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GREEN BAY – The names of Green Bay Packers on the façade inside Lambeau Field include 28 who are Pro Football Hall of Famers and one who isn't. A 29th hall member will be added in due course.
Other teams refer to this as their ring of honor, but for the Packers, who have their own hall of fame, it's simply the names on the façade. The honor, though, is no less for not having a fancy name.
The one Pro Football Hall of Fame exception is Ted Thompson, who is in the Packers Hall of Fame, and the one missing name is Sterling Sharpe, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall on Aug. 2 in Canton, Ohio.
Thirteen of the players were coached by Vince Lombardi, whose name also is on the façade.
On the north end zone façade are retired numbers of Packers players, all of whom are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They include:
- Tony Canadeo, No. 3
- Brett Favre, No. 4
- Don Hutson, No. 14
- Bart Starr, No. 15
- Ray Nitschke, No. 66
- Reggie White, No. 92
Here are the Packers, players and executives, and their years with the team, who are on the façade:
Earl L. (Curly) Lambeau
Green Bay Packers founder, player and coach, 1919-1949. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. Without Curly Lambeau, there would be no Green Bay Packers. He was a good player himself and is a member of NFL all-decade team for the 1920s. In 29 years as Packers head coach, Lambeau won six NFL championships, tied with George Halas of the Chicago Bears. Lambeau was the first coach in NFL history to win 200 regular-season games; Lambeau Field was named after him in 1965; he was 226-132-22 all-time in regular season play, including 209-104-21 in Green Bay; athletic star at Green Bay East High School, also a member of The Hungry Five.
Robert (Cal) Hubbard
Tackle, 1929-33 and 1935.Pro Football Hall of Fame. National Baseball Hall of Fame; Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. At 6'2" and 250-270 pounds, Hubbard was larger than a lot of players of his era. According to Packers historian Cliff Christl, Steve Owen, his coach with the Giants, said Hubbard could outrun any back in the league for 30 yards. The Bears' George Halas said there was never a better lineman. He was was one of the first NFL defenders to roam behind the line of scrimmage and blitz similar to today's linebackers. Hubbard played on four NFL championship teams in his first five seasons: the Giants in 1927, and the Packers from 1929-1931. Hubbard also was an American League baseball umpire and in 1958 was appointed umpire-in-chief. He is the only member of both the football and baseball halls of fame.
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Don Hutson
End, 1935-45. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.On of the greatest receivers in NFL history and well ahead of his time as a pass catcher who could dominate a game. When he retired, he held 19 NFL records, including 488 career receptions, 200 more than his closest competitor, and 99 touchdowns. He also kicked extra points and once scored 29 points in one quarter. He also had 30 interceptions in six years as a defensive back. Packers historian Cliff Christl wrote, "Hutson could do things running patterns that none of his peers could duplicate. One was his ability to cut sharply at top speed and another was his uncanny knack for adjusting to the flight of the ball and running down what were seemingly out-of-reach passes. 'Hutson is the only man who can feint in three directions at once,' former Philadelphia coach Greasy Neale once said." Hutson won two league MVP awards and made many all-pro teams. He was league MVP twice and all-pro nine times. He was elected to the Packers' board of directors in 1952 and served until he became a director emeritus in 1980.
Johnny (Blood) McNally
Running back, 1929-33 and 1935-36. Pro Football Hall of Fame,Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. John Blood, the name he played under for 14 NFL seasons, was on four Packers championship teams. A native of New Richmond, Wisconsin, The 6-foot-1 and 188-pound Blood was a fast, superb running back and accomplished receiver. He could throw passes and punt as well. He used the name Blood to protect his college eligibility, but outside of football, he was John McNally. As Packers historian Cliff Christl points out, he was never Johnny Blood McNally. A member of the NFL's 1930s All-Decade Team, off the field he was a larger-than-life character of the first order. He was in the inaugural classes of both the Pro Football and Packers halls of fame. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and enrolled in the University of Minnesota at age 50, where he received a master's degree in economics.
Clarke Hinkle
Back, 1932-41.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Packers Hall of Fame.At 5-foot-11, 202 pounds, Hinkle was considered one of the toughest in an era when they played both offense and defense. One opponent called him "Meaner than a rattlesnake," and another said "When you hit him, it would just pop every joint all the way down to your toes." In his 10 years with the Packers, Hinkle was named first- or second-team all-league every year. The Bear's Bronko Nagurski was considered one of the toughest players of his day, but in a head-to-head encounter with Hinkle, Nagurski had to be helped off the field with a broken nose and cracked rib. It was Nagurski who introduced Hinkle at the latter's Hall of Fame induction in 1964. Hinkle retired after the 1941 season as the NFL's all-time leading rusher with 3,860 yards.
