. Originally intending to study electrical engineering, he earned Bachelor's degrees in sociology and computer science. He had joined the Bulldogs football team as a walk-on in his freshman year. He became a starting defensive back by his junior season.
Williams was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2006 but was released in the final preseason roster reduction.
Williams was signed by the Packers on November 29, 2006.
In 2007 through 2009, Tramon went from securing a roster spot in 2007 to starting 20 games in the three year span (19 of them coming in 2008 & 2009). He continued to progress, and eventually took the starting spot opposite Charles Woodson in 2009, which was previously held by Al Harris, who got injured mid-season. This was his first year under a new defensive coaching staff, including defensive coordinator Dom Capers and cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt, Jr..
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Travis Jervey
Travis Richard Jervey (born May 5, 1972 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a former American football tailback. He played for the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Atlanta Falcons. He played his college football at The Citadel.
In 1997, he was the first Packers' player to make the Pro Bowl for his play on kick coverage.
In 1999, he signed a 4-year free agent contract with the 49ers worth $6 million.
He currently coaches football at Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.[citation needed]
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Tuffy Thompson
Clarence "Tuffy" Thompson is a former halfback in the National Football League. He played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates before becoming a member of the Green Bay Packers during his final season.
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Verne Lewellen
Verne Lewellen (born September 29, 1901 - April 16, 1980) was an American football player. He played most of his nine year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. He also was the Packers' General Manager from 1954 through 1957. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1967.
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Vernon Biever
Vernon Joseph Biever (21 May 1923 – 13 October 2010 ) was an American photographer, most notably with the Green Bay Packers.
Biever covered his first Packers game in 1941 for The Milwaukee Sentinel while a student at St. Norbert College. He was the official team photographer from 1946 until his retirement in 2006.
His photographs were collected in The Glory of Titletown (ISBN 0878339906). Biever's photographs have been featured in books, television shows, and movies.
Biever's son John is a photographer for Sports Illustrated. His other son, James, and grandson, Michael, are photographers for the Packers.
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Vince Dooley
Vincent Joseph Dooley (born September 4, 1932) was the head football coach (seasons 1964 through 1988) and athletic director (1979 to 2004) at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a 201–77–10 record. His teams won six Southeastern Conference titles and the 1980 national championship. After the 1980 season, Dooley was recognized as college football's "Coach of the Year" by several organizations, including the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, whose annual award has since been renamed as the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award. Dooley's teams were known for their hard nosed defense and conservative yet fundamentally sound offenses. From 1964 to 1980, Dooley was notably assisted by his defensive coordinator, Erskine "Erk" Russell.
Dooley grew up in Mobile, Alabama and attended the McGill Institute, administered by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. Dooley competed on behalf of McGill's athletic teams, known as the Yellow Jackets, and for a few years considered basketball to be his best sport.
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Vince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American football coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight league championships and five in seven years, including winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. The National Football League's Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor. He was enshrined in the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
He played football at St. Francis Preparatory School, and later Fordham University. He began coaching as an assistant and later as a head coach at St. Cecilia High School. He would later become an assistant coach at Fordham University, the U.S. Military Academy, and the New York Giants before becoming a head coach for the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967 and the Washington Redskins in 1969. He never had a losing season as a head coach in the NFL, compiling an impressive regular season winning percentage of 73.8% and 90% in the postseason.
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Waldo Don Carlos
Waldo Emerson Don Carlos (October 16, 1909 – June 18, 1997) was a center in the National Football League.
Carlos was born on October 16, 1909 in Greenfield, Iowa.
Carlos played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1931 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the 1931 NFL Champion Packers. He had previously played at the collegiate level at Drake University.
Carlos was the fourth Latin American in the history of the NFL to play on a team.
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Wally Cruice
Walter Cruice (April 13, 1913 - December 7, 2001 (Indianapolis Star, December 9, 2001) was a professional American football player, assistant coach, and scout in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers. He served as Chief Scout for 31 years under every head coach from Curly Lambeau through Bart Starr. During his time with the team, the Packers won five league championships, including the first two Super Bowls.
Cruice played high school football at Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His high school coach was future Packers' coach Lisle Blackbourn, for whom he would later serve under as Chief Scout from 1954-1957. He then played college football as a halfback at Northwestern University from 1934–1936 and was the team's co-captain and most valuable player as a senior. After his final season, he played in the East-West Shrine Game.
Cruice was drafted by the Packers as the 70th pick in the 1936 NFL Draft, but turned down the contract offer. Instead, he went to work for an oil company in Chicago and played for the Chicago Gunners, a regional professional team.[citation needed]
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Walt Kiesling
Walter Andrew Kiesling (May 27, 1903 – March 2, 1962) was an American football player and coach.
A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kiesling played both offensive and defensive line at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota). His professional career took him to the Duluth Eskimos, Pottsville Maroons, Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Keisling's coaching career in the National Football League was spent exclusively with the Steelers. He was head coach for most of the six seasons from 1939 to 1944, and came back for a second stint from 1954 to 1956. In 1943 and 1944 he split head coaching duties — with Greasy Neale when the Steelers merged with the Philadelphia Eagles (to form the "Steagles") in '43 and then with Phil Handler when the Steelers merged with the Chicago Cardinals the following season. A 1939 Official Program for Pittsburgh Pirates Intra-Squad Game lists Keisling as "Asst. Coach" and Johny Blood (McNally) as "Coach".
Kiesling's overall record at Pittsburgh was 30-55-5. He kept the franchise competitive, but only put together two winning seasons.
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Warren Kilbourne
Warren William Kilbourne (June 20, 1916 – May 16, 1967) was a player in the National Football League.
Kilbourne was born on June 20, 1916 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was given the nickname "Wally".
Kilbourne played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1939 NFL season. As such, he was a member of the 1939 NFL Champion Packers.
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Minnesota.
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Wayland Becker
Wayland Herman Becker (November 2, 1910 – December 1, 1984) was an American football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons.
Becker was born in Soperton, Wisconsin and attended East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin. While in high school, he twice led his football team to Fox River Valley conference championships, in 1928 and 1929. Becker went on to attend Marquette University, where he played football and basketball, lettering twice.
Becker began his NFL career with the George Halas's Chicago Bears in 1934. He played just two games for the Bears before completing the 1934 season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with whom he stayed through the 1935 season.
In 1936 Becker went to the Green Bay Packers, where he spent the next three seasons. Those Packers teams played in the NFL Championship Game twice during his tenure, winning in 1936 and losing in 1938.
He finished his NFL career in 1939 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was released by the Pirates after two games.
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Wayne Larrivee
Wayne Larrivee is an American sportscaster. Larrivee is currently the radio play-by-play voice of the Green Bay Packers over the Packers Radio Network and calls college football and basketball for the Big Ten Network on television. Despite his current job with the Packers Larrivee has long been asssociated with Chicago sports.
Larrivee was born in Lee, Massachusetts and attended Emerson College in Boston, where he graduated with a degree in mass communications.
In 1985, Larrivee was hired to be the radio voice for the Chicago Bears and held that position until he took over as voice of the Packers. As the Bears won Super Bowl XX in 1985 Larrivee was behind the mic for the entire season of what was considered by various outlets (including ESPN) to be the greatest Super Bowl team of all time.
He also was the television play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Bulls for WGN-TV for seventeen seasons. At various times he has also called games for the Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Kings, Iowa Hawkeyes football, Missouri Tigers basketball, and Big Ten football and basketball for ESPN Plus.
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Whitey Woodin
Howard Lee "Whitey" Woodin (born January 29, 1894) was an American football player. He played his entire ten year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1973. After retiring from football, Woodin remained in Green Bay and worked for many years at Falls Power and Paper Company.
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Winston Moss
Winston Moss (born December 24, 1965) is a former American football linebacker and current assistant head coach / inside linebackers coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1987 NFL Draft. He played college football at Miami.
Moss also played for the Los Angeles Raiders and Seattle Seahawks.
Moss began his coaching career in 1998 as a defensive quality control assistant for the Seattle Seahawks. He was hired by the New Orleans Saints in 2000 as defensive assistant/quality control, he was promoted to linebackers coach near the end of that season to replace John Bunting, who departed to become head coach at the University of North Carolina. Moss was hired by the Packers to become their linebackers coach on January 19, 2006. He was promoted to assistant head coach by head coach Mike McCarthy on January 15, 2007. Following a disappointing 2008 season for the Packers, Moss was the only major defensive coach not to be fired by McCarthy.
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Wuert Engelmann
Wuert Engelmann (also spelled Weert) (February 11, 1908 – January 1979) was a professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers.
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Zac Woodfin
Zac Woodfin (born March 19, 1983 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2005, and went on to have stints with the Baltimore Ravens, Frankfurt Galaxy and the Houston Texans. He played college football at UAB.
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Zeke Bratkowski
Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski (born October 20, 1931) is a former All-American quarterback at the University of Georgia from 1952 to 1953. He also had a fourteen year career in the NFL with the Chicago Bears, L.A. Rams and Green Bay Packers, followed by a 26-year coaching career. He is the father of the Jacksonville Jaguars offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski.
Bratkowski began his playing career at Schlarman High School. He was twice the SEC passing leader under Georgia coach Wally Butts. During his three year career with the Bulldogs, he completed 360 passes for 4,863 yards. Bratkowski was considered one of college football's greatest quarterbacks of his day and was the NCAA's all-time leading passer until 1961. Today, Bratkowski still ranks sixth on Georgia's list of career passing leaders. He also led the NCAA in punting his senior year with a 42.6 yard average.
He was drafted by the Chicago Bears and played five seasons in Chicago. He played for the Los Angeles Rams for three years before being signed by Vince Lombardi for the $100 waiver fee to become the "super sub" to Bart Starr. In Green Bay, he was nicknamed "Uncle Zekie." He became an ideal backup and spot starter during the Lombardi championship era. In a 15 year year NFL career, Bratkowski passed for 10,345 yards and 65 touchdowns.
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Green Bay Packers - Complete History
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- Duration: 57:29
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
The story of one great team!
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Packers vs Titans 2012: Green Bay Steamrolls Tennessee, Moves Closer to Potential 1st Round Bye
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
The Green Bay Packers dominated the Tennessee Titans by a score of 55-7 in Week 16. Once again led by Aaron Rodgers (342 yards, 4 total TD's, 0 turnovers), the Green Bay Packers won for the 9th time in their past 10 games and in doing so, remain in contention to earn the #2 seed and a 1st round bye in the NFC Playoffs. Ryan Grant chipped in with 80 yards on the ground and a couple of scores and the defense overwhelmed Tennessee, sacking Jake Locker 7 times. Dave Rantisi of Wake Up Its Football (youtube.com/wakeupitsfootball) breaks it down for the Acme Packing Company channel. Subscribe!
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The Green Bay Packers dominated the Tennessee Titans by a score of 55-7 in Week 16. Once again led by Aaron Rodgers (342 yards, 4 total TD's, 0 turnovers), the Green Bay Packers won for the 9th time in their past 10 games and in doing so, remain in contention to earn the #2 seed and a 1st round bye in the NFC Playoffs. Ryan Grant chipped in with 80 yards on the ground and a couple of scores and the defense overwhelmed Tennessee, sacking Jake Locker 7 times. Dave Rantisi of Wake Up Its Football (youtube.com/wakeupitsfootball) breaks it down for the Acme Packing Company channel. Subscribe!
- published: 24 Dec 2012
- views: 2131
- author: sbnPackers
Most Dangerous NFC Team
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- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Ron Jaworski thinks the Seattle Seahawks' explosive offense makes them the most dangerous team in the NFC, but Merril Hoge thinks the Green Bay Packers may be more dangerous now that they're healthy.
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Ron Jaworski thinks the Seattle Seahawks' explosive offense makes them the most dangerous team in the NFC, but Merril Hoge thinks the Green Bay Packers may be more dangerous now that they're healthy.
- published: 24 Dec 2012
- views: 4350
- author: ESPN
San Francisco 49ers Vs Green Bay Packers (9-9-12)
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- Duration: 150:21
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
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Copyright Disclaimer: No Copyright Intended, just "Fair use". Want me to upload more full games? leave a comment saying so, rate up, and subscribe. I recently got a copyright strike for the "Ravens V Bengals" game, IDK who did it but somehow i doubt it was the NFL, anyway The RvsB game wont be shown but i will get u all future Ravens and Bengals games!!! Please leave a Comment showing How U Feel about the ravens v bengals being removed.
- published: 15 Sep 2012
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The Green Bay Packers - "Redemption 2012" **1080P**
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- Duration: 3:04
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
We are coming to take back what belongs to us. Watch out. This is going to hurt.
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We are coming to take back what belongs to us. Watch out. This is going to hurt.
