Pick your three all-time greatest Green Bay Packers.

[Rain Man]

Who is most worthy of standing on the ... frozen ... tundra ... of ... Lambeau ... Field.

[Otter]

Leave Godzilla alone already, he's had enough.

[Rain Man]

Leave Godzilla alone already, he's had enough.

Green Bay Packer, not Tokyo Bay Smacker

[Jenson71]

Hutson, Gregg, Nitschke

[Rain Man]

This is cool. Cal Hubbard is in both the NFL and Major League Baseball Halls of Fame. He made Cooperstown as an umpire.

[Miles]

Ray Nitschke
Shannon Sharpe
Brett Farve

[ChiefsCountry]

Favre, Starr, Hutson

[Amnorix]

Seriously -- how much less impressive is this list compared to the Bears list? That surprises me a bit.

[teedubya]

Ray Nitschke
Shannon Sharpe
Brett Farve


hah hahah...

retard.

[teedubya]

Where is my cousin Lynn Dickey on this list?

[dtebbe]

I don't know, but Mr. Hat sure was a big Brett Farve fan! Who could every forget that hot tub scene!

DT

[cdcox]

No Reggie White?

In that case Hutson (6th best player ever, Jerry Rice before there was a Jerry Rice), Nitschke, and Farve.

[Rain Man]

C'mon, people. Vote for Hutson. He was an incredible star in his day.

[whoman69]

Hutson may be the greatest receiver not named Rice ever in the NFL.

[Hydrae]

Starr, Hutson, Nitschke

Gregg, Hornung and Favre get consolation prizes.

[Goapics1]

Favre
Starr
Hourning

Ahmen Green? I'd put Sterling Sharpe as a choice before Green, but what do I know?

[Skip Towne]

Jerry Kramer. He threw "the block".

[Rain Man]

Jerry Kramer. He threw "the block".

Did you ever read his book? He laughingly mentions that it makes Jim Ringo furious to hear that. Jim Ringo was the other half of that double-team, and says that he never gets credit for it.

That picture of the fullback (Chuck Mercein?) raising his arms on top of the pile has to be one of the most famous football photos ever.

[Skip Towne]

Did you ever read his book? He laughingly mentions that it makes Jim Ringo furious to hear that. Jim Ringo was the other half of that double-team, and says that he never gets credit for it.

That picture of the fullback (Chuck Mercein?) raising his arms on top of the pile has to be one of the most famous football photos ever.
No, I didn't read his book but he got all the credit for opening the hole for Starr. What year was that?

[Rain Man]

No, I didn't read his book but he got all the credit for opening the hole for Starr. What year was that?

Was it '67? I'm guessing that because I'm pretty sure that it was Chuck Mercein making the TD signal, which would've meant that Jim Taylor was already gone.

Lemme look.

[Skip Towne]

Was it '67? I'm guessing that because I'm pretty sure that it was Chuck Mercein making the TD signal, which would've meant that Jim Taylor was already gone.

Lemme look.
It was in that area. I still liked the Cowboys.

[Rain Man]

http://www.southendzone.com/packer.g/19671231

Yep. December of 1967. I think that was the season where the Packers beat the Rai ders in the Super Bowl.

I have to laugh, because the article says, "With 16 seconds left and no timeouts remaining, the Packers could have easily kicked a field goal to tie it, forcing the fans to endure a bitter cold overtime. Instead, on 3rd and 24 inches, Jerry Kramer threw the block of the century, allowing enough room for Bart Starr to sneak into the south end zone for the winning touchdown."

The Associated Press article on the same page says, "Quarterback Bart Starr, who said "We ran out of ideas," and the gamble paid off by scoring from the 1 on third down behind the blocking of Jerry Kramer.

"We were stumped for something to do, Kramer made a great block on Jethro Pugh," he said."


Jim Ringo's not going to like that.

How many Hall of Famers are in that photo (or at least on the field)? Starr, Gregg, Ringo, Lilly, Renfro, Adderley (edit: actually, Adderley was probably still a Packer defender at that time)...and that was after Hornung and Taylor left the Packers.

http://www.ffbookmarks.com/images/NFL%20Player%20Photos/The%20Ice%20Bowl.jpg

[jspchief]

What about Curly Lambeau? I loved watching him play.

[Nightfyre]

Star, Favre, Lombardi. You didnt specify player, rainman, I am ashamed of your statistical analysis techniques!

[cdcox]

C'mon, people. Vote for Hutson. He was an incredible star in his day.

I see you people have not heeded the wise words of Rain Man.

I never saw him play (obviously) but I read a lot about the history of the game when I was young. Some of the greatest acolades were reserved for Hutson. He literally invented the modern WR position. When he retired in 19-freaking-45, he had:

488 receptions
7991 receiving yards
99 receptions for TDs

If you look at those numbers, he had a TD about every 5th time he caught the ball. He had more than 200 receptions more than anyone else who had played the game before and held the records for most receptions and receiving yards until the early 1960s - nearly 20 years! But that was nothing. He held the record for most receiving TDs until a guy by the name of Jerry Rice finally broke the record in the mid-90s. He held that record for 50 years! He is still #5 on the all time TD reception list. And it wasn't because he played forever either. He had a relatively normal career of 11 years. It's just incredible how much better he was than anyone else playing at his time or even 20 years later. He might have even been better than Rich Scanlon.

[Rain Man]

Star, Favre, Lombardi. You didnt specify player, rainman, I am ashamed of your statistical analysis techniques!


As if I care about the opinion of someone who didn't vote for Hutson.

[Nightfyre]

As if I care about the opinion of someone who didn't vote for Hutson.
Isn't there something objectionable about skewing the data with criticism from the surveyor... Eh, we didn't cover it in Stats class, so must not be.

[Rain Man]

Isn't there something objectionable about skewing the data with criticism from the surveyor... Eh, we didn't cover it in Stats class, so must not be.

I have a policy of never doing it unless it appears that my opinion isn't winning.

[Nightfyre]

I have a policy of never doing it unless it appears that my opinion isn't winning.
Solid.

[StcChief]

Starr, Farve, Taylor

two old school
one longivity