Mike Michalske
Guard, 1929 - 1935, 1937. Pro Football Hall of Fame,Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. Considered one of the best guards in the first 30 years of the NFL; known as "Iron Mike" because he played offense and defense, often for entire games; was a coach at the college and pro levels after his retirement and scouted for the Packers on the side.
Arnie Herber
Halfback, 1930-1940. Pro Football Hall of Fame, Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. Green Bay West High School graduate; first passer in NFL history to throw for 1,000 yards; in Curly Lambeau's offense, the halfback did most of the passing; he and Don Hutson were the NFL's first lethal passing combination.
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Tony Canadeo
Halfback, 1941-44, 1946-52. Pro Football Hall of Fame,Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1949, Canadeo was the third 1,000-yard rusher in pro football history. Second Packers player to have his number retired. TV analyst for Packers games. Member of the executive committee of the Packers board of directors. Has a street named after him on Green Bay's far southeast side.
Bobby Dillon
Safety, 1952-59. Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.Dillon, who had one glass eye, holds the Packers' record for career interceptions at 52. He missed only two games in his eight-years with the Packers. Only Dillon, James Lofton and Sterling Sharpe are Pro Football Hall of Fame selections who were not members of a Packers championship team. Dillon led the Packers in interceptions every season except 1959, Vince Lombardi's first year and the only winning team he played for. He is tied with 19 other players, including Packers player Willie Buchanon, for most interceptions in a game: 4. (Ironically, Sammy Baugh of the then Washington Redskins, one of the NFL's great quarterbacks, who also played defense, is one of the 19 others who intercepted four passes in one game).
Vince Lombardi
Head coach, 1959-1967.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Football god. The Super Bowl trophy is named after Lombardi, who won five championships, including three in a row, in nine years with the Packers. He never had a losing season as a head coach, which included one year in Washington, and he lost only one playoff game while in Green Bay. His Packers won the first two Super Bowls. Thirteen of his players are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was a champion of equal treatment for black players and ignored unofficial quotas for how many black players any team should have. There was never any question that he was in charge, both on and off the field. In his nine years in Green Bay, he became the iconic face of professional football. (He also had a long-running feud with Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant.)
Forrest Gregg
Offensive tackle/guard,1956, 1957-1970.Head coach, 1984-87.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade team of the 1960s. Gregg mostly played right tackle, but also played a number of games at guard. Packers historian Cliff Christl wrote of Gregg, "Considering the Packers won more titles under Lombardi in a seven-year span than any team in history, and Gregg was a seven-time Associated Press All-Pro, he clearly was one of the best players on arguably pro football's greatest dynasty. Gregg was a picture of intensity, utterly unselfish in his approach, a master technician and highly valued by Lombardi." He later was an NFL head coach, including four years in Green Bay, where he amassed a 25-37-1 record.
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Bart Starr
Quarterback, 1956-71.Head coach, 1975-83.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. In an era when quarterbacks called their own plays and little was done to protect them, some would argue that Starr, who was a 17th-round draft pick, was one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He won five championships with the Packers, more than any quarterback in NFL history up to that time, and was a two-time Super Bowl MVP. Lombardi called Starr "the smartest quarterback I ever saw." He, of course, scored one of the NFL's iconic touchdowns in the 1967 Ice Bowl. He proved himself as tough as any player on the team and was the undisputed leader. And an unquestioned gentleman off the field. He would spend hours signing autographs for fans, and when he was coach, admonished his players to make their signatures readable. Like Gregg, his years as Packers head coach were less successful, although his teams had some notable accomplishments, including scoring 49 points in the first half against Tampa Bay in 1983, and beating the Super Bowl champion Washington team 48-47 in a thrilling "Monday Night Football Game," also in 1983. That Washington team included safety Mark Murphy, now the Packers president and CEO.