- published: 28 Jul 2012
- views: 20581
- author: Dale H Decker
Hitler reacts to the Green Bay Packers losing to the New York Giants in the 2012 Divisional Playoffs
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Hitler reacting to the news that the New York Giants beat the Green Bay Packers during the Divisional Playoff game at Lambeau Field on January 15, 2012. The Packers were favored by 6.5 points and Hitler sold his ticket, assuming they would be playing the 49ers at Lambeau for the NFC Championship a week later. He is haunted by Favre and his epic interception in the 2007 Giants / Packers match-up (and team betrayal), 5 years earlier. Hitler also is upset by the UW Badgers, the Milwaukee Brewers, and even Mark Chmura! For those of you looking for my "Hitler Reacting the Replacement Refs" video, look here! www.youtube.com
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Hitler reacting to the news that the New York Giants beat the Green Bay Packers during the Divisional Playoff game at Lambeau Field on January 15, 2012. The Packers were favored by 6.5 points and Hitler sold his ticket, assuming they would be playing the 49ers at Lambeau for the NFC Championship a week later. He is haunted by Favre and his epic interception in the 2007 Giants / Packers match-up (and team betrayal), 5 years earlier. Hitler also is upset by the UW Badgers, the Milwaukee Brewers, and even Mark Chmura! For those of you looking for my "Hitler Reacting the Replacement Refs" video, look here! www.youtube.com
- published: 22 Jan 2012
- views: 266808
- author: deviousrlm
Vince Lombardi Trophy Presentation - Green Bay Packers (Super Bowl XLV 2-6-2011)
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- Duration: 6:14
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
The Green Bay Packers receive their 4th Superbowl trophy and 13th World Title total against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Rodgers was named MVP of the game. Roger Goodell,Aaron Rodgers,Clay Mathews,Terry Bradshaw,Roger Staubach,Mark Murphy. Congrats to the Green Bay Packers, the 2011 Super Bowl Champions. All copyrights belong to the NFL
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The Green Bay Packers receive their 4th Superbowl trophy and 13th World Title total against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Rodgers was named MVP of the game. Roger Goodell,Aaron Rodgers,Clay Mathews,Terry Bradshaw,Roger Staubach,Mark Murphy. Congrats to the Green Bay Packers, the 2011 Super Bowl Champions. All copyrights belong to the NFL
- published: 07 Feb 2011
- views: 71163
- author: Hokies1976
Madden 13: Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions Full Game [HD]
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- Duration: 40:34
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Playing another game of madden 13. Which 2 teams would you like to see next? Leave a comment below. Tags: "Madden 13" Football NFL 13 "National Football League" "Green Bay Packers" "Detroit Lions" "Xbox 360" "PlayStation 3 (Computer)" Nintendo Wii PC HD IGN Machinima EA Sports ESPN Superbowl XLVII Championship Full Game Gaming 8/28/2012
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Playing another game of madden 13. Which 2 teams would you like to see next? Leave a comment below. Tags: "Madden 13" Football NFL 13 "National Football League" "Green Bay Packers" "Detroit Lions" "Xbox 360" "PlayStation 3 (Computer)" Nintendo Wii PC HD IGN Machinima EA Sports ESPN Superbowl XLVII Championship Full Game Gaming 8/28/2012
- published: 28 Aug 2012
- views: 29448
- author: ChimeraNemesis
The Green Bay Packers VS. The Chicago Bears - "The Story of Football" **1080P**
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- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
The story of Professional Football and the NFL itself can be and is told by the bitter feud between the 2 oldest teams in League History, The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
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The story of Professional Football and the NFL itself can be and is told by the bitter feud between the 2 oldest teams in League History, The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
- published: 27 Jun 2012
- views: 13739
- author: Dale H Decker
Madden 13 - Connected Careers Franchise | Green Bay Packers vs. San Diego Chargers [EP 2]
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- Duration: 11:42
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Give it a like! Follow me as I take control of the Green Bay Packers in Madden 13 Franchise / Connected Careers Mode. There are a ton of new features in Madden 13 mode especially for franchise fans. Instead of controlling a team, you will now control a head coach which allows you to control all aspects of that team. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shirts: bobtrain.spreadshirt.com My Photo Stream: razzi.me My Twitter: www.twitter.com Livestream: www.twitch.tv My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Tumblr: bobtrain.tumblr.com -------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Connected Careers as Coach How to Control Team in Connected Careers How to Make Roster Moves in Connected Careers Extra Tags: "Madden 13" "Madden 13 Connected Careers" "Madden 13 Franchise" "Madden NFL 13" "Connected Careers Coach" MLB 12 Road To The Show "MLB 2K12" "NBA 2K12" "NBA 2K12 My Player" "NBA 2K13" Madden 13 Supertar Franchise Mode quick match first look gameplay trailer "How To" "Tips & Tricks" "NCAA 13"
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Give it a like! Follow me as I take control of the Green Bay Packers in Madden 13 Franchise / Connected Careers Mode. There are a ton of new features in Madden 13 mode especially for franchise fans. Instead of controlling a team, you will now control a head coach which allows you to control all aspects of that team. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shirts: bobtrain.spreadshirt.com My Photo Stream: razzi.me My Twitter: www.twitter.com Livestream: www.twitch.tv My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Tumblr: bobtrain.tumblr.com -------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Connected Careers as Coach How to Control Team in Connected Careers How to Make Roster Moves in Connected Careers Extra Tags: "Madden 13" "Madden 13 Connected Careers" "Madden 13 Franchise" "Madden NFL 13" "Connected Careers Coach" MLB 12 Road To The Show "MLB 2K12" "NBA 2K12" "NBA 2K12 My Player" "NBA 2K13" Madden 13 Supertar Franchise Mode quick match first look gameplay trailer "How To" "Tips & Tricks" "NCAA 13"
- published: 26 Aug 2012
- views: 31850
- author: bobtrain
'Seahawks Packers' Did Refs Steal Game? Green Bay vs Seattle Monday Night Football 9/24/2012
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- Duration: 1:03
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
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- published: 25 Sep 2012
- views: 282126
- author: NakedMile7
Madden 13 - Connected Careers Franchise | Cleveland Browns vs. Green Bay Packers [EP 3]
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- Duration: 13:31
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Give it a like! Follow me as I take control of the Green Bay Packers in Madden 13 Franchise / Connected Careers Mode. There are a ton of new features in Madden 13 mode especially for franchise fans. Instead of controlling a team, you will now control a head coach which allows you to control all aspects of that team. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shirts: bobtrain.spreadshirt.com My Photo Stream: razzi.me My Twitter: www.twitter.com Livestream: www.twitch.tv My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Tumblr: bobtrain.tumblr.com -------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Connected Careers as Coach How to Control Team in Connected Careers How to Make Roster Moves in Connected Careers Extra Tags: "Madden 13" "Madden 13 Connected Careers" "Madden 13 Franchise" "Madden NFL 13" "Connected Careers Coach" MLB 12 Road To The Show "MLB 2K12" "NBA 2K12" "NBA 2K12 My Player" "NBA 2K13" Madden 13 Supertar Franchise Mode quick match first look gameplay trailer "How To" "Tips & Tricks" "NCAA 13"
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Give it a like! Follow me as I take control of the Green Bay Packers in Madden 13 Franchise / Connected Careers Mode. There are a ton of new features in Madden 13 mode especially for franchise fans. Instead of controlling a team, you will now control a head coach which allows you to control all aspects of that team. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shirts: bobtrain.spreadshirt.com My Photo Stream: razzi.me My Twitter: www.twitter.com Livestream: www.twitch.tv My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Tumblr: bobtrain.tumblr.com -------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Connected Careers as Coach How to Control Team in Connected Careers How to Make Roster Moves in Connected Careers Extra Tags: "Madden 13" "Madden 13 Connected Careers" "Madden 13 Franchise" "Madden NFL 13" "Connected Careers Coach" MLB 12 Road To The Show "MLB 2K12" "NBA 2K12" "NBA 2K12 My Player" "NBA 2K13" Madden 13 Supertar Franchise Mode quick match first look gameplay trailer "How To" "Tips & Tricks" "NCAA 13"
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 14393
- author: bobtrain
NFL Green Bay Packers Elite Jerseys Review In Details,NFL,NBA Jerseys,MLB Jerseys Factory.
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- Duration: 9:02
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
NFL Green Bay Packers Jerseys Review In Details,NBA Jerseys,MLB Jerseys Factory. www.nfljerseybizchina.com look at the photoes,the quality of our jerseys are even better than real,but just need about 20$.There is embroidery sewed on the name of the players and number,it's not offset plate.we can promise on the quality. we offer free shipping if you order more than 5pcs.and most of our customers make long term business with us,welcome your visting on our website and contacting(our website above).
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NFL Green Bay Packers Jerseys Review In Details,NBA Jerseys,MLB Jerseys Factory. www.nfljerseybizchina.com look at the photoes,the quality of our jerseys are even better than real,but just need about 20$.There is embroidery sewed on the name of the players and number,it's not offset plate.we can promise on the quality. we offer free shipping if you order more than 5pcs.and most of our customers make long term business with us,welcome your visting on our website and contacting(our website above).
- published: 16 Dec 2012
- views: 13568
- author: Tony Lue
Packer Rock Anthem ft. Lucas Cates & Danielle Robay (LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem Remix)
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
GET THE SHIRT HERE: packerrock.bandcamp.com DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE: packerrock.bandcamp.com Produced by Cascia Films: casciafilms.com & RJ Production and Design: tinyurl.com Created by Tyler Warner Follow Lucas Cates www.lucascates.com @LucasCatesBand - twitter.com Follow Danielle Robay...
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GET THE SHIRT HERE: packerrock.bandcamp.com DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE: packerrock.bandcamp.com Produced by Cascia Films: casciafilms.com & RJ Production and Design: tinyurl.com Created by Tyler Warner Follow Lucas Cates www.lucascates.com @LucasCatesBand - twitter.com Follow Danielle Robay...
- published: 29 Oct 2011
- views: 1153351
- author: Logan Cascia
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Madden 13 - Connected Careers Franchise | Green Bay Packers vs. Cincinnati Bengals [EP 4]
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- Duration: 14:21
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
Give it a like! Follow me as I take control of the Green Bay Packers in Madden 13 Franchise / Connected Careers Mode. There are a ton of new features in Madden 13 mode especially for franchise fans. Instead of controlling a team, you will now control a head coach which allows you to control all aspects of that team. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shirts: bobtrain.spreadshirt.com My Photo Stream: razzi.me My Twitter: www.twitter.com Livestream: www.twitch.tv My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Tumblr: bobtrain.tumblr.com -------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Connected Careers as Coach How to Control Team in Connected Careers How to Make Roster Moves in Connected Careers Extra Tags: "Madden 13" "Madden 13 Connected Careers" "Madden 13 Franchise" "Madden NFL 13" "Connected Careers Coach" MLB 12 Road To The Show "MLB 2K12" "NBA 2K12" "NBA 2K12 My Player" "NBA 2K13" Madden 13 Supertar Franchise Mode quick match first look gameplay trailer "How To" "Tips & Tricks" "NCAA 13"
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Give it a like! Follow me as I take control of the Green Bay Packers in Madden 13 Franchise / Connected Careers Mode. There are a ton of new features in Madden 13 mode especially for franchise fans. Instead of controlling a team, you will now control a head coach which allows you to control all aspects of that team. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shirts: bobtrain.spreadshirt.com My Photo Stream: razzi.me My Twitter: www.twitter.com Livestream: www.twitch.tv My Facebook: www.facebook.com My Tumblr: bobtrain.tumblr.com -------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Connected Careers as Coach How to Control Team in Connected Careers How to Make Roster Moves in Connected Careers Extra Tags: "Madden 13" "Madden 13 Connected Careers" "Madden 13 Franchise" "Madden NFL 13" "Connected Careers Coach" MLB 12 Road To The Show "MLB 2K12" "NBA 2K12" "NBA 2K12 My Player" "NBA 2K13" Madden 13 Supertar Franchise Mode quick match first look gameplay trailer "How To" "Tips & Tricks" "NCAA 13"
- published: 29 Aug 2012
- views: 12087
- author: bobtrain
Green Bay Packers First Lambeau Leap Original Broadcast 1993
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- Duration: 1:26
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
December 26, 1993
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NFL - NFL Week 2: Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers Recap & Analysis
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- Duration: 8:01
- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears in week 2 by a score of 23-10. Here is my recap and analysis on the NFC North matchup. Follow me on the Social Networks to see ALL my new videos and livestreams! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com
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The Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears in week 2 by a score of 23-10. Here is my recap and analysis on the NFC North matchup. Follow me on the Social Networks to see ALL my new videos and livestreams! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 8974
- author: MrHurriicane
NFL - Week 2: Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers - Preview & Predictions
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- Duration: 7:34
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
Week 2 in the 2012 NFL season kicks off with Thursday Night Football featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. Who you do think wins tonight in this big NFC North clash? Leave comments and predictions below and leave a like if you enjoy the video. Follow me on the Social Networks to see ALL my new videos and livestreams! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com
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Week 2 in the 2012 NFL season kicks off with Thursday Night Football featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. Who you do think wins tonight in this big NFC North clash? Leave comments and predictions below and leave a like if you enjoy the video. Follow me on the Social Networks to see ALL my new videos and livestreams! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com
- published: 13 Sep 2012
- views: 18294
- author: MrHurriicane
![Minnesota Vikings Franchise - Season 5 Week 11 vs Green Bay Packers - Madden NFL 12 [Ep.106]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121230145234im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rVhMLL9dj0o/default.jpg "Minnesota Vikings Franchise - Season 5 Week 11 vs Green Bay Packers - Madden NFL 12 [Ep.106]")
Minnesota Vikings Franchise - Season 5 Week 11 vs Green Bay Packers - Madden NFL 12 [Ep.106]
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- Duration: 14:14
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Vikings Franchise is back with week 11 of season 5 vs the Green Bay Packers! Leave a like please and enjoy the episode :D Follow me on the Social Networks to see ALL my new videos and livestreams! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com
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Vikings Franchise is back with week 11 of season 5 vs the Green Bay Packers! Leave a like please and enjoy the episode :D Follow me on the Social Networks to see ALL my new videos and livestreams! www.twitter.com www.facebook.com
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 11309
- author: MrHurriicane
Black Ops 2 - How to make Green Bay Packers Emblem!
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
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- published: 18 Nov 2012
- views: 9415
- author: VindictiveGamingHQ
Green Bay Packers - Ice Bowl
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- Duration: 73:45
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
The story of the legendary " Ice Bowl " championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. 31st December 1967 at a frozen Lambeau Field with windchill taking the temperature down to −70°F / −57°C
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The story of the legendary " Ice Bowl " championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. 31st December 1967 at a frozen Lambeau Field with windchill taking the temperature down to −70°F / −57°C
- published: 21 Dec 2011
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- author: David Gray
Green Bay Packers v. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1985 Snow Bowl Highlights
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- Duration: 14:43
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
The 'Snow Bowl' was a National Football League game played on December 1, 1985 between the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The game is known for its heavy snow. Only 19856 were in attendance, with over 36000 "no-shows," the most in Packers history (though due to the game selling out well in advance, it was not blacked out on local television, nor has any Packers home game since 1973 been blacked out, due to a sell-out streak dating back to the early 1960s). About 2/3 of the stadium was empty. Twelve inches of snow fell before the game and another four to five inches fell during the game. Green Bay player Preston Dennard described getting to the game, "There was a big, heavy snow 4-5 inches on the ground. Roads in my neighborhood were packed — I couldn't get out". "My neighbors came out of their houses and dug about an eighth of a mile so I could get out and go to the stadium; the main roads were plowed," he recalled. "There were about 20 people out there — I'll never, ever forget that". Tampa Bay wore their white "away" team jerseys, which were difficult to see during the whiteout conditions. Coaches and commentators had difficulty seeing the field. Between plays, grounds crew workers swept snow off the lines marking the field. Dennard, a wide receiver, described catching the football, "I think it was pretty close to 20-below. It was snowing — you could barely see past 15 yards. All you knew is coming out of the mist of ...
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The 'Snow Bowl' was a National Football League game played on December 1, 1985 between the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The game is known for its heavy snow. Only 19856 were in attendance, with over 36000 "no-shows," the most in Packers history (though due to the game selling out well in advance, it was not blacked out on local television, nor has any Packers home game since 1973 been blacked out, due to a sell-out streak dating back to the early 1960s). About 2/3 of the stadium was empty. Twelve inches of snow fell before the game and another four to five inches fell during the game. Green Bay player Preston Dennard described getting to the game, "There was a big, heavy snow 4-5 inches on the ground. Roads in my neighborhood were packed — I couldn't get out". "My neighbors came out of their houses and dug about an eighth of a mile so I could get out and go to the stadium; the main roads were plowed," he recalled. "There were about 20 people out there — I'll never, ever forget that". Tampa Bay wore their white "away" team jerseys, which were difficult to see during the whiteout conditions. Coaches and commentators had difficulty seeing the field. Between plays, grounds crew workers swept snow off the lines marking the field. Dennard, a wide receiver, described catching the football, "I think it was pretty close to 20-below. It was snowing — you could barely see past 15 yards. All you knew is coming out of the mist of ...
