My All Time Favorite Green Bay Packers Players

The Green Bay Packers are one of the greatest franchises in the history of the NFL. As the only team that is community owned, the Packers are one of the few small town teams in professional sports. Yet the Packers have been able to attract some of the best players in football history to Green Bay. The Packers have won an NFL best 13 championships in its history, including four Super Bowl titles. Due to it’s success as a franchise, Green Bay has the nickname of “Title Town USA”

Some of the best quarterbacks in football history have worn green and gold. Bart Starr, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers have all won Super Bowl MVPs and have helped uphold Green Bay’s longstanding tradition of winning. High-powered offenses have been the trademark of the best Packers teams. Don Hutson is a wide receiver who is considered one of the best Packers ever, along with offensive lineman Forrest Gregg. Sterling Sharpe seemed destined to join the pantheon of Packers greats, but the star receiver suffered a neck injury that pre-emptively ended his career. But recently retired Donald Driver, a former 7th round pick, is one of the best, most revered Packers ever. Driver is one of the best players in Packers history and has the numbers to back it up.

OFFENSE

QUARTERBACKS

Brett Favre

 

Aaron Rodgers

 

RUNNING BACKS

Ahman Green

 

Paul Hornung

 

Jim Taylor

 

WIDE RECEIVERS

Don Hutson

 

Sterling Sharpe

 

James Lofton

 

TIGHT ENDS

Paul Coffman

 

Ron Kramer

 

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN

Forrest Gregg

 

Gale Gillingham

 

Jim Ringo

OG – Marco Rivera (1997-2004)

OT – Bob Skoronski (1956,1959-68)

 

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Reggie White

 

Henry Jordan

 

Dave Hanner

 

Willie Davis

 

LINEBACKERS

Ray Nitschke

 

Bill Forester

 

Tim Harris

 

Fred Carr

 

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Herb Adderley

 

Charles Woodson

 

Bobby Dillon

 

Darren Sharper

 

LeRoy Butler

 

Willie Wood

 

SPECIAL TEAMS

K – Ryan Longwell

 

P – Max McGee

 

PR – Desmond Howard

 

KR – Travis Williams

 

HEAD COACHES

Vince Lombardi (1959-1967)

The Green Bay Packers were founded in 1921 and are the only NFL franchise located in a town and owned by the fans. From Lambeau to Lombardi to Holmgren to McCarthy, the Packers have been a prominent team in the National Football League. Bart Starr led them to five Championships, including the first two Super Bowls and now Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers have picked up where he left off.

With both high- and low points, the Packers are a national treasure and probably the greatest team in NFL history. Lambeau, Hutson, Lombardi, Starr, Nitschke, the Ice Bowl, Favre, White, the nine NFL championships, the three Super Bowls they won (I, II, and XXXI), and the one they lost (XXXII). The best fans in the league, the smallest venue, the most legendary stadium, and the team’s miraculous survival over 80+ years, in no small part because they are the only pro team in any sport that is entirely owned by their fans. The highpoint, “Lombardi” which encapsulates the Green Bay career of the NFL’s greatest coach–but you realize that as great as Lombardi was, the team is greater still.

NICKNAME

• The name was a natural since the team was sponsored first by the Indian Packing Company and later the Acme Packing Company. Although both companies went out of business, the team prospered under the name Packers.

HEAD COACHES

• Curly Lambeau (1921-1949)
• Gene Ronzani (1950-1953)
• Hugh Devore/Scooter McLean (1953)
• Lisle Blackbourn (1954-1957)
• Scooter McLean (1958)
• Vince Lombardi (1959-1967)
• Phil Bengston (1968-1970)
• Dan Devine (1971-1974)
• Bart Starr (1975-1983)
• Forrest Gregg (1984-1987)
• Lindy Infante (1988-1991)
• Mike Holmgren (1992-1998)
• Ray Rhodes (1999)
• Mike Sherman (2000-2005)
• Mike McCarthy (2006-2018)
• Joe Philbin (2018)
• Matt LaFleur (2019-Present)

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS

• Super Bowl I (1966) – Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
• Super Bowl II (1967) – Green Bay Packers defeat Oakland Raiders 33-14
• Super Bowl XXXI (1996) – Green Bay Packers defeat New England Patriots 32-21
• Super Bowl XLV (2010) – Green Bay Packers defeat Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25

NFL CHAMPIONS (PRE-1966)

• 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965

SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES

• Super Bowl I (1966) – Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
• Super Bowl II (1967) – Green Bay Packers vs. Oakland Raiders
• Super Bowl XXXI (1996) – Green Bay Packers vs. New England Patriots
• Super Bowl XXXII (1997) – Green Bay Packers vs. Denver Broncos
• Super Bowl XLV (2010) – Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES (PRE-1966)

• 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965

NFL/NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

• 1966, 1967, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2010

DIVISION CHAMPIONS

• 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014

PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

• 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1982, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

PLAYOFF RECORD

• 32-21 .604

HALL OF FAME PLAYERS

• Herb Adderly DB (1961-1969)
• Tony Canadeo RB (1941-1944, 1946-1952)
• Willie Davis DE (1960-1969)
• Len Ford DE (1958)
• Forrest Gregg OT (1956, 1958-1970)
• Ted Hendricks LB (1974)
• Arnie Herber QB (1930-1940)
• Clarke Hinkle FB (1932-1941)
• Paul Hourning RB (1957-1962, 1964-1966)
• Cal Hubbard OT (1929-1933, 1935)
• Don Hutson WR (1935-1945)
• Henry Jordan DT (1959-1969)
• Walt Kiesling G (1935-1936)
• James Lofton WR (1978-1986)
• John McNally RB (1929-1933, 1935-1936)
• Mike Michalske G (1929-1935, 1937)
• Ray Nitschke LB (1958-1972)
• Jim Ringo C (1953-1963)
• Bart Starr QB (1956-1971)
• Jan Stenerud PK (1980-1983)
• Jim Taylor FR (1958-1966)
• Emlen Tunnell S (1959-1961)
• Reggie White DE (1993-1998)
• Willie Wood S (1960-1971)
• Brett Favre (1991-2008, 2009-2010)

HALL OF FAME COACHES

• Curly Lambeau (1919-1949)
• Vince Lombardi (1959-1968)

RETIRED NUMBERS

• 3 Tony Canadeo RB (1941-1944, 1946-1952)
• 4 Brett Favre QB (1990-2008, 2009-2010)
• 14 Don Hutson WR (1935-1945)
• 15 Bart Starr QB (1956-1971)
• 66 Ray Nitschke LB (1958-1972)
• 92 Reggie White DE (1993-1998)

PRO BOWL MVP

• 1962 Henry Jordan DT
• 1968 Dave Robinson LB
• 1983 John Jefferson WR

SUPER BOWL MVP

• Super Bowl I – Bart Starr QB (1966)
• Super Bowl II – Bart Starr QB (1967)
• Super Bowl XXXI – Desmond Howard KR (1996)
• Super Bowl XLV – Aaron Rodgers QB (2010)

 

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