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Jim Ringo
Center, 1953-63.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. Ringo played 183 consecutive games, and only missed seven his rookie year because of a leg injury. Underweight for a center, he walked out of training camp his rookie year because of homesickness and because he didn't think he'd make the team, but he returned and made the staring lineup. He used speed and football intelligence to make up for his size. "A bigger man might not be able to make the cut-off blocks on our sweeps the way Jim does. The reason Ringo’s the best in the league is because he's quick and he's smart. He runs the offensive line, calls the blocks and he knows what every lineman does on every play," coach Vince Lombardi said. He made All-League seven times and played in 10 Pro Bowls, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Ray Nitschke
Linebacker, 1958-72.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. In an era when middle linebackers were the key to most defenses, Nitschke, according to teammate Bart Starr, "just loved to hit people." Nitschke was the first defensive player from the Packers’ Lombardi years to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Nitschke was named the most valuable player of the 1962 NFL championship game, which the Packers won 16-7 over the New York Giants. The Packers picked Nitschke in the third round of the 1958 draft, but he didn't become the full-time starting middle linebacker until 1962. From from then until 1969, he was the focal point of the Green Bay defense. In an era in which six middle linebackers made the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Nitschke was rated the best all-around player of the bunch.
Herb Adderley
Cornerback, 1961-1969.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. Adderley was selected in the first round of the 1961 draft as a running back, but with Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung on the roster, there was little room for another ball carrier. Coach Vince Lombardi switched him to cornerback and Adderley was soon recognized as the best at that position, possible ever. "Not only was he a prototypical corner in his era, he'd still be one today thanks to his rare combination of size and speed. Certainly, Adderley played his position as well as, if not better than, any defender on Vince Lombardi's championship teams of the 1960s," wrote Packers historian Cliff Christl. Including three years with the Dallas Cowboys at the end of his career, Adderley played in seven NFL championship games and won them all. He played in four of the first six Super Bowl games and came away with three rings. His time in Green Bay included 39 interceptions, more than any cornerback in Packers history, and a then NFL-record seven touchdowns on interceptions,
Willie Davis
Defensive end, 1960-69.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. If the NFL tracked sacks when Davis was playing, some argue that he'd be the Packers all-time sacks leader. There was no question of his talent or performance. In his entire 162-game NFL career, Davis never missed a game. Packers assistant coach Jerry Burns, who later was head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, called Davis "the greatest football player I've ever seen." Davis and tackle Henry Jordan were a devastating pass-rushing team on the left side of the Packers defense, and also were good against the run. Packers historian Cliff Christl said coach Vince Lombardi made Davis the first African-American captain in Packers history. "Davis became permanent defensive captain in 1965 and served through 1969. Thus, he had the distinction of serving as captain for a team that won three straight NFL titles and, as a result, participated in the pre-game coin flips before Super Bowls I and II," Christl wrote.
Jim Taylor
Fullback, 1958-1966.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade team of the 1960s. In Taylor's day, fullback had a place in an NFL offense. His 8,207 yards and 81 touchdowns while in Green Bay were far more than Paul Hornung's 3,711 yards and 50 touchdowns. He had five consecutive 1,000-plus yard seasons when teams played only 12 (one year) and 14 games (four years). Packers historian Cliff Christl wrote that Taylor retired as the NFL's second all-time rusher, trailing only Cleveland fullback Jim Brown, who played at the same time. He held the Packers' career rushing record for 43 years. His club single-season record of 1,474 yards lasted 41 years. His single-game record of 186 yards, set in a Western Conference-clinching victory over the Giants in 1961, survived 36 years.
Paul Hornung
Halfback, 1957-62, 1964-66. Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. Called by Vince Lombardi "the greatest player I ever coached" and "the best all-around back ever to play football," Hornung was a triple-threat back. He could run, receive and throw passes. In Lombardi's offense, the halfback option pass was a major weapon and threat, and Hornung, who played quarterback at Notre Dame, was the perfect player to execute it. Hornung was the ball carrier on the Packers' famous power sweep. He also was a kicker and good blocker, according to Packers historian Cliff Christl. Packers receiver Boyd Dowler, quoted by Christl, said, "A lot of guys make plays, but some guys seem to make plays that make a difference all the time. And Paul was that kind of player." Known as The Golden Boy, Hornung was the 1956 Heisman Trophy winner. He led the NFL in scoring in 1959, 1960, and 1961. Hornung also was the Packers' bad boy. He was known for partying and was suspended during the 1963 season for betting on pro football.