- published: 04 Jan 2012
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Sunday Night Football Week 12: Green Bay Packers At New York Giants
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:18
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
The Giants win a close one as the Pack fall to a tie with the bears in the NFC North! Don't forget to like and share the video! Enjoy guys! :D *DISCLAIMER: This is entertainment guys. I know it's not a "real" football game. Just fucking enjoy my dumbass. :) Check out my Facebook page: www.faceb...
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The Giants win a close one as the Pack fall to a tie with the bears in the NFC North! Don't forget to like and share the video! Enjoy guys! :D *DISCLAIMER: This is entertainment guys. I know it's not a "real" football game. Just fucking enjoy my dumbass. :) Check out my Facebook page: www.faceb...
- published: 25 Nov 2012
- views: 374
- author: SaveUsRomo
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29 Dec 2012
Police in India have sealed off much of the capital, Delhi, and issued an appeal for calm after the death of a woman who was gang-raped in the city. The 23-year old woman, who has not been identified, died early on Saturday at a hospital in Singapore, where she had been taken for specialist treatment. Her body is to be flown back to India for burial ... Gatherings of more than five people have been banned in the city centre ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives
27 Dec 2012
Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves ... The Belly for Belligerence? ... We’re All Hawks Now ... The UN just this weekend green-lighted an African expeditionary force to reclaim the territory ... ....(size: 9.3Kb)
photo: AP / Ben Curtis
28 Dec 2012
The president of Central African Republic (CAR) has urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching the capital. Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Francois Bozize on Thursday pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could. He pointed in particular to France, Central African Republic's former colonial ruler ... 516 Share ... News ... ....(size: 19.5Kb)
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29 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. A millennium before the English statesmen Edmund Burke, regarded as the father of Western Conservatism and who wrote, "good order is the foundation of all things," Japan's Seventeen-Article Constitution began with this conservative principle. "Harmony is to be cherished, and opposition for opposition's sake must be avoided as a matter of principle." ... militarism, those protesting U.S....(size: 9.7Kb)
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28 Dec 2012
Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5. Do The Companies Have Their Game Plans Right?. Posted by Jay099 on December 28, 2012 02.15 pm 0. via. Mountain View at California seems to be a busy center now. Google is stepping up the gas on the march towards a holistic environment and experience for the consumers ... My Blog . My FB Page ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
MSNBC
30 Dec 2012
For the Green Bay Packers, it doesn't come all the way down to this, but a win sure would help their effort to win a 14th world championship.For the Minnesota Vikings, it probably comes down to this.Barring a minor miracle of dominoes disguised as NFC wildcard contenders falling later today, the Vikings have to beat the Green Bay Packers in the Humpty Dump (officially known as Mall of America Field at the H.H.H....(size: 2.3Kb)
Denver Post
30 Dec 2012
Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson needs only 208 yards on Sunday against Green Bay to break the single-season rushing record ... Wait to see how Peterson and Vikings do in their game Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, six votes ... If the Vikings defeat Green Bay on Sunday, they're in the playoffs as an NFC wild card ... Should Broncos fans root for the Packers to beat Peterson's Vikings? Maybe, except it would give Green Bay the NFC's No....(size: 8.0Kb)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
30 Dec 2012
A win against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday would put his Minnesota Vikings into the playoffs for the first time since the 2009 season ... Most importantly, getting into the playoffs, securing that with a win against Green Bay ... Tennessee Titans (5-9) at Green Bay Packers (10-4) • 1 p.m ... The Titans will face a much better QB against the Packers than they did Monday night against the Jets ... Packers, 34-10 ... the Packers and Patriots....(size: 8.2Kb)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
30 Dec 2012
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-9) at Atlanta Falcons (13-2) • 1 p.m ... Green Bay Packers (11-4) at Minnesota Vikings (9-6) • 4.25 p.m. • The Packers have revved up their offense and won four in a row ... Packers, 30-24 ... Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-9) at Atlanta Falcons (13-2) • 1 p.m ... Green Bay Packers (11-4) at Minnesota Vikings (9-6) • 4.25 p.m. • The Packers have revved up their offense and won four in a row....(size: 9.4Kb)
Chicago Sun-Times
30 Dec 2012
If the Bears are good enough to come up with a supreme effort with their beloved coach’s future hanging in the balance, they should have done that a long time ago — like against the Green Bay Packers, the Houston Texans or the San Francisco 49ers ... So it’s time to go out and beat Detroit, and then we’ll pull for the Packers.’’ ... Against the Texans (12-3), Packers (11-4), 49ers (10-4-1) and Seahawks (10-5), they came up empty ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
Richmond Times Dispatch
30 Dec 2012
30, 1962 The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 16-7 in the ......(size: 0.4Kb)
Buffalo News
30 Dec 2012
(Last week’s ranking in parentheses). 1. Denver Broncos. Manning-Brady for AFC final? (4). 2. Green Bay Packers. Rodgers 6-3 vs. Vikings. (3). 3. Seattle Seahawks. As the Monkees said. I’m a believer. (7). 4. Atlanta Falcons. Tony Gonzalez is so old he used to babysit Pebbles and Bamm- Bamm. And he has 88 catches as well. (5). 5. San Francisco 49ers. Justin Smith injury a big blow. (1). 6 ... (2). 7 ... Tampa Bay Buccaneers....(size: 2.4Kb)
Philadelphia Daily News
30 Dec 2012
Now he needs 102 yards on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers to become just the seventh player to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season ... You can put New England quarterback Tom Brady, Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the mix for the MVP, but the Comeback Player contest is strictly between Peterson and Manning....(size: 22.9Kb)
Richmond Times Dispatch
30 Dec 2012
ASHBURN It’s a recipe for what DeAngelo Hall called “pandemonium.” It’s Dallas Cowboys at the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field with the NFC East title on the line, in prime time and on national television ... But Griffin, a rookie quarterback, is trying to play it cool ... “You have to ... Washington can clinch a playoff spot before kickoff if the Chicago Bears lose to the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings lose to the Green Bay Packers....(size: 4.8Kb)
Star Telegram
30 Dec 2012
It is the greatest sound Red Bryant can imagine. It is the thump of a field-goal attempt hitting off his arm. The Seattle Seahawks defensive end blocked four field goals last season ... "It's a great feeling," Bryant said in a phone interview ... "We're playing with a lot of confidence ... The Houston Texans have lost only three games, but the losses to the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots and Minnesota Vikings were by a combined 107-44....(size: 4.0Kb)
Boston Herald
30 Dec 2012
According to Hyldburg, the author of “Total Patriots,” it was the first drop-kicked extra point in an NFL game since the late Ray “Scooter” McLean, the former Woburn High coach and Green Bay Packer, did it for the final point scored in the 1941 NFL Championship Game played on Dec. 21, 1941....(size: 11.2Kb)
Kansas City Star
30 Dec 2012
SAN FRANCISCO - No Super Bowl champion ever has buzzed through its regular season without a three-game win streak ... Before they enter the playoffs, the 49ers (10-4-1) have one last chance to gain momentum ... A victory also would secure the 49ers' second straight division title, and it would give them the NFC's No.�2 seed if the Minnesota Vikings (9-6) knock off the visiting Green Bay Packers (11-4) ... PST ... Louis Rams (7-7-1)....(size: 4.3Kb)
The Inquisitr
30 Dec 2012
Posted. December 29, 2012. Adrian Peterson could break the NFL single-season rushing record on Sunday night, but the Vikings running-back says the personal glory will mean little if his team misses out on a playoff berth. Peterson is required to rush for 208 yards against the Green Bay Packers if he is to break Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson’s single-season record of 2,105 yards ... “It would feel hollow ... Category. Football. Tags ....(size: 7.4Kb)
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The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Green Bay is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, having been organized and playing in 1919.[5] The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.
The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau (hence the name Lambeau Field on which the team plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to what is known today as the National Football League (NFL). Although Green Bay is the last NFL "small town" team, its local fan base and media extends into nearby Milwaukee; the team also played selected home games there between 1933 and 1994.
The Green Bay Packers have won 13 league championships (more than any other team in the NFL), including nine NFL championships prior to the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowl victories—in 1967 (Super Bowl I), 1968 (Super Bowl II), 1997 (Super Bowl XXXI) and 2011 (Super Bowl XLV).[6] The Packers have long-standing, bitter rivalries with their NFC North (formerly the NFC Central) opponents, the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions. The Bears-Packers rivalry is one of the oldest rivalries in NFL history, dating back to 1921.
Founding[link]
Main article: History of the Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919[1] by former high-school football rivals Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.[7] Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor. Today "Green Bay Packers" is the oldest team-name still in use in the NFL, both by its nickname and by virtue of remaining in its original city.
On August 27, 1921, the Packers were granted a franchise in the new national pro football league that had been formed the previous year. Financial troubles plagued the team and the franchise was forfeited within the year, before Lambeau found new financial backers and regained the franchise the next year. These backers, known as the "Hungry Five", formed the Green Bay Football Corporation.
Notable seasons[link]
Record 13 NFL world championships[link]
League annals show 13 World Championships,[6] the most in the NFL (the next closest team is the Chicago Bears, with nine). The first three were decided by league standing, the next six by the NFL Title Game, and the final four by Super Bowl victories. The Packers are also the only team to win three consecutive NFL titles, having accomplished this twice (1929-30-31 under Lambeau and 1965-66-67 under Vince Lombardi).
1929–1931: Lambeau's team arrives[link]
After a near-miss in 1927, Lambeau's squad claimed the Packers' first NFL title in 1929 with an undefeated 12–0–1 campaign, behind a stifling defense which registered eight shutouts. Green Bay would repeat as league champions in 1930 and 1931, bettering teams from New York, Chicago and throughout the league, with all-time greats and future Hall of Famers Mike Michalske, Johnny (Blood) McNally, Cal Hubbard and Green Bay native Arnie Herber. Among the many impressive accomplishments of these years was the Packers' streak of 30 consecutive home games without defeat, an NFL record which still stands.[8]
1935–1945: The Don Hutson era[link]
The arrival of end Don Hutson from Alabama in 1935 gave Lambeau and the Packers the most-feared and dynamic offensive weapon in the game. Credited with inventing pass patterns, Hutson would lead the league in receptions eight seasons and spur the Packers to NFL championships in 1936, 1939 and 1944. An iron man, Hutson also led the league in interceptions in 1940. Hutson claimed 18 NFL records when he retired in 1945, many of which still stand.[9] In 1951, his number 14 was the first to be retired by the Packers, and he was inducted as a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
1946–1958: Wilderness[link]
After Hutson's retirement, Lambeau could not stop the slide of the Packers, and departed after the 1949 season. Gene Ronzani and Lisle Blackbourn could not coach the Packers back to their former magic, even as a new stadium was unveiled in 1957. The losing would crescendo to the disastrous 1958 campaign under coach Ray "Scooter" McLean, whose lone year at the helm resulted in a 1–10–1 mark, worst in Packer history.[10]
1959–1967: The Lombardi era and the glory years[link]
On February 2, 1959, the hiring of New York Giants assistant Vince Lombardi as Packers head coach and general manager represented the beginning of a remarkable, immediate turnaround. Under Lombardi, the Packers would become the Team of the 60s, winning five world championships over a seven-year span, including victories in the first two Super Bowls. During the Lombardi era, the stars of the Packers' offense included Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Carroll Dale, Paul Hornung (as halfback and placekicker), Forrest Gregg, and Jerry Kramer. The defense included Willie Davis, Henry Jordan, Willie Wood, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson, and Herb Adderley.
1959[link]
In their first game under Lombardi on September 27, 1959, the Packers beat the Chicago Bears, 9–6, in Green Bay. After winning their first three, the Packers lost the next five before finishing strong by winning the rest. The 7–5 record represented the Packers' first winning season since 1947. Rookie head coach Lombardi was named Coach of the Year.
1960[link]
The next year, the Packers, led by Paul Hornung's 176 points, won the NFL West title and played in the NFL Championship against the Philadelphia Eagles at Philadelphia. In a see-saw game, the Packers trailed the Eagles by four points late in the game, when Chuck Bednarik tackled Jim Taylor just nine yards short of the goal line as time ran out. They claimed that they did not "lose" that game; they were simply behind in the score when time ran out on them.
1961[link]
The Packers returned to the NFL Championship game the following season and faced the New York Giants in the first league title game to be played in Green Bay. The Packers scored 24 second-quarter points, including a championship-record 19 by Paul Hornung, on special "loan" from the Army (one touchdown, four extra-points and three field goals), powering the Packers to a 37–0 rout of the Giants, their first NFL Championship since 1944.[11] It was in 1961 that Green Bay became known as "Titletown."
1962[link]
The Packers stormed back in the 1962 season, jumping out to a 10–0 start, on their way to a 13–1 season. This consistent level of success would lead to Lombardi's Packers becoming one of the most prominent teams of their era, and even to their being featured as the face of the NFL on the cover of Time on December 21, 1962, as part of the magazine's cover story on "The Sport of the '60s".[12] Shortly after Time's article, the Packers faced the Giants in a much more brutal championship game than the previous year, but the Packers prevailed on the surprising foot of Jerry Kramer and the determined running of Jim Taylor. The Packers defeated the Giants in New York, 16–7.
1965[link]
The Packers returned to the championship game in 1965 following a two-year absence, when they defeated the Colts in a playoff for the Western Conference title. That game would be remembered for Don Chandler's controversial tying field goal in which the ball allegedly went wide right, but the officials signaled "good." The 13–10 overtime win earned the Packers a trip to the NFL Championship game, where Hornung and Taylor ran through the defending champion Cleveland Browns, helping the Packers win, 23–12, to earn their third NFL Championship under Lombardi and ninth overall. Goalpost uprights would be made taller the next year.
1966[link]
The 1966 season saw the Packers led by an MVP season from quarterback Bart Starr. The Packers went 12–2, and in the NFL Championship, with the Packers leading 34–27, the Dallas Cowboys had the ball on the Packers' two-yard line, threatening to tie the ballgame. But on fourth down, the Packers' Tom Brown intercepted Don Meredith's pass in the end zone to preserve their victory against Dallas. The Packers went on to win Super Bowl I 35–10 over the AFL Kansas City Chiefs.
1967[link]
The 1967 season was the last one for Vince Lombardi as the Packers' head coach. The NFL Championship game, a rematch of the 1966 contest against Dallas, is better known as the Ice Bowl, due to the brutally cold conditions at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Still the coldest NFL game ever played, the Ice Bowl remains one of the most famous football games (college or professional) in the history of the sport. With 16 seconds left, Bart Starr's touchdown on a quarterback sneak brought the Packers a 21–17 victory and their third straight NFL Championship – a feat no other team has matched. The Packers then won Super Bowl II with a 33–14 victory over the Oakland Raiders. Lombardi stepped down as head coach after the game, and Phil Bengtson was named as Head Coach. He remained general manager for one season, but left Green Bay in 1969 to become head coach and minority owner of the Washington Redskins. After the death of Vince Lombardi on September 3, 1970, the Super Bowl trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, in recognition of his, and his team's, accomplishments. Lambeau Field has had a street address of 1265 Lombardi Avenue since 1968, when Green Bay renamed Highland Avenue in honor of the coach.
1968–1991[link]
For about a quarter century after Lombardi's departure, the Packers had relatively little on-field success. In the 24 seasons from 1968 to 1991, the Packers had only five seasons with a winning record (above .500), one being the shortened 1982 strike season. They appeared in the playoffs twice during that period, with a record of 1–2. The period saw five different head coaches – Phil Bengtson, Dan Devine, Bart Starr, Forrest Gregg, and Lindy Infante – two of which were former Packer players in Lombardi's era (Starr and Gregg), and one of which was a former coach (Bengtson). Each of these men led the Packers to a poorer record than his predecessor. Poor personnel decisions typified this time period. A notorious example includes the 1974 trade in which Dan Devine acting as GM sent five 1975 and 1976 draft picks (two first-rounders, two second-rounders and a third) to the Los Angeles Rams for aging quarterback John Hadl, who would spend only 1½ seasons in Green Bay.[13] Another came in 1989, when players such as Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, and Derrick Thomas were available, but the Packers chose offensive lineman Tony Mandarich with the second overall pick in the NFL draft. Though rated highly by nearly every professional scout at the time, Mandarich's performance failed to meet expectations. ESPN has rated Mandarich as the third "biggest sports flop" in the last 25 years.[14]
The Brett Favre era: 1992–2007[link]
The Packers' performance throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s led to a shakeup in which new General Manager Ron Wolf was hired to take over full control of the team's football operations during the 1991 season. In 1992, Wolf hired San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Holmgren to be the Packers' new head coach.
Soon after hiring Holmgren, Wolf acquired quarterback Brett Favre from the Atlanta Falcons for a first-round pick. Favre got the Packers their first win of the 1992 season, stepping in for injured quarterback Don Majkowski and leading the Packers to a comeback win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Favre started the following week with a win against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and never missed a start during his time with the Packers through the 2007 season. He would go on to break the record for consecutive starts by an NFL quarterback, starting 297 consecutive games including stints with the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings with the streak finally coming to an end late in the 2010 season.
The Packers had a 9–7 record in 1992, and began to turn heads around the league when they signed perhaps the most prized free agent in NFL history in Reggie White on the defense in 1993. White believed that Wolf, Holmgren, and Favre had the team heading in the right direction with a "total commitment to winning." With White on board the Packers made it to the second round of the playoffs during both the 1993 and 1994 seasons but lost their 2nd-round matches to their playoff rival, the Dallas Cowboys, playing in Dallas on both occasions. In 1995, the Packers won the NFC Central Division championship for the first time since 1972. After a home playoff 37–20 win against Favre's former team, the Atlanta Falcons, the Packers defeated the defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers 27–17 in San Francisco on the road to advance to the NFC Championship Game, where they lost again to the Dallas Cowboys 38–27.
1996, Super Bowl XXXI champions[link]
In 1996, the Packers' turnaround was complete. The team posted a league-best 13–3 record in the regular season, dominating the competition and securing home field advantage throughout the playoffs. They were ranked No. 1 in offense with Brett Favre leading the way, No. 1 in defense with Reggie White as the leader of the defense and No. 1 in special Teams with former Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard returning punts and kickoffs back for touchdowns. After relatively easy wins against the 49ers in a muddy (35–14) beatdown and Carolina Panthers (30–13) in what was referred to as "Ice Bowl 2", the Packers advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time in 29 years. In Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay defeated the New England Patriots 35–21 to win their 12th world championship. Desmond Howard was named MVP of the game for his kickoff return for a touchdown that ended the Patriots bid for a comeback. Then-Packers President Bob Harlan credited Wolf, Holmgren, Favre, and White for ultimately changing the fortunes of the organization and turning the Green Bay Packers into a model NFL franchise. A 2007 panel of football experts at ESPN ranked the 1996 Packers the 6th-greatest team to ever play in the Super Bowl.
1997[link]
The following season the Packers recorded another 13–3 record and won their second consecutive NFC championship. After defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21–7 and San Francisco 49ers 23–10 in the playoffs, the Packers returned to the Super Bowl as an 11½ point favorite. The team ended up losing in an upset to John Elway and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII, by the score of 31–24.
1998–2006[link]
In 1998, the Packers went 11–5 and met the San Francisco 49ers in the first-round of the NFC playoffs. It was the fourth consecutive year these teams had met in the playoffs, and the sixth overall contest since the 1995 season. The Packers had won all previous games, and the media speculated that another 49ers loss would result in the dismissal of San Francisco head coach Steve Mariucci. Unlike the previous playoff matches, this game was hotly contested, with the teams frequently exchanging leads. With 4:19 left in the 4th quarter, Brett Favre and the Packers embarked on an 89-yard drive, which concluded with a Favre touchdown pass to receiver Antonio Freeman. This play appeared to give Green Bay the victory. But San Francisco quarterback Steve Young led the 49ers on an improbable touchdrive drive, which culminated when Terrell Owens caught Young's pass between several defenders to give the 49ers a lead with three seconds remaining. Afterwards, the game was mired in controversy. Many argued that during the 49ers game winning drive, Niners receiver Jerry Rice fumbled the ball but officials stated he was down by contact. Television replays appeared to confirm these sentiments, and the next season the NFL re instituted an instant replay system. In the end, this game turned out to be the end of an era in Green Bay. Days later Mike Holmgren left the Packers to become Vice President, General Manager and Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Much of Holmgren's coaching staff went with him, and Reggie White also retired after the season (but later played one season for the Carolina Panthers in 2000). In 1999 and 2000, the team struggled to find an identity after the departure of so many of the individuals responsible for their Super Bowl run.
Ray Rhodes was hired in 1999 as the team's new head coach. Rhodes had served around the league as a highly-regarded defensive coordinator, and more recently experienced moderate success as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1995–1998. Ron Wolf believed that Rhodes' experience and player-friendly demeanor would fit nicely in Green Bay's veteran locker room. But Rhodes was fired after one 8–8 season. Wolf visited team practice late in the 1999 season and believed that players had become too comfortable with Rhodes' style, and said the atmosphere resembled a country club.
In 2000, Wolf replaced Rhodes with Mike Sherman. Sherman had never been a head coach at any level of football and was relatively unknown in NFL circles. He had only coached in professional football for three years starting as the Packers' tight ends coach in 1997 and 1998. In 1999, he followed Mike Holmgren to Seattle and became the Seahawks' offensive coordinator, although Sherman did not call the plays during games. Despite Sherman's apparent anonymity, Wolf was blown away in the interview process by the coach's organizational skills and attention to detail. Sherman's inaugural season started slowly, but the Packers won their final four games to achieve a 9–7 record. Brett Favre praised the atmosphere Sherman had cultivated in Green Bay's locker room and fans were optimistic about the team's future. In the offseason, however, Wolf suddenly announced his own resignation as GM to take effect after the April 2001 draft. Packers President Bob Harlan was surprised by Wolf's decision and felt unsure of how to replace him. Harlan preferred the structure Green Bay had employed since 1991; a general manager who ran football operations and hired a subservient head coach. But with the momentum and locker room chemistry that was built during the 2000 season, Harlan was reluctant to bring in a new individual with a potentially different philosophy. Wolf recommended that Harlan give the job to Sherman. Though Harlan was wary of the structure in principle, he agreed with Wolf that it was the best solution. In 2001, Sherman assumed the duties of both GM and head coach.
From 2001–2004, Sherman coached the Packers to respectable regular-season success, led by the spectacular play of Brett Favre, Ahman Green, and a formidable offensive line. But Sherman's teams faltered in the playoffs. Prior to 2003, the Packers had never lost a home playoff game since the NFL instituted a post-season in 1933 (they were 13–0, with 11 of the wins at Lambeau and two more in Milwaukee.). That ended January 4, 2003, when the Atlanta Falcons defeated the Packers 27–7 in an NFC Wild Card game. The Packers would also lose at home in the playoffs to the Minnesota Vikings two years later.
By the end of the 2004 season, the Packers team depth appeared to be diminishing. Sherman also seemed overworked and reportedly had trouble communicating with players on the practice field with whom he was also negotiating contracts. Harlan felt the duel roles were too much for one man to handle and removed Sherman from the GM position in early 2005, while retaining him as a head coach. Harlan hired Seattle Seahawks Vice President of Operations Ted Thompson as the new Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations. The relationship between Thompson and Sherman appeared strained, as Thompson immediately began rebuilding Green Bay's roster. Following a dismal 4–12 season, Thompson fired Sherman. Thompson hired Mike McCarthy, the former offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints as his new head coach. McCarthy had also previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Packers in 1999.
2007[link]
After missing the playoffs in 2006, Brett Favre announced that he would return for the 2007 season; it would turn out to be one of his best. The Packers won 10 of their first 11 games and finished 13–3, earning a first round bye in the playoffs. The Packers' passing offense, led by Favre and a very skilled wide receiver group, finished second in the NFC, behind the Dallas Cowboys, and third overall in the league. Running back Ryan Grant, acquired for a sixth-round draft pick from the New York Giants, became the featured back in Green Bay and rushed for 956 yards and 8 touchdowns in the final 10 games of the regular season. In the divisional playoff round, in a heavy snowstorm, the Packers beat the Seattle Seahawks 42–20. Grant rushed for three touchdowns and over 200 yards, while Favre tossed three touchdown passes and 1 snowball to receiver Donald Driver in celebration.
On January 20, 2008, Green Bay appeared in their first NFC Championship Game in 10 years facing the New York Giants in Green Bay. The game was lost 23–20 on an overtime field goal by Lawrence Tynes. This would be Brett Favre's final game as a Green Bay Packer with his final pass being an interception in overtime.
Mike McCarthy coached the NFC team during the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Al Harris and Aaron Kampman were also picked to play for the NFC Pro Bowl team as starters. Donald Driver was named as a third-string wideout on the Pro Bowl roster. Brett Favre was named the first-string quarterback for the NFC, but he declined to play in the Pro Bowl and was replaced on the roster by Tampa Bay Buccaneers' quarterback Jeff Garcia. The Packers also had several first alternates, including Chad Clifton and Nick Barnett.
In December 2007, Ted Thompson was signed to a 5-year contract extension with the Packers, while it was announced on February 5, 2008 that head coach Mike McCarthy signed a 5-year contract extension as well.
The Aaron Rodgers era: 2008–present[link]
2008[link]
Main article: 2008 Green Bay Packers season
On March 4, 2008, Brett Favre tearfully announced his retirement. Within five months, however, he filed for reinstatement with the NFL on July 29. Favre's petition was granted by Commissioner Roger Goodell, effective August 4, 2008.[15] On August 6, 2008 it was announced that Brett Favre was traded to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick in 2009.[16]
The Packers began their 2008 season with their 2005 first-round draft pick, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, under center, as the first QB other than Favre to start for the Packers in 16 years. Rodgers played well in his first year starting for the Packers, throwing for over 4000 yards and 28 touchdowns. However, injuries plagued the Packers' defense, as they lost 7 close games by 4 points or less, finishing with a 6–10 record. After the season, eight assistant coaches were dismissed by McCarthy, including Bob Sanders, the team's defensive coordinator, who was replaced by Dom Capers.
2009[link]
Main article: 2009 Green Bay Packers season
In March 2009, the organization assured fans that Brett Favre's jersey number would be retired, but not during the 2009 season. In April 2009, the Packers selected defensive lineman B.J. Raji of Boston College as the team's first pick in the draft. The team then traded three draft picks (including the pick the Packers acquired from the Jets for Brett Favre) for another first-round pick, selecting linebacker Clay Matthews III of the University of Southern California.
During the 2009 NFL season, two match-ups between the franchise and its former legendary QB, Brett Favre, were highly anticipated after Favre's arrival with the division-rival Vikings in August. The first encounter took place in week 4, on a Monday Night Football game which broke several TV audience records. The scheduling of this game was made possible when Baseball Commissioner and Packer Board of Directors Member Bud Selig forced Baseball's Minnesota Twins to play 2 games within a 12 hour span. The Vikings won the game 30–23. Brett Favre threw 3 TDs, no interceptions, and had a passer rating of 135.[17] The teams met for a second time in week 8, Favre leading the Vikings to a second win, 38–26, in Green Bay. Rodgers was heavily pressured in both games, being sacked 14 times total, but still played exceptionally well, throwing five touchdowns and only one interception. The next week, the Packers were upset by the win-less Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following a players only meeting, the team started to roll and found some stability on the offensive line with the return of tackle Mark Tauscher bringing a minor halt to sacks to Rodgers and opening the running game to Ryan Grant and the other running backs. Green Bay finished the season strongly, winning 7 out of their last 8 games, including winning their 16th regular season finale in the past 17 seasons, and earning a NFC wild-card playoff bid with an 11–5 regular-season record. The Packers defense was ranked No. 2 and the offense was ranked No. 6 with rookies Brad Jones and Clay Matthews III becoming sensations at linebacker and young players like James Jones, Brandon Jackson, Jermichael Finley and Jordy Nelson becoming threats on offense. Rodgers also became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 4000 yards in each of his first two seasons as a starter. Also, cornerback Charles Woodson won NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors after recording 9 interceptions, forcing four fumbles, 3 touchdowns and registering 74 tackles and 2 sacks. In fact, Woodson's 9 interceptions were more than the 8 collected by all Packer opponents that season. Though the defense was ranked high, injuries to Al Harris, Tramon Williams, Will Blackmon, Atari Bigby and Brandon Underwood severely limited the depth of the secondary and teams like the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers used that to their advantage by unleashing aerial assaults against inexperienced players with the NFL's best receivers. The season ended with an overtime loss in a wild card round shoot out at the Arizona Cardinals, 51–45.
2010: Super Bowl XLV championship[link]
Main article: 2010 Green Bay Packers season
After finishing the 2009 season with a 11–5 record, the Packers held the 23rd selection in the 2010 NFL Draft. With the pick they selected Offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga from Iowa.
On the second day of the draft, with pick 2–56 the Packers selected Defensive end Mike Neal from Purdue. The Packers then traded picks 3–86 and 4–122 to the Philadelphia Eagles for pick 3–71. With pick 3–71, the Packers selected Safety Morgan Burnett from Georgia Tech.
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On the third and final day of the draft, with pick 5–154 the Packers selected Tight end Andrew Quarless from Penn State. With their compensatory selection pick 5–169, the Packers selected Offensive guard Marshall Newhouse from Texas Christian. In the sixth round with pick 6–193, the Packers selected Running back James Starks from Buffalo. Their final selection of the draft came when the Packers selected Defensive end C. J. Wilson of East Carolina with pick 7–230.