Willie Wood
Safety, 1960-71.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. Willie Wood played quarterback and defensive back at USC, but was undrafted. He signed as a free agent with the Packers, where he became one of the league's best-ever safeties. He intercepted 48 passes, second on the Packers' all-time list, behind Bobby Dillion, who had four more. Wood won first- or second-team All-NFL honors from the 1962 through the 1970 seasons. A Pro Bowl participant eight times, Wood also played in six NFL championship games. The Packers won five of them, plus two Super Bowls. Coach Vince Lombardi said he was the best tackler in the league, according to Packers historian Cliff Christl, to which Bears tight end Mike Ditka agreed. "He put me down a couple times, almost for keeps," Ditka said. Once he became full-time starter at safety in 1961, he did not miss a game for 11 years.
Henry Jordan
Defensive tackle, 1959-69.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.Paired with Willie Davis on the left side of the Packers defensive line, Jordan was a feared pass rusher. Packers historian Cliff Christl wrote that New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle said after the 1962 title game that the Packers had a perfect defense. "And the key to it all is one man, Henry Jordan. Where in all of football can you find a pass rusher at tackle like this man? You usually find them at ends. Henry Jordan is the best tackle in football — perhaps the best in the history of the NFL." Jordan played in four Pro Bowls, seven NFL title games and Super Bowls I and II. It was Jordan who landed one of the most famous quotes about Packers coach Vince Lombardi: "He treats us all alike — like dogs."
Dave Robinson
Linebacker, 1963-72. Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s. The Packers' first-round draft pick in 1963, Robinson, who played left outside linebacker most of his career, had size and speed. It was his job to stop the run, which he was very good at, but he also had 27 interceptions, including 21 with Green Bay. Robinson was an insurmountable obstacle to tight ends, even Hall of Fame tight ends, and he could be counted on to make big plays in big games, whether it was blocking kicks, making interceptions or collaring quarterbacks.
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Jerry Kramer
Guard, 1958-1968.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.NFL All-Decade team of the 1960s. Jerry Kramer had the longest wait of any Lombardi-era Packers player to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 50 years. But make it he did. A fourth-round pick in the 1958 draft, Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston were the key blockers in the Packers' power sweep. Kramer overcame several injuries to become one of the best guards of his era. He also was a placekicker for the Packers, making 90 extra points and 29 field goals in three years. He wrote, with sportswriter Dick Schaap, one of the most famous book of Lombardi era, "Instant Replay," a diary of the 1967 season, which ended in the Ice Bowl and a Super Bowl II victory.
James Lofton
Wide receiver, 1978-86.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.All-Decade Team of the 1980s. Lofton and Don Hutson are the only two of many excellent Packers receivers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (Sterling Sharpe will make it three when he's inducted in August 2025.) He played for five teams, but his best years were with the Packers, who drafted him in the first round in 1978. Lofton was very fast, had good hands and no less a personage than Ron Wolf called him a good blocker. He also was tough. In nine years with the Packers, he played in 137 consecutive regular-season games. He was the Packers' all-time leading receiver, surpassing Hutson, when he retired. Packers historian Cliff Christl notes that In 16 NFL seasons, including four with the Buffalo Bills, Lofton averaged 18.3 yards per catch, better than Jerry Rice (14.8), Randy Moss (15.6) and Larry Fitzgerald (12.2), all of whom were named among the top 10 receivers on the NFL's 100th anniversary list of best players. Lofton was not on the list.
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Reggie White
Defensive end, 1993-98.Pro Football Hall of Fame. Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. The greatest free agent signing in Packers history. Ron Wolf, Mike Holmgren and Brett Favre made great progress returning success to Green Bay in 1992, their first year with the Packers, but the signing of White, the premier defensive player of his era, in 1993 made a statement. And White didn't disappoint, averaging 11 sacks per season and being the face of the defense, which ranked 23rd in 1992 and 2nd in 1993. In 1996, the Packers had the top-rated defense in the NFL and won Super Bowl XXXI, during which White had three sacks. In 1993, his first year with the Packers, he was involved in what became the iconic Lambeau Leap when he tossed the ball to LeRoy Butler before going out of bounds while running back a fumble recovery. Butler scored a touchdown and leaped into the stands. Called the Minister of Defense because he also was an ordained minister. In 1998, he was NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
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Brett Favre
Quarterback, 1992-2007.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. One of the NFL's greatest quarterbacks, Favre holds the record for most regular-season consecutive games (299) by a guy who got hit a lot (as opposed to place kickers). Of those, 258 were in Green Bay. Favre came into the third game of the 1992 season in relief of injured starter Don Majkowski and started every game for the next 18½ years, including for the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings. He threw a lot of touchdown passes in his career, 508, and a lot of interceptions, 336 (the NFL record), and led the Packers to 13 winning seasons in 16 years, two Super Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl victory. Speaking of consecutive streaks, he earned NFL MVP awards three years in a row. Favre had a complex life off the field. He was treated for Vicodin addiction in the spring before the Super Bowl victory; created controversy when he retired, then unretired in 2008, after the Packers decided to make Aaron Rodgers the starting quarterback; he was embroiled in a welfare fraud scandal in his home state of Mississippi; and he testified before Congress in September 2024, ostensibly on the welfare case, that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He's also talked on numerous occasions about the many concussions he believes he suffered playing football.
Charles Woodson
Defensive back, 2006-12,Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. NFL All-Decade team of the 2000s. Woodson, the fourth pick in the 1988 draft, played 254 regular-season games with the Raiders and Green Bay Packers, totaling 65 interceptions, fifth-best in league history. He was AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and a key player in the Packers 2010 season, which ended with a Super Bowl XLV victory for the Packers. He was All-Pro three times and a nine-time Pro Bowl selection. He is one of only two players (with hall of famer Marcus Allen) to win a Heisman Trophy, AP Rookie of the Year Award, AP Player of the Year Award and a Super Bowl title in his career, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 2014, he was the first player in NFL history to accumulate 50 interceptions and 20 sacks.
LeRoy Butler
Safety, 1990-2001.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. NFL All-Decade Team for the 1990s. Packers Historian Cliff Christl wrote that while Butler's career stats were impressive — he was the first player to have 20 interceptions and 20 sacks — they way he played reshaped the game. "He not only has coverage skills that are mostly identified in cornerbacks, but also has the ability to play up on the line of scrimmage — much like a linebacker — or blitz like a linebacker," Christl quoted defensive coordinator Fritz Schumer talking about Butler. Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young said Butler was an artist. "He was very unpredictable because he wouldn't read you, he would sense something and take off and get in the middle of all our plans." Butler also created the Lambeau Leap during a game in 1993 when Reggie White tossed him the ball before going out of bounds on a fumble return. Butler ran into the end zone and kept going to leap into the arms of Packers fans. Teammates copied him and a legend was created. General manager Ron Wolf said Butler was the "offensive defensive player" of this time and more of a locker room leader than even Reggie White.
Ron Wolf
General manager, 1991-2001.Pro Football Hall of Fame.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Bob Harlan knew years before he hired him that he had to have Ron Wolf as his general manager. Wolf required total control of the football operations and Harlan agreed, although, he said, Wolf never made a major move without giving Harlan a heads-up. The first two of those moves was getting Mike Holmgren to be his new coach and trading for little known and undervalued Brett Favre to be his quarterback. And, a year later, signing free agent Reggie White. In Wolf's nine seasons, the Packers won their first Super Bowl in 29 years, finished with a winning record eight times and made the playoffs six times. The Packers' record during that period was 92-52, for a .639 winning percentage, tied for second best in the league, wrote Packers historian Cliff Christl. The winning continued for more than 30 years, with Wolf protégé Ted Thompson and Thompson protégé Brian Gutekunst as general managers. Among Wolf's best draft picks were Craig Newsome, Aaron Taylor, Bubba Franks, Wayne Simmons, Chad Clifton, Robert Brooks, Edgar Bennett, Antonio Freeman and more. Perhaps best of all, 1999 seventh-round selection Donald Driver, the Packers' all-time leading receiver.
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Ted Thompson
General manager, 2005-2017.Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.Thompson, like Wolf, built a Packers team that won a Super Bowl, the ultimate goal of a general manager and a franchise. His first-ever draft pick was four-time NFL MVP and future hall of fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who succeeded Brett Favre. That pick gave the Packers an extremely rare instance of back-to-back Hall of Fame (presumed) quarterbacks. Later picks included Clay Matthews III, B.J. Raji, Kenny Clark, Nick Collins, Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb, Davante Adams and many more. Thompson was a former player himself. He was a linebacker for the Houston Oilers for 10 years. "What to me stands out is the consistency," Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said when Thompson was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame. "It is hard to win one year in the NFL. Everything is designed to make it that way."
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This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Lambeau Field façade includes the best of the best all-time Packers
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