At the beginning of September, the Packers announced the 53 man roster, and the 20 players that had been cut. Another loss for Green Bay was the season-long suspension of Johnny Jolly, after he violated the NFL drug policy. The Packers running corps suffered a blow when RB Ryan Grant suffered a season-ending ankle injury in week 1.[18] By the end of the season, the Packers had 16 people on injured reserve, including 7 starters in running back Ryan Grant, tight end Jermichael Finley, linebacker Nick Barnett, safety Morgan Burnett, linebacker Brandon Chillar, tackle Mark Tauscher, and linebacker Brad Jones.
After finishing the regular season with a 10–6 record, the Packers clinched the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs. In the first round, they faced the No. 3 seeded Philadelphia Eagles. The Packers won the game by the score of 21–16. In the Divisional round, the Packers went on to defeat the No. 1 seeded Atlanta Falcons 48–21 to reach the NFC Championship Game where they played the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field – only the second playoff meeting between the two storied rivals (the other game being a 33–14 victory for the Bears which sent them to the 1941 NFL Championship Game.) The Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears 21–14 to head to Super Bowl XLV which took place on February 6, 2011, where they defeated the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers, 31–25, becoming the first No. 6 seed from the NFC to win a Super Bowl. Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP.[19][20]
Public company[link]
The Packers are the only community-owned franchise in American professional sports major leagues.[21] Typically, a team is owned by one person, partnership, or corporate entity, i.e., a "team owner." The lack of a dominant owner has been stated as one of the reasons the Green Bay Packers have never been moved from the city of Green Bay, a city of only 102,313 people as of the 2000 census.[22] While the team is operated as a non-profit organization, technically it is a for-profit corporation because under Wisconsin law non-profit corporations cannot issue stock.
By comparison, the typical NFL city has a population in the millions or higher hundred-thousands. The Packers, however, have long had a large following throughout Wisconsin and parts of the Midwest; in fact, for decades, the Packers played four (one pre-season, three regular-season) home games each year in Milwaukee, first at the State Fair Park fairgrounds, then at Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers did not move their entire home schedule to Green Bay until 1995. County Stadium's replacement, Miller Park, then being planned, was always intended to be a baseball-only stadium instead of a multipurpose stadium.
Based on the original "Articles of Incorporation for the (then) Green Bay Football Corporation" put into place in 1923, if the Packers franchise were to have been sold, after the payment of all expenses, any remaining money would go to the Sullivan Post of the American Legion in order to build "a proper soldier's memorial." This stipulation was enacted to ensure the club remained in Green Bay and that there could never be any financial enhancement for the shareholders. At the November 1997 annual meeting, shareholders voted to change the beneficiary from the Sullivan-Wallen Post to the Green Bay Packers Foundation, which makes donations to many charities and institutions throughout Wisconsin.
In 1950, the Packers held a stock sale to again raise money to support the team. In 1956, area voters approved the construction of a new city owned stadium. As with its predecessor, the new field was named City Stadium, but after the death of founder Curly Lambeau, the stadium was renamed Lambeau Field on September 11, 1965.
Another stock sale occurred late in 1997 and early in 1998. It added 105,989 new shareholders and raised over $24 million, money used for the Lambeau Field redevelopment project. Priced at $200 per share, fans bought 120,010 shares during the 17-week sale, which ended March 16, 1998. The fifth sale in the team's history, which will finance further renovations to Lambeau Field, began on December 6, 2011 and will run through February 29, 2012. During this sale, 250,000 shares will be offered at $250 per share.[23] Prior to the 2011 stock sale, there were 112,015 people, representing 4,750,934 shares, who could lay claim to a franchise ownership interest.[24] Shares of stock include voting rights, but the redemption price is minimal, no dividends are ever paid, the stock cannot appreciate in value (though private sales often exceed the face value of the stock), and stock ownership brings no season ticket privileges. While newly purchased shares can be given as gifts, once ownership is established, transfers are technically allowed only between immediate family members.[23] No shareholder may own over 200 shares, a safeguard to ensure that no individual can assume control of the club. To run the corporation, a board of directors is elected by the stockholders.
The team's elected president represents the Packers in NFL owners meetings, unless someone else is designated. During his time as coach, Vince Lombardi generally represented the team at league meetings in his role as general manager, except at owners-only meetings, where the team was represented by president Dominic Olejniczak.
Green Bay is the only team with this form of ownership structure in the NFL; such ownership is in direct violation of current league rules, which stipulate a limit of 32 owners of one team and one of those owners having a minimum 30% stake. However, the Packers corporation was grandfathered when the NFL's current ownership policy was established in the 1980s,[25] and are thus exempt. The Packers are also the only American major-league sports franchise to release its financial balance sheet every year.
Board of Directors[link]
For more details on this topic, see Green Bay Packers Board of Directors.
Green Bay Packers, Inc., is governed by a seven-member Executive Committee, elected from a 45-member board of directors. The committee consists of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and three members-at-large. The president is the only officer to draw compensation; the rest of the committee is sitting "gratis." The committee directs corporate management, approves major capital expenditures, establishes broad policy and monitors management's performance in conducting the business and affairs of the corporation.
Green Bay Packers Foundation[link]
The team created the Green Bay Packers Foundation in December 1986. The foundation assists in a wide variety of activities and programs that benefit education, civic affairs, health services, human services and youth-related programs.
At the team's 1999 annual stockholders meeting, it was voted to make the foundation the recipient of any remaining assets if the team were to be sold or dissolved. In 1923, the Packers were incorporated in Wisconsin as a nonprofit corporation, with stipulations that if the Packers were sold, all assets would be transferred to the Sullivan-Wallen Post of the American Legion in order to build a "proper soldiers memorial." No shareholder can own more than 200 shares in the company. This has put the Packers in a unique situation, as it would be impossible to move the team from Wisconsin. In turn, the franchise has remained in the tiny market of Green Bay.
Fan base[link]
Main article: Cheesehead
The Packers' fan base is famously dedicated: regardless of the team's performance, every Packers game at Lambeau Field has been sold out since 1960.[26] Despite the Packers having by far the smallest local TV market, the Packers have developed one of the largest fan bases in the NFL. Each year they consistently rank as one of the top teams in terms of popularity.[27] The Packers have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets in professional sports with about 86,000 people, meaning there are now more names on the waiting list than there are seats at Lambeau Field.[28][29] The average wait time for season tickets is said to be over 30 years;[30] yet since the team estimates only 90 tickets are turned over every year, if a name were to be added to the list today the estimated wait would extend well over 955 years.[28] For this reason, it is not unusual for fans to designate a recipient of their season tickets in their wills or place newborn infants on the waiting list after receiving birth certificates.[31]
For more details on this topic, see NFL season ticket waiting lists.
Packers fans are often referred to as cheeseheads.[32] The term is often used to refer to people from the state of Wisconsin in general (because of its cheese production), but is also used to refer to Green Bay Packers fans in particular. The name originated in 1987 as an insult from Chicago White Sox fans at a Milwaukee Brewers game. In years since and particularly beginning in 1994, the name and the hats called "cheeseheads" have also been embraced by Packers fans.[32]
During training camp in the summer months (held outside the Don Hutson Center), young Packers fans can take their bikes and have their favorite player ride their bike to the practice field from the locker room. This is an old Packers tradition dating back to approximately 1957 (the first years of Lambeau Field's existence). Gary Knafelc, a Packers end at the time, said, "I think it was just that kids wanted us to ride their bikes. I can remember kids saying, 'Hey, ride my bike.'" The practice continues today.[33]
Each year the team holds an intra-squad scrimmage, called Family Night, at Lambeau Field. During 2004 and 2005 over 60,000 fans attended, selling out the stadium bowl. The Packers hosted the Buffalo Bills for the 2005 edition of Family Night setting an attendance record with 62,492 fans attending.[34]
In August 2008, ESPN.com ranked the Packers as having the second-best fans in the NFL.[35] The team initially finished tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers (who finished ahead of the Packers) as having the best fans, but the tie was broken by ESPN's own John Clayton, a Pittsburgh native.
Nickname, logo, and uniforms[link]
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Green Bay Packers uniform: 1984–1988
Curly Lambeau, the team's founder, solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on condition that the team be named for its sponsor (a similar event would occur the following year with the Decatur Staleys, who later became the Chicago Bears). An early newspaper article referred to the new Green Bay team as "the Indians" but by the time they played their first game they had adopted the name "Packers."
In 1920, the Indian Packing Company was purchased by the Acme Packing Company. Acme continued its support of Lambeau's team, and in its first season in the NFL the team wore jerseys with the words "ACME PACKERS" emblazoned on the chest.
Lambeau, who had attended the University of Notre Dame, borrowed the team's colors of navy blue and gold from the Irish, much as George Halas borrowed team colors from his alma mater Illinois for the Chicago Bears. And like the Irish in the 1930s and 1940s, the Packers sometimes used green and gold before returning to the traditional blue and gold.
In the early days, the Packers were often referred to as the "Bays" or the "Blues" (and even occasionally as "the Big Bay Blues"). These never were official nicknames, although Lambeau did consider replacing "Packers" with "Blues" in the 1920s.
By 1950, the Packers changed their colors to hunter green and gold. Navy blue was kept as a secondary color, seen primarily on sideline capes, but it was quietly dropped from the team colors list on all official materials shortly thereafter. The color scheme yields the common Packer nickname, "The Green and Gold". In 1994, the NFL's 75th anniversary season, the team participated in the league-wide use of "throwback" jerseys. The Packers would wear them again for two Thanksgiving Day games against the Detroit Lions: in 2001, throwback uniforms as worn in the 1930s; in 2003, uniforms from the 1960s (which were only slightly different from the current uniforms).[37][38]
The oval "G" logo which stands for the "G" in Green Bay was created in 1961. Lombardi asked Packers equipment manager Gerald "Dad" Braisher to design a logo for the team's helmets. Braisher then had his assistant, St. Norbert College art student John Gordon, come up with potential designs. After Braisher and Gordon were satisfied with the design, a football-shaped letter "G", they presented it to Lombardi who then approved it.[39] Tiki Barber falsely reported[40] it to stand for "greatness" without a reliable source to back up his claims. Other reputable media outlets then published similar stories using Barber's false claim as a source.[41] The Packers' Assistant Director of PR and Corporate Communications had the following to say: "There’s nothing in our history that suggests there's any truth to this. The Packers Hall of Fame archivist said the same thing.".[42] The team used a number of different logos prior to 1961, but the "G" is the only logo that has ever appeared on the helmet.[43][44] The Packers hold the trademark on the "G" logo, and have granted limited permission to other organizations to utilize a similar logo, such as the University of Georgia and Grambling State University.[45] Adopted in 1964, the Georgia "G", though different in design and color, was similar to the Packers' "G". Then-Georgia head coach Vince Dooley thought it best to clear the use of Georgia's new emblem with the Packers.[citation needed]
While several NFL teams choose to wear white jerseys at home early in the season due to white's ability to reflect the late summer sunrays, the Packers have done so only twice, during the opening two games of the 1989 season. Although alternate gold jerseys with green numbers are sold on a retail basis, the team currently has no plans to introduce such a jersey to be used in actual games.
During the 2010 season, the Packers paid tribute to their historical brethren with a third jersey modeled after that worn by the club in 1929, during its first world championship season. The jersey was navy blue, again making the Packers "the Blues."[46][47]
Stadium history[link]
Main article: Lambeau Field
After their early seasons at Bellevue Park and Hagemeister Park, the Packers played home games in City Stadium from 1925 to 1956. The team won its first 6 NFL world championships while calling City Stadium its home.
Once the NFL threatened to move the franchise to Milwaukee if stadium conditions were not improved in Green Bay, the city responded by building a modern facility for the Packers, open in time for the 1957 season. The new stadium became the first built exclusively for an NFL team. Lambeau Field was originally known as City Stadium, like its predecessor, but its name was changed in 1965 after the death of Curly Lambeau.
When Lambeau Field opened in 1957, it had a seating capacity of 32,150. The stadium was expanded seven times before the end of the 1990s, and seating capacity reached 60,890. In 2003, Lambeau Field was extensively renovated to expand seating, modernize stadium facilities, and add an atrium area. These renovations raised Lambeau Field's seating capacity to 72,928. Despite the multiple expansions of Lambeau Field, ticket demand has far outpaced supply, as all Packers games have been sold out since 1960. About 86,000 names are on the waiting list for season tickets.[28]
The Packers played part of their home slate in Milwaukee starting in 1933, including two to three home games each year in Milwaukee's County Stadium from 1953 to 1994. The Packers worked to capture their growing fan base in Milwaukee and the larger crowds. By the 1960s, threat of an American Football League franchise in Milwaukee prompted the Packers to stay, including scheduling a Western Conference Playoff in 1967. Since County Stadium was primarily a baseball stadium, the field could barely fit a football field, and the end zones extended onto the warning track. By 1994, improvements and seating expansions at Lambeau prompted the Packers to leave County Stadium after 62 years in Milwaukee, and again be based solely in Green Bay.
Statistics and records[link]
Main article: Green Bay Packers records
Season-by-season results[link]
- This is a partial list of the last five completed seasons by the Packers, and the current season. For the full season-by-season franchise results, see List of Green Bay Packers seasons.
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
| Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Post Season Results | Awards | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | NFC | North | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) (42–20) Lost NFC Conference Championship (Giants) (23–20, OT) |
Brett Favre (Sportsman of the Year) |
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cardinals) (51–45) (OT) | Charles Woodson (NFL Defensive Player of the Year) |
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | NFC | North | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) (21–16) Won Divisional Playoffs (Falcons) (48–21) Won NFC Conference Championship (Bears) (21–14) Won Super Bowl XLV (Steelers) (31–25) |
Bryan Bulaga (AP All-Rookie Team) Josh Sitton (NFL Alumni Association Offensive Lineman of the Year) Clay Matthews III (AP All-Pro Team, Sporting News Defensive Player of the year) Aaron Rodgers (FedEx Air Player of the Year, Super Bowl XLV MVP) |
| 2011 | 2011 | NFL | NFC | North | 1st | 15 | 1 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Giants) (37–20) | Aaron Rodgers (NFL MVP Award) |
| Total | 679 | 525 | 36 | (1921–2010, includes only regular season)[48] | ||||||
| 29 | 17 | -- | (1921–2010, includes only playoffs)[48] | |||||||
| 708 | 542 | 36 | (1921–2010, includes both regular season and playoffs; 13 NFL Championships)[48] | |||||||
Records[link]
| Leader | Player | Record Number | Years on Packers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Brett Favre | 61,655 passing yards | 1992–2007 |
| Rushing | Ahman Green | 8,322 rushing yards | 2000–2009 |
| Receiving | Donald Driver | 9,740 receiving yards | 1999 – present |
| Coaching Wins | Curly Lambeau | 209 wins | 1919–1949 |
Playoff record[link]
- 1936 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 21, Boston Braves 6
- 1938 NFL Championship New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 17
- 1939 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 27, New York Giants 0
- 1941 Western Division play off Chicago Bears 33, Green Bay Packers 14
- 1944 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 14, New York Giants 7
- 1960 NFL Championship Philadelphia Eagles 17, Green Bay Packers 13
- 1961 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 37, New York Giants 0
- 1962 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 16, New York Giants 7
- 1965 Western conference play off Green Bay Packers 13, Baltimore Colts 10 Overtime
- 1965 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 23, Cleveland Browns 12
- 1966 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 34, Dallas Cowboys 27
- Super Bowl I Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10
- 1967 Conference Championship Green Bay Packers 28, Los Angeles Rams 7
- 1967 NFL Championship Green Bay Packers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17
- Super Bowl II Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14
- 1972 Divisional play off Washington Redskins 16, Green Bay Packers 3
- 1982 first round play off Green Bay Packers 41, St. Louis Cardinals 16
- 1982 Second round Play off Dallas Cowboys 37, Green Bay Packers 26
- 1994 Wild Card game Green Bay Packers 16, Detroit Lions 12
- 1994 Divisional play off game Dallas Cowboys 35, Green Bay Packers 9
- 1995 Wild Crad Game Green Bay Packers 37, Atlanta Falcons 20
- 1995 NFC Championship Dallas Cowboys 38, Green Bay Packers 27
- 1996 Divisional Play off Game Green Bay Packers 35, San Francisco 49ers 14
- 1996 NFC Championship Green Bay Packers 30, Carolina Panthers 13
- Super Bowl XXX Green Bay Packers 35, New England Patriots 21
- 1997 Divisional Playoff game Green Bay Packers 21, Tampa Bay Buccanneers 7
- 1997 NFC Championship Green Bay Packers 23, San Francisco 49ers 10
- Super Bowl XXXII Denver Broncos 31, Green Bay Packers 24
- 1998 Wild Card Game San Francisco 49ers 30, Green Bay Packers 27
- 2001 NFC Wild Card Green Bay Packers 25, San Francisco 49ers 15
- 2001 Divisional Play off St. Louis Rams 45, Green Bay Packers 17
- 2002 NFC Wild Card Atlanta Falcons 27, Green Bay Packers 7
- 2003 NFC Wild Card Green Bay Packers 33, Seattle Seahawks 27 overtime
- 2003 Divsional playoff game Philadelphia Eagles 20, Green Bay Packers 17 overtime
- 2004 NFC Wild card gameMinnesota Vikings 31, Green Bay Packers 17
- 2007 Divisional Payoff Game Green Bay Packers 42, Seattle Seahawks 20
- 2007 NFC Championship New York Giants 23, Green Bay Packers 20 overtime
- 2009 NFC Wild Card Game Arizona Cardinals 51, Green Bay Packers 45 overtime
- 2010 NFC Wild Card Game Green Bay Packers 21, Philadelphia Eagles 16
- 2010 NFC Divisional playoff Game Green Bay Packers 48, Atlanta Falcons 21
- 2010 NFC Championship Green Bay Packers 21, Chicago Bears 14
- Super Bowl XLV Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25
- 2011 NFC Divisional Play off New York Giants 37, Green Bay Packers 20
Overall record 29 wins, 16 losses[49]
Players of note[link]
Main article: Green Bay Packers players
Current Roster[link]
Pro Football Hall of Fame members[link]
The Packers have the second most members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with twenty-one. They trail only the Chicago Bears (with 27).[50]
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Emmitt Thomas, who was inducted in the Hall of Fame for his career as a player, served as a defensive coordinator for the Packers, though he never played with them. Similar can be said for Dick LeBeau, who was elected as player and served as a defensive backfield coach for the Packers, but never played with them.
Retired numbers[link]
Main article: List of Green Bay Packers retired numbers
In nearly nine decades of Packers football, the Packers have formally retired 5 numbers.[51] All five Packers are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and their numbers and names are displayed on the green facade of Lambeau Field's north endzone as well as in the Lambeau Field Atrium.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date retired |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | WR/DB | Don Hutson | December 2, 1951 vs New York Yanks @ City Stadium |
| 3 | HB/QB | Tony Canadeo | November 23, 1952 vs Dallas Texans @ City Stadium |
| 15 | QB | Bart Starr | November 11, 1973 vs St. Louis Cardinals @ Lambeau Field |
| 66 | LB | Ray Nitschke | December 4, 1983 vs Chicago Bears @ Lambeau Field |
| 92 | DE | Reggie White | September 18, 2005 vs Cleveland Browns @ Lambeau Field |
After Brett Favre stated his intent to retire in May 2008, the Packers announced that his No. 4 would be retired in a ceremony during the team's 2008 opening game against the Minnesota Vikings.[52] The ceremony was cancelled following Favre's subsequent decision to return to the game, and he was traded to the New York Jets. In March 2009, the Packers indicated that the team still intends to retire Favre's number, but due to the circumstances surrounding his departure from the team, no timeline had been set.[53]
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Main article: List of Green Bay Packers head coaches
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| Earl (Curly) Lambeau | 1919 | 1949 | 231 | 108 | 21 | 6 |
| Gene Ronzani | 1950 | 1953 | 14 | 31 | 1 | |
| Hugh Devore* | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray (Scooter) McLean* | ||||||
| Lisle Blackbourn | 1954 | 1957 | 17 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ray (Scooter) McLean | 1958 | 1958 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Vince Lombardi | 1959 | 1967 | 98 | 30 | 4 | 5 |
| Phil Bengtson | 1968 | 1970 | 20 | 21 | 1 | |
| Dan Devine | 1971 | 1974 | 25 | 28 | 4 | |
| Bart Starr | 1975 | 1983 | 53 | 77 | 3 | |
| Forrest Gregg | 1984 | 1987 | 25 | 37 | 1 | |
| Lindy Infante | 1988 | 1991 | 24 | 40 | 0 | |
| Mike Holmgren | 1992 | 1998 | 73 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Rhodes | 1999 | 1999 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mike Sherman | 2000 | 2005 | 56 | 39 | 0 | |
| Mike McCarthy | 2006 | current | 48 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
*Interim Head Coaches
Radio and television[link]
The Packers are unique in having their market area cover two media markets, both Green Bay and Milwaukee, and blackout policies for the team apply within both areas, though they have not come into effect since 1972 (the last year home game local telecasts were prohibited regardless of sellout status) due to strong home attendance and popularity – the Packers have not had a non-sellout in over 50 years.
The Packers' flagship radio station and broadcast producer is Milwaukee-based WTMJ (620), with the games airing in Green Bay on WTAQ (1360/97.5), WIXX-FM (101.1), and WAPL (105.7) and WHBY (1150) in Appleton and the Fox Cities.[54] Wayne Larrivee is the play-by-play announcer and Larry McCarren is the color analyst. Larrivee joined the team after many years as the Chicago Bears' announcer.[55] Jim Irwin and Max McGee were the longtime radio announcers before Larrivee and McCarren. When victory is assured for the Packers, either a game winning touchdown, interception or a crucial 4th down defensive stop, Larrivee's trademark declaration of "And there is your dagger!" signifies the event. WTMJ has aired Packers games since 1929, the longest association between a radio station and an NFL team to date, and the only rights deal in American professional sports where a station outside of the team's main metro area is the radio flagship.
The TV rights for pre-season games not nationally broadcast are held by Journal Broadcast Group stations WGBA-TV (Channel 26) in Green Bay and WTMJ (Channel 4) in Milwaukee,[56] along with Quincy Newspapers' six ABC stations in the central, northern and western parts of the state. As such, these stations are all allowed to use the tagline Your official Packers station in their market area by the team, and also carry the weekly coach's show hosted by WTMJ-TV's Jessie Garcia, The Mike McCarthy Show on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm throughout the football season. In the Quad Cities region of Iowa/Illinois (whose coverage area stretches into the southwest corner of Wisconsin), preseason-only coverage is carried by KLJB (Channel 18) in Davenport, Iowa and KGCW in Burlington, Iowa, both owned by Grant Broadcasting System II. Until the end of the 2011 season, the team's partner in Green Bay was WFRV-TV (Channel 5).
Currently a future contract for rights for the 2012 season onwards is up for negotiation statewide, and stations airing the games and team programming for the remainder of the state may change before August.
Up to the 2011 season, pre-season coverage was produced by CBS, using the NFL on CBS graphics package, with the CBS eyemark replaced by the Packers logo, a remnant of WFRV's former ownership by the CBS Corporation itself until 2007. The TV play-by-play announcer, Kevin Harlan (also on loan from CBS), is the son of former Packers president Bob Harlan. Since the 2008 pre-season all of the Packers preseason games on the statewide network are produced and aired in high definition, with WTMJ-TV subcontracting the games to minor network affiliates in Milwaukee during Summer Olympics years due to mandatory non-preemption policies by their network, NBC. The 2012 preseason opener will be a national ESPN game, thus this will not have to be done in that year.
ESPN Monday Night Football games, both pre-season and season, are broadcast over the air on ABC affiliates WBAY (Channel 2) in Green Bay and WISN-TV (Channel 12) in Milwaukee, while the stations airing Packers games in the NFL Network Thursday Night Football package have varied. WBAY's evening news anchor Bill Jartz also serves as the public address system announcer for Lambeau Field.
The team's intra-squad Lambeau scrimmage at the beginning of the season, marketed as Packers Family Night, is broadcast by WITI (Channel 6) in Milwaukee, and produced by WLUK (Channel 11) in Green Bay, both Fox affiliates which broadcast the bulk of the team's regular-season games. The scrimmage is also broadcast by the state's other Fox affiliates.[57] It was aired for the first time in 2011 in high definition.
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Notes and references[link]
- ^ a b http://www.packers.com/history/birth_of_a_team_and_a_legend/ Birth of a Team and a Legend – Packers.com
- ^ "Shareholders". Packers.com. http://www.packers.com/community/shareholders.html. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Packers Nickname Origin from Packers.com. Obtained February 5, 2007.
- ^ a b Names, Larry D (1987). "The Myth". In Scott, Greg. The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years. 1. Angel Press of WI. p. 30. ISBN 0-939995-00-X.
- ^ NFL Chronology
- ^ a b Super Bowls & Championships from Packers.com. Obtained November 7, 2011.
- ^ Lambeau had played the 1918 season at Notre Dame under Knute Rockne and alongside George Gipp. He did not return to school the following year however due to illness which then led to the Packers birth. Names, Larry D (1987). "The Myth". In Scott, Greg. The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years. 1. Angel Press of WI. pp. 27–29. ISBN 0-939995-00-X.
- ^ "History". NFL. http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/team/gameswon. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Don Hutson: Information from". Answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/don-hutson. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Maraniss, David (September 14, 1999). "In throes of winter, a team in disarry is reborn". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin): p. 2B. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19990914&id=3P8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lI4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5049,7209886. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Pennington, Bill (January 16, 2008). "NYTimes article of January 15, 2008". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/sports/football/16giants.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Time. http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19621221,00.html. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Old School Packers from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website. Obtained February 5, 2007
- ^ The 25 Biggest Sports Flops (1979–2004) from ESPN25. Obtained February 5, 2007.
- ^ "NFL grants Favre reinstatement; sources say QB job is open". ESPN. August 3, 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3517219. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ^ Jay Glazer (August 6, 2008). "Packers trade Favre to Jets". Fox Sports on MSN. http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8381934/Packers-trade-Favre-to-Jets. Retrieved August 6, 2008. "The month-long saga has finally come to an end, with the Packers agreeing to trade their future Hall-of-Fame quarterback to the New York Jets, FOXSports.com has learned."
- ^ "Brett Favre: Game Logs at". NFL. http://www.nfl.com/players/gamelogs?id=FAV540222. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/14/2224606/nfl-news-jets-jenkins-and-packers.html Jets’ Jenkins and Packers’ Grant are both out for the season – Associated Press
- ^ "Super Bowl XLV, Packers Beat Steelers, 31–25". New York Times. February 7, 2011. http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/live-blog-follow-super-bowl-action-here/?ref=football. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Farmer, Sam (February 7, 2011). "Ending is cheddar-perfect for Packers in Super Bowl XLV victory over Steelers". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-super-bowl-20110207,0,1269152.story. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Green Bay Packers – Executive Committee". http://www.packers.com/team/executive-committee.html. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
- ^ "2000 Census". US Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55/5531000.html.
- ^ a b Associated Press (December 1, 2011). "Packers plan fifth stock sale". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7303647/green-bay-packers-plan-stock-sale-fifth-team-history. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ^ "Packers.com shareholders". http://www.packers.com/community/shareholders/. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ "Home". SportsBusiness Journal. http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/63869. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Fans keep their eyes on the ball in Green Bay (Dallas Morning News)". http://www.packerfantours.com/news/fans_keep_their_eyes_on_ball.shtml.
- ^ Harris Interactive Poll, Packers ranked No. 4 in 2006,No. 1 in 2005,No. 1 in 2004,No. 1 in 2002 in terms of popularity.
- ^ a b c Gary D’Amato (January 19, 2011). "Packers season tickets worth the wait – 955 years for some on the list". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/114877119.html. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ^ File:Waitlist Postcard.jpg
- ^ "SI.com – Be the 74,659th In Line! – Oct 9, 2007". CNN. October 9, 2007. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/rick_reilly/10/09/reilly1015/index.html. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ ROOTING THE HOME TEAM from The American Prospect magazine, no. 40, September–October 1998, pgs. 38–43.
- ^ a b "The Big Cheese: Cheesehead inventor profits from insults". http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/j417/fall02/refueling/foamation.html.
- ^ "Letters to Lee Remmel, August 25, 2004". http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2004/08/25/2/.
- ^ "Packers Training Camp – Family Night". http://www.packerstrainingcamp.com/family_night/.
- ^ Mosley, Matt (August 29, 2008). "NFL's best fans? We gotta hand it to Steelers (barely)". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview08/columns/story?id=3530077. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ^ Packers Logo History obtained February 5, 2007
- ^ Packers Uniform History, 1921–2004 from Packers.com. Obtained February 5, 2007.
- ^ Packers uniform database Obtained February 5, 2007.
- ^ Murphy, Thomas; Hurly, Jim (2011). Green Bay: A City and Its Team. Hurly Investments. ISBN 978-0-615-4464-2.
- ^ "What Does the 'G' in the Packers Logo Stand for? (VIDEO)". Blippitt.com. February 2, 2011. http://www.blippitt.com/what-does-the-g-in-the-packers-logo-stand-for-video. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Cheap Seats". Sioux City Journal. February 3, 2011. http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/app/blogs/cheap_seats/?p=163. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ http://packersuniforms.blogspot.com/2011/02/g-still-stands-for-gullible.html G still stands for gullible
- ^ Packers Fan Clubs from Packers.com. Obtained February 5, 2007.
- ^ "Green Bay Packers Logo – Design and History". Dinesh.com. August 25, 2010. http://www.dinesh.com/history_of_logos/nfl_logos/green_bay_packers_logo_-_design_and_history.html. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Oval G is a Green Bay Packers trademark". ESPN. May 25, 2005. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2071363&num=0.
- ^ "There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 6". http://www.uniwatchblog.com/. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ "Packers in blue jerseys?". http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/sports/packers-blue-jerseys. Retrieved February 22, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ a b c The NFL does not count any seasons played outside of their league in their official records. If the 1919 and 1920 season were counted, the Packers would have 19 more wins, 2 more losses, and 1 more tie in their total results.
- ^ 2010 NFL Record and Factbook ISBN 978-1-60320-833-8
- ^ Breakdown of Hall of Famers by Team from profootballhof.com.
- ^ Retired Numbers from Packers.com. Obtained April 3, 2009.
- ^ Favre's No. 4 to become sixth number retired by Packers from NFL.com. Obtained April 3, 2009.
- ^ Favre's No. 4 to be retired, but Packers will wait for ceremony from CBSSports.com. Obtained April 3, 2009.
- ^ "Packers Radio Station Listing". Packers.com. http://www.packers.com/gameday/packers_radio_network/station_listing/. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Packers Radio Network". Packers.com. http://www.packers.com/media-center/radio-shows/packers-radio-network.html. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Wolfley, Bob (March 2, 2012). "Packers and Journal Broadcast Group announce partnership deal". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/141227143.html. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ "Green Bay Packers TV Broadcast Partners". Packers.com. http://www.packers.com/media-center/tv-shows.html. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
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Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American football coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight league championships and five in seven years, including winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. The National Football League's Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor. He was enshrined in the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
He played football at St. Francis Preparatory School, and later Fordham University. He began coaching as an assistant and later as a head coach at St. Cecilia High School. He would later become an assistant coach at Fordham University, the U.S. Military Academy, and the New York Giants before becoming a head coach for the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967 and the Washington Redskins in 1969. He never had a losing season as a head coach in the NFL, compiling an impressive regular season winning percentage of 73.8% and 90% in the postseason.[1]
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Early years[link]
Lombardi was born in Brooklyn to Enrico "Harry" Lombardi and Matilda "Mattie" Izzo on June 11, 1913.[2][3] Harry's mother and father, Vincenzo and Michelina emigrated from Salerno, Italy.[4][5] Mattie's father and mother, Anthony and Loretta, emigrated from an area several miles east of Salerno.[2][3] Henry had three siblings[2][5] and Matilda had twelve siblings.[2][3] Vince would be the oldest of five children, Madeleine, Harold, Claire, and Joe.[3][6] The entire Lombardi and Izzo clan settled in Sheepshead Bay.[2][7]
Matilda's father, Anthony, opened up a barber shop in Sheepshead Bay prior to the turn of the century.[2][3] At about the time of Lombardi's birth, Harry, and his brother, Eddie, opened a butcher shop in the Meatpacking District.[2][8] Throughout the Great Depression, Harry's shop did well and his family prospered.[9][10] Lombardi grew up in an ethnically diverse, middle-class neighborhood.[11][12]
Church attendance was mandatory for the Lombardis on Sundays.[13][14] Mass would be followed with an equally compulsory few hours of dinner with friends, extended family members, and local clergy.[15][16] He was an altar boy at St. Mark's Catholic Church.[13][14] Outside of their local neighborhood, the Lombardi children were subject to the rampant racism that existed at the time against Italian immigrants.[17] As a child, Lombardi helped his father at his meat cutting business, but grew to hate it.[18][19] At the age of 12 he started playing in an uncoached, Sheepshead Bay, organized football league.[14]
High school[link]
Lombardi graduated from the eighth grade at P.S. 206, aged 15, in 1928.[7][20][note 1] He then matriculated with the Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, a six-year secondary program to become a Catholic priest.[7][20] At Cathedral, he played on the school's baseball and basketball teams,[21][22] but his performance was hindered by his poor athleticism and eyesight.[14] Against school rules, he continued to play football off-campus throughout his studies at Cathedral.[23] After completing four years at Cathedral he decided not to pursue the priesthood.[23] He enrolled at St. Francis Preparatory high school for the fall of 1932.[24][25][note 2] There he became a Charter Member of Omega Gamma Delta fraternity.[26] His play on Prep's football teamed earned him a spot on the virtual All-City football team.[27][28]
Fordham University[link]
In 1933, Lombardi accepted a football scholarship[29] to Fordham University[30] in the Bronx to play for the Fordham Rams and Coach Jim Crowley, one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame in the 1920s. During his freshman year, Lombardi proved to be an aggressive and spirited player on the football field.[31] Prior to the start of his sophomore year, Lombardi was projected as a starter at tackle. Lombardi was undersized for the position (5'8" and about 180 lb.)[32]
In his senior year (1936), he became the right guard in the Seven Blocks of Granite,[33] a nickname given to the Fordham University football team's offensive front line[34] by a Fordham University publicist.[note 3][35] In a game against the Pittsburgh Panthers, he suffered a severe gash inside his mouth and had several teeth knocked out.[36] He missed most of the remainder of the game, until he was called in on defense for a successful goal line stand that preserved a 0-0 tie. The Rams went 5-0-2[37] before losing in the final game of the season, 7-6, to NYU. The loss destroyed all hopes of Fordham playing in the Rose Bowl and the loss taught Lombardi a lesson he would never forget — to never underestimate your opponent.[38]
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On June 16, 1937, he graduated from Fordham University.[39][40] The economic times of the Great Depression offered him little opportunities for a career. For the next two years he showed no discernible career path or ambition. He tried his hand at semi-professional football and as a debt collector but those efforts proved to be failures very quickly. With his father's strong support he enrolled in Fordham Law school in September, 1938. Although he did not fail any classes, he believed his grades were so poor that he dropped out after one semester.[41] Later in life, he would explain to others that he was close to graduating but his desire to start, and support, a family forced him to leave law school and get a job.[42]
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St. Cecilia High School[link]
By 1939, Lombardi wanted to marry his girlfriend, Marie Planitz,[43] but, at his father's insistence, he needed a steady job to support himself and a family.[44] In 1939, Lombardi accepted an assistant coaching job at St. Cecilia — which closed in 1986 — a Roman Catholic high school in Englewood, New Jersey.[45][46] He was offered the position by the school's new head coach, Lombardi's former Fordham teammate, quarterback Andy Palau. Palau had just taken over the head coaching position from another Fordham teammate, Nat Pierce (left guard), who had accepted an assistant coach's job back at Fordham. In addition to coaching, Lombardi, age 26, also taught Latin, chemistry, and physics for an annual salary of under $1,000 at the high school.[47][note 4] Andy Palau left for Fordham in 1942 and Lombardi became the head coach at St. Cecilia. Lombardi stayed a total of eight years, five as head coach. In 1943, St. Cecilia's was recognized as the top football team in the nation, in large part based on their victory over Brooklyn Prep, a Jesuit-run school considered one of the best teams on the American eastern seaboard. Brooklyn Prep that season was led by senior Joe Paterno, who, like Lombardi, would rise to legend-status in football.[48] At St. Cecilia, Lombardi became the President of the Bergen County Coach's Association.[49]
Fordham University[link]
In 1947, Lombardi became the coach of freshman teams in football and basketball at Fordham University. The following year he served as an assistant coach for Fordham's varsity football team, but he was arguably the de facto head coach.[50]
West Point[link]
Following the 1948 football season, Lombardi accepted an assistant's job, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a position that would greatly influence his future coaching style. Lombardi served as offensive line coach[51] under legendary head coach Earl "Colonel Red" Blaik. "As integral as religion was to his (Lombardi's) sense of self, it was not until he reached West Point and combined his spiritual discipline with Blaik's military discipline that his coaching persona began to take its mature form."[52] Blaik's emphasis on execution[53] would become a trademark of Lombardi's coaching.[54] Lombardi coached at West Point for five seasons, with varying results. The 1949, 1950, and 1953 seasons were successful. But the 1951 and 1952 seasons were not successful due to the aftermath of a cadet cribbing scandal (a violation of the Cadet Honor Code[55]) which was revealed in the spring of 1951. As a result, 43 of 45 members of the varsity football team were discharged by administrative order.[56] "Decades later, looking back on his rise, Lombardi came to regard ..." Blaik's decision not to resign "... as a pivotal moment in his [own] career" — it taught him perseverance.[57] Following these five seasons at Army, Lombardi accepted an assistant coaching position with the New York Giants.
New York Giants[link]
In 1954, Lombardi, age 41, began his NFL career with the New York Giants. He accepted a job that would later become known as the offensive coordinator position under new head coach Jim Lee Howell.[58] The Giants had finished the previous season, under 23-year coach Steve Owen, with a 3–9 record. By the third season, Lombardi, along with the defensive coordinator, former All-Pro cornerback turned coach Tom Landry, turned the squad into a championship team, defeating the Chicago Bears for the league title in 1956. "Howell readily acknowledged the talents of Lombardi and Landry, and joked self-deprecatingly, that his main function was to make sure the footballs had air in them."[59] At points in his tenure as an assistant coach at West Point, and as an assistant coach with the Giants, Lombardi worried that he was unable to land a head coaching job due to prejudice against his Italian heritage,[60] especially with respect to Southern colleges.[61] Howell wrote numerous recommendations for Lombardi to aid Vince in obtaining a head coaching position. Lombardi applied for head coaching positions at Wake Forest,[62] Notre Dame and other universities and, in some cases, never received a reply.[61] In New York, Lombardi introduced the strategy of rule blocking to the NFL.[citation needed] In rule blocking, the offensive lineman would block an area, and not necessarily a particular defensive player, as was the norm up to that time.[63] The running back then was expected to run toward any hole that was created. Lombardi referred to this as running to daylight.
Green Bay Packers[link]
First year[link]
For the 1958 NFL season, the Packers, with five future hall of famers playing on the team,[64][note 5] finished with a record of 1-10-1,[64] the worst in Packer history.[65] The players were dispirited,[66] the Packer shareholders were disheartened, and the Green Bay community was enraged. The angst in Green Bay extended to the NFL as a whole, as the financial viability and the very existence of the Green Bay Packer franchise were in jeopardy. On February 2, 1959, Vince Lombardi accepted the position of head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers. [67]
Lombardi created punishing training regimens and expected absolute dedication and effort from his players. The 1959 Packers were an immediate improvement, finishing at 7-5. Rookie head coach Lombardi was named Coach of the Year.[68]
Second year[link]
In his second year, Green Bay won the NFL Western Conference for the first time since 1944. This victory, along with his well-known religious convictions[citation needed] led the Green Bay community to anointing him with the nickname "The Pope".[69] Lombardi led the Packers to the 1960 NFL Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Prior to the championship game, Lombardi met with Wellington Mara and advised him that he would not take the Giants' head coaching job, which was initially offered after the end of the 1959 season.[70] In the final play of the game, in a drive that would have won it, the Packers were stopped a few yards from the goal line. Lombardi had suffered his first, and his only ever, championship game loss. After the game, and after the press corps had left the locker room, Lombardi told his team, "This will never happen again. You will never lose another championship."[71] In later years as coach of the Packers, Lombardi made it a point to admonish his running backs if they failed to score from one yard out, then he would consider it a personal affront to him and he would seek retribution.[72] He would coach the Packers to win their next nine post-season games, a record streak not matched or broken until Bill Belichick won 10 in a row from 2002 to 2006.[73] The Packers would defeat the Giants for the NFL title in 1961 (37–0 in Green Bay) and 1962 (16–7 at Yankee Stadium), marking the first two of their five titles in Lombardi's nine years. After the 1962 championship win, President John F. Kennedy called Lombardi and asked him if he would, "come back to Army and coach again"; Kennedy received Lombardi's tacit denial of the request.[74] His only other post-season loss occurred to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Playoff Bowl (3rd place game) after the 1964 season (officially classified as an exhibition game).[75]
Including postseason but excluding exhibition games, Lombardi went on to compile a 105–35–6 (.740 winning percent) record as head coach, and he never suffered a losing season.[76] He led the Packers to three consecutive NFL championships — in 1965, 1966, and 1967 — a feat accomplished only once before in the history of the league (by Curly Lambeau, Co-founder of the Packers, who coached the team to their first three straight NFL Championships in 1929, 1930, and 1931). At the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 seasons, Lombardi's Packers would go on to win the first two Super Bowls.[77][78][79] Lombardi coached the Green Bay Packers to championships in five of seven seasons.[80]
Lombardi Sweep[link]
As coach of the Packers, Lombardi converted Notre Dame quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung to a full-time halfback. Lombardi designed a play for Hornung based on an old single wing concept—both guards pulled to the outside and blocked downfield while Hornung would "run to daylight" — i.e., wherever the defenders weren't. This was a play that he had originally developed with the Giants for Gifford that would become famous as the "Lombardi sweep" or "Packer power sweep".[citation needed]
1967 Season[link]
Ice Bowl[link]
Main article: NFL Championship Game, 1967
Lombardi's Packers hosted the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay on December 31, 1967 in the NFL Championship Game of 1967.[81] This became known as the "Ice Bowl" because of the -13°F gametime temperature. With 16 seconds left in the game and down by 3 points, the Packers called their final time-out. It was 3rd and goal on the Dallas 2 foot line.[82] In the huddle, with the game on the line, Starr asked Kramer whether he could get enough traction on the icy turf for a wedge play and Kramer responded with an unequivocal yes.[83] Quarterback Bart Starr came over to Lombardi on the sidelines to discuss the last play and told him he wanted to run a 31 wedge, but with him keeping the ball. Lombardi told Starr to 'Run it! And let's get the hell out of here!' Lombardi was asked by Pat Peppler what play Starr would call, to which Lombardi replied, 'Damned if I know.'[84] Starr returned to the huddle and called a Brown right 31 Wedge,[85] but with him keeping the ball.[86][87] At the snap of the ball, Kramer blocked Jethro Pugh low and Ken Bowman hit Pugh high as Starr followed them into the end zone for the Packer lead and eventual victory.
Washington Redskins[link]
Lombardi stepped down as head coach of the Packers following the 1967 NFL season, staying on as the team's general manager for 1968. He handed off the head coaching position to Phil Bengtson, a longtime assistant, but the Packers finished at 6–7–1 and out of the four team NFL playoffs. Lombardi returned to coaching in 1969 with the Washington Redskins, where he broke a string of 14 losing seasons. The 'Skins would finish with a record of 7–5–2, significant for a number of reasons. Lombardi discovered that rookie running back Larry Brown was deaf in one ear, something that had escaped his parents, schoolteachers, and previous coaches. Lombardi observed Brown's habit of tilting his head in one direction when listening to signals being called, and walked behind him during drills and said "Larry". When Brown did not answer, the coach asked him to take a hearing exam. Brown was fitted with a hearing aid, and with this correction he would enjoy a successful NFL career.[citation needed]
Lombardi got quarterback Sonny Jurgensen, one of the league's premier forward passers, into the best condition he could. He coaxed former All-Pro linebacker Sam Huff out of retirement. He even changed the team's uniform design to reflect that of the Packers, with gold and white trim along the jersey biceps, and later a gold helmet with an "R" inside a circle, similar to the famous Green Bay "G" monogram.[citation needed]
The foundation Lombardi laid was the groundwork for Washington's early 1970s success under former L.A. Rams Coach George Allen. Lombardi had brought a winning attitude to the Nation's Capital, in the same year that the nearby University of Maryland had hired Lefty Driesell to coach basketball and the hapless expansion Washington Senators named Ted Williams as manager and led the club to its only winning record in Washington (86–76).[citation needed]
Personal[link]
Family life[link]
Lombardi was introduced to Lawlor's cousin, Marie Planitz. When Marie announced her ardent desire to marry him, her father told her that he did not want his daughter marrying an Italian,[88] a prejudice against his heritage he would face more than once in his life.[89][90] Lombardi and Marie wed, nonetheless, on August 31, 1940.[91]
Marie miscarried her first child with Lombardi. The "terrible effect" this had on Marie caused her to turn to "heavy drinking",[92] a problem she would deal with on more than one occasion in her life.[93] On April 27, 1942, their son, Vincent Harold Lombardi (Vince Jr.), was born[94] and on February 13, 1947, their daughter Susan was born.[95]
"He seemed preoccupied with football even on their honeymoon, and cut it short to get back to Englewood ... 'I wasn't married to him more than one week', she later related, 'when I said to myself, Marie Planitz, you've made the greatest mistake of your life.'"[91] Lombardi's perfectionism,[77][96] authoritarian nature[97] and temper,[91] instilled in his wife a masterful ability to verbally assault and demean Lombardi when he verbally abused her.[36] His children were not immune from his yelling. When Lombardi had not lost his temper, he would often be reticent and aloof.[98]
Lombardi's grandson, Joe Lombardi is the current quarterbacks coach for the New Orleans Saints. In the 2009 season, he helped lead the Saints to win the trophy bearing his grandfather's name and Drew Brees to win a Super Bowl MVP award.[99]
Religion[link]
The three constants throughout Lombardi's life were sports, particularly football, family and religion.[100] His father was a daily communicant throughout his life[13] and his mother's favorite picture of him as a child was on his Confirmation.[14] When Lombardi was 12, on Easter Sunday while serving as an altar boy, "... amid the color and pageantry scarlet and white vestments, golden cross, scepters, the wafers and wine, body and blood ... that the inspiration came to him that he should become a priest ...",[14] which when his mother, Matty, got wind of, she bragged about it to her neighbors.[22] Lombardi attended mass on a daily basis throughout his life.[101]
During his tenure at St. Cecilia, Lombardi attended mass every day and "prayed for calm and control: of his temper and ..." his wife's drinking. When Lombardi became head coach of football in 1942, he would lead his team to Sunday mass before each home game.[102] At St. Cecilia, Lombardi shared an office with Father Tim Moore wherein it was not unusual for Lombardi to interrupt a conversation and request to go to Confession and which Father Tim would oblige him right in the office.[103] During his stay at Green Bay, Lombardi once emerged from his office and appeared before his secretary, Ruth McKloskey, wearing "... all these priest robes on, and he had a miter with a tassel, everything."[104] Each day on his way to work for the Green Bay Packers, Lombardi would stop at St. Willebrord and "offer a prayer in case of unexpected death: 'My God, if I am to die today, or suddenly at any time, I wish to receive this Communion as my viaticum ...'".[105] On the morning of the dedication of Lombardi Avenue, Lombardi remarked, to his 37 member entourage, he was pleased to have gotten them all up to attend morning mass.[106] Lombardi was also a 4th degree in the Knights of Columbus.[citation needed]
Unprejudiced nature[link]
In 1960, on at least one team, a color barrier still existed in the NFL.[107][108] But Jack Vainisi, the Scouting Director for the Packers,[76] and Lombardi were determined "to ignore the prejudices then prevalent in most NFL front office in their search for the most talented players."[109] Lombardi explained his views by saying that he "... viewed his players as neither black nor white, but Packer green".[110] Among professional football head coaches, Lombardi's view on discrimination was not de rigueur in the midst of the American civil rights movement.[111]
An interracial relationship between one of the Packer rookies and a young woman was brought to the attention of Lombardi by Packer veterans in his first training camp in Green Bay.[112] The next day at training camp, Lombardi, who had a zero tolerance policy towards racism, responded by warning his team that if any player exhibited prejudice, in any manner, then that player would be thrown off the team. Lombardi, who was vehemently opposed to Jim Crow discrimination, let it be known to all Green Bay establishments that if they did not accommodate his black players equally as well as his white players, then that business would be off-limits to the entire team.[113] Before the start of the 1960 regular season, he instituted a policy that the Packers would only lodge in places that accepted all his players.[114] In the all-white Oneida Golf and Riding Country club, of which Lombardi was a member, Lombardi demanded that he should be allowed to choose a Native American caddy, even if white caddies were available.[115] Lombardi's view on racial matters was a result of his religious faith and the prejudice he had experienced as an Italian-American.[116]
Lombardi's unprejudiced attitude was not confined to his players, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Lombardi was aware of tight end Jerry Smith's homosexuality, and upon arriving in Washington, told Smith in confidence that it would never be an issue as long as he was coaching the Redskins. Smith flourished, becoming an integral part of Lombardi's offense, and was voted a First Team All-Pro for the first and only time in his career, which was also Lombardi's only season as Redskin head coach.[117] Lombardi invited other gay players to training camp, and Lombardi would privately hope they would prove they could earn a spot on the team.[118] At the Washington Redskins training camp in 1969, Ray McDonald was a gay player, with sub-par skills,[119] who was trying to make the Redskin roster again[citation needed], but this time with Lombardi as the Redskins' new head coach. Lombardi told running back coach, George Dickson,[120] 'I want you to get on McDonald and work on him and work on him - and if I hear one of you people make reference to his manhood, you'll be out of here before your ass hits the ground.'[121]
Illness and death[link]
As early as 1967, Lombardi had been a sufferer of digestive tract problems, but he had refused his doctor's request for him to undergo a proctoscopic exam.[122] On June 24, 1970, Lombardi was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital, and tests "revealed anaplastic carcinoma in the rectal area of his colon, a fast-growing malignant cancer in which the cells barely resemble their normal appearance."[123] On July 27, Lombardi was readmitted to Georgetown and exploratory surgery found that the cancer was terminal.[124] Lombardi, with Marie at his side, received family, friends, clergy, players, and former players at his hospital bedside.[125] He received a phone call from President Nixon telling Lombardi that all of America was behind him, to which Lombardi replied that he would never give up his fight against his illness.[126] On his deathbed, Lombardi told Father Tim that he was not afraid to die, but that he regretted he could not have accomplished more in his life.[127] He died on September 3, 1970, aged 57.[128]
On September 7, the funeral was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Approximately 1,500 people[129] lined Fifth Avenue and between 39th and 50th Street, Fifth Avenue was closed to traffic. Terence Cardinal Cooke delivered the eulogy. In attendance were team owners, Commissioner Pete Rozelle, past and present members of the Packers, Redskins, and Giants, former students from Saints, colleagues and players from West Point, and classmates from Fordham, including the remaining Blocks of Granite.[note 6][130] Lombardi is buried next to his wife Marie and his parents Harry and Matilda, in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middletown Township, New Jersey.[131]
During Lombardi's illness, Marie had already "sanctified"[132] her husband.[127] After his death, Marie dwelt unceasingly on his life and accomplishments,[133][134] so much so that Vince Jr. accused his mother of exaggerating Lombardi's significance.[135] Susan, for all her misgivings about her relationship with her father while growing up, came to realize, long after his death, that she had a truly wonderful childhood and upbringing, and that she loved and missed her father.[134] Vince Jr., like Susan, had his own conflicted views of his relationship with his father as late as 1976.[136] Using his father as a model, he eventually became a paid speaker, and author of several books, on leadership.[137]
"Lombardi time" is the principle that one should arrive 10 to 15 minutes early,[138] or else be considered late. Vince Jr. viewed an integral part of his father's success was in stressing effort more than on fixating on failures.[139]
Popular culture[link]
In 1968, Lombardi starred in a half-hour motivational film titled Second Effort, that has been called "The best-selling training film of all time".[140][141]
In 1973, the 1-hour[citation needed] Lombardi biographical TV drama on ABC, "Legend in Granite" was released. It starred Ernest Borgnine as Vince, focusing mostly on his first two years as Packers head coach (1959–1960).[142] NFL Films and HBO produced a film about Lombardi that debuted Saturday, December 11, 2010.[143]
A play titled Lombardi opened on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City in October 2010, following an out-of-town tryout at the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The production stars Dan Lauria as Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife, Marie. The play has received positive reviews, as has Lauria's performance.[144]ESPN Films announced that they will be making a film chronicling Lombardi's years as coach for Green Bay, set to be released in February 2012.[145]
Honors[link]
- On May 1967, Lombardi "... received Fordham's highest honor, the Insignis Medal ...[146] for being a great teacher"[147]
- On January 13, 1969, he was inducted into the Knights of Malta at St. Patrick's.[148]
- Inducted into the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971[149][150]
- As part of the Lambeau Field renovation, a 14-foot statue of Lombardi now stands on a plaza outside the stadium, in an overcoat grasping a program, as he did often on the sideline.
- In 1968, Highland Avenue in Green Bay, home to the Packers' Lambeau Field, was renamed Lombardi Avenue.[106]
- In 1969, the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) awarded Lombardi with the Jack Mara sportsman of the year.[151][152]
- The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University is named in his honor.[153]
- One of the Green Bay School District's schools is named the Lombardi Middle School.
- The football field at Old Bridge High School in Old Bridge, New Jersey, is named Lombardi Field.[154] The football field in Palisades Park is also known as Lombardi Field.[155][unreliable source?]
- A plaque dedication installed in 1974 in the sidewalk on a square (unofficially called Vince Lombardi Square) near Sheepshead Bay Road and East 14th Street in Brooklyn, New York.[156]
- There are two places in the Bensonhurst area, which are, or were, dedicated to Lombardi at one time: P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi Elementary School,[157] and the entire Bensonhurst stretch of 16th Avenue was once dedicated by the City of New York as "Vince Lombardi Boulevard"[158][unreliable source?]
- The Vince Lombardi Service Area and park-and-ride is the northernmost rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike, at mileposts 116E on the Eastern Spur and 115.5W on the Western Spur. Outside the gift shop is a plaque about his life, which notes that he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown, New Jersey.
- The Vincent T. Lombardi Council, No. 6552, Knights of Columbus, in Middletown, NJ is named for him.
- The Vince Lombardi Cancer clinic at Aurora Health Care is named after him.[159]
- The Vincent T. Lombardi Center at Fordham University was named for the coach.[160]
- The NFL's Super Bowl Trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy[161]
- In 1970, the Rotary Club of Houston created the Lombardi Award, which is given annually to the best college football offensive, or defensive, lineman or linebacker.[162]
- In 1969, Lombardi received the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America.
- Lombardi was enshrined in the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[163]
- Lombardi was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976.[76]
- Lombardi is a member of the Washington Redskins Ring of Fame.
- Induction into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1988
- In 2008, Lombardi is inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame[164]
- Lombardi appeared on a U.S. Postage stamp first issued on July 25, 1997.[165]
Head coaching record[link]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win ratio | Finish | Won | Lost | Win ratio | Result | ||
| GB | 1959 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 3rd (tie) in NFL West | - | - | - | - |
| GB | 1960 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 1st in NFL West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Philadelphia Eagles in NFL Championship |
| GB | 1961 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1st in NFL West | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Won NFL Championship |
| GB | 1962 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1st in NFL West | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Won NFL Championship |
| GB | 1963 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2nd in NFL West | - | - | - | - |
| GB | 1964 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 2nd in NFL West | - | - | - | - |
| GB | 1965 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 1st in NFL West | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Won NFL Championship |
| GB | 1966 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .847 | 1st in NFL West | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Super Bowl I |
| GB | 1967 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 1st in NFL Central | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Super Bowl II |
| GB Total | 89 | 29 | 4 | .754 | 9 | 1 | .900 | |||
| WAS | 1969 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .583 | 2nd in Eastern Capital | - | - | - | - |
| WAS Total | 7 | 5 | 2 | .583 | ||||||
| Total | 96 | 34 | 6 | .738 | 9 | 1 | .900 | |||
Sources:[76]
Books[link]
- Run to Daylight by Vince Lombardi with W. C. Heinz
Books written about him[link]
- Football's Greatest Coach: Vince Lombardi by Gene Schoor
- The Lombardi Legacy: Thirty People who were Touched by Greatness by Royce Boyles and Dave Robinson
- Coach: A Season With Lombardi by Tom Dowling
- By Their Works: Profiles of Men of Faith Who Made a Difference by Stephen Singular
- When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss
See also[link]
Notes[link]
- ^ O'Brien incorrectly implies he graduated in 1929 from eight grade which is completely refuted by Maraniss and O'Brien's date of 1928 makes no sense. O'Brien, on page 28, writes he left after three years there when he left after four.
- ^ His stint at seminary school would cost him one year of his academic life as he would be, generally speaking, repeating his senior year of high school in order to obtain a high school diploma.
- ^ The Seven Blocks of Granite of the 1936 line were Leo Paquin, Johnny 'Tarzan' Druze, Alex Franklin Wojciechowicz, Ed 'Devil Doll' Franco, Al 'Ali Baba' Babartsky, Natty Pierce, and Vince Lombardi.
- ^ Maraniss 1999 lists his starting salary as $1,700, pg. 70, and O'Brien 1987 lists it as $1,000, pg. 51. Wiebusch's source is a quote from Father Tim Moore.
- ^ The five future hall of famers were Forrest Gregg, Paul Hornung, Henry Jordan, Ray Nitschke, and Bart Starr.
- ^ Honorary pallbearers included Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, Willie Davis, Tony Canadeo, Wellington Mara, Dick Bourguignon, Edward Bennett Williams, and Marc Chubb.
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- Gifford, Frank and Richmond, Peter (2008), The Glory Game:How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever. New York:Harper Collins eISBN ISBN 978-0-06-171659-1
- Lombardi, Vince Jr. (2001), What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership. New York:McGraw-Hill.
- Lombardi, Vince Jr. (2003), The Lombardi Rules: 26 Lessons from Vince Lombardi:The World's Greatest Coach. New York:McGraw-Hill
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| Name | Lombardi, Vincent Thomas |
| Alternative names | Vince Lombardi |
| Short description | American football coach |
| Date of birth | 1913-06-11 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Date of death | 1970-09-03 |
| Place of death | Washington, D.C., United States |
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