Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame was the first hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. William L. Brault, a Green Bay restaurateur and Packers fan, founded the Hall of Fame in 1966. According to Brault, he got the idea after visitors to Green Bay would repeatedly ask about the Packers' storied history. Sensing opportunity, Brault went to Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, suggesting a Hall of Fame should be made to educate tourists about the Packers and their history. Lombardi gave Brault his approval, and according to Brault, as he left, Lombardi called out to him, "Don't screw it up!"

The Hall started off as a series of exhibits displayed in the concourse of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, although it was not a permanent residence, as the exhibits had to be removed each autumn to make room for the Green Bay Bobcats hockey team, which played its home games at the Arena. In 1967, the Packer Hall of Fame Association, a separate corporate entity from the team, was founded and annual induction banquets were subsequently launched in 1970. The Hall did not become a permanent site until 1976 when its new home, an addition to the Brown County Veterans Arena, was formally dedicated on April 3, 1976, by President Gerald R. Ford. Outside of the Hall of Fame was a 'Receiver Statue' that was dedicated to the invention of the Forward Pass.

Over the next 26 years, the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame encountered many expansions and renovations. In 2003, renovations to Lambeau Field provided a new home within the new Lambeau Field Atrium for the Hall. Packers legends Bart Starr and Ron Wolf rededicated the Hall on September 4, 2003. The Hall contains a vast array of Packers memorabilia, a re-creation of Vince Lombardi's office, plaques representing each of the inductees and the Lombardi trophies from Green Bay's four Super Bowl wins. As of 2019, the Packers Hall of Fame has inducted 162 people, 24 of whom have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The 2018 inductees were offensive tackle Mark Tauscher and kicker Ryan Longwell. The inductee for 2019 was General Manager Ted Thompson.

Key

Back	B		Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB
Defensive end	DE		Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		End	E
Fullback	FB		Guard	G		Halfback	HB		Kicker	K
Kickoff returner	KR		Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB
Long snapper	LS		Punter	P		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

*	Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Inductees

The entrance to the Hall of Fame

Replica of Vince Lombardi's office at the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

Curly Lambeau

Gerald Francis Clifford

Induction year	Inductee	Position	Years	Notes
1970	Bernard "Boob" Darling	C	1927–31
1970	Lavern Dilweg	E	1927–34
1970	Jug Earp	C	1922–32
1970	Cal Hubbard *	OT	1929–33 1935
1970	Curly Lambeau *	B / Coach	1919–49
1970	Verne Lewellen	B	1924–32
1970	John McNally *	B	1929–33 1935–36
1970	Mike Michalske *	G	1929–35 1937
1972	Hank Bruder	B	1931–39
1972	Milt Gantenbein	E	1931–40
1972	Charles Goldenberg	G / B	1933–45
1972	Arnie Herber *	B	1930–40
1972	Clarke Hinkle *	B	1932–41
1972	Don Hutson *	E / DB	1935–45
1972	Cecil Isbell	B	1938–42
1972	Joe Laws	B	1934–45
1972	Russ Letlow	G	1936–42 1946
1972	George Svendsen	C / LB	1935–37 1940–41
1973	Charley Brock	C / LB	1939–47
1973	Tony Canadeo *	B	1941–44 1946–52
1974	Al Carmichael	RB	1953–58
1977	Howard "Cub" Buck	OT	1921–25
1978	George Whitney Calhoun	Executive	1919–46	[f]
1979	Nate Barragar	C	1931–32 1934–35
1981	Herb Adderley *	DB	1961–69
1981	Ken Bowman	C	1964–73
1982	Lou Brock	B	1940–45
1983	Donny Anderson	RB / P	1966–71
1984	John Brockington	RB	1971–77
1985	Phil Bengtson	General Manager	1959–70
1986	Lee Roy Caffey	LB	1964–69
1986	Wilner Burke	Director of the Lumberjack Band	1938–81	[e]
1987	Dr. E. S. Brusky	Physician	1962–90	[d]
1988	Lionel Aldridge	DE	1963–71
1988	Jerry Atkinson	Executive	1950–85	[a]
1989	Zeke Bratkowski	QB	1963–68 1971
1993	Willie Buchanon	CB	1972–78
1995	William Brault	HoF Founder	1966–94	[c]
1996	John Anderson	LB	1978–89
2002	Vernon Biever	Photographer	1946–2010	[b]
2005	Edgar Bennett	RB	1992–96
2007	Robert Brooks	WR	1992–98
2007	LeRoy Butler	S	1990–2001
2008	Gilbert Brown	DT	1993–99 2001–03
1983	Fred Carr	LB	1968–77
1975	Don Chandler	K	1965–67
2010	Mark Chmura	TE	1992–99
1991	Gerald Francis Clifford	Attorney	1922–52	[g]
1997	Red Cochran	Coach/Scout	1959–66 1971–2004	[h]
1994	Paul Coffman	TE	1978–85
1986	Irv Comp	B	1943–49
1974	Fred Cone	FB / K	1951–57
1973	Larry Craig	B / E	1939–49
1984	Dan Currie	LB	1958–64
1979	Carroll Dale	E	1965–72
1993	Art Daley	Journalist	1942–2011	[i]
1975	Willie Davis *	DE	1960–69
1992	Lynn Dickey	QB	1977 1979–85
1974	Bobby Dillon *	DB	1952–59
2003	Mike Douglass	LB	1978–85
1978	Boyd Dowler	WR	1959–69
1976	Joseph "Red" Dunn	B	1927–31
1994	Gerry Ellis	FB	1980–86
1998	Ken Ellis	CB	1970–75
1978	Paul "Tiny" Engebretsen	G	1934–41
1978	Lon Evans	G	1933–37
1974	Howie Ferguson	FB	1953–58
1974	Bill Forester	LB	1953–63
2010	Marv Fleming	TE	1963–69
1973	Bob Forte	B	1946–53
2009	Antonio Freeman	WR	1995–01,03
1973	Ted Fritsch	B	1942–50
1982	Gale Gillingham	G	1966–74 1976
1993	Johnnie Gray	S	1975–83
2014	Ahman Green	RB	2000–06, 09
1977	Forrest Gregg *	OT	1956 1958–70
1976	Hank Gremminger	DB	1956–65
1974	Dave Hanner	DT	1952–64
2004	Bob Harlan	Executive	1971–present	[j]
2011	William Henderson	FB	1995–06
2001	Johnny Holland	LB	1987–93
2012	Mike Holmgren	Coach	1992–98
1975	Paul Hornung *	HB / K	1957–62 1964–66
1974	Billy Howton	E	1952–58
2003	Jim Irwin	Sportscaster	1969–98	[k]
1991	Harry Jacunski	E	1939–44
1984	Ed Jankowski	B	1937–41
1985	Bob Jeter	DB	1963–70
1981	Lee Joannes	Executive	1930–47	[l]
1997	Ezra Johnson	DE	1977–87
1981	Chester "Swede" Johnston	RB	1931 1934–38
2011	Frank Jonet	Executive	1919–51
1975	Henry Jordan *	DT	1959–69
1976	Carl Jorgensen	Trainer	1924–70	[m]
1994	W. Webber Kelly	Physician	1923–51	[n]
1976	Gary Knafelc	E	1954–62
2010	Greg Koch	OT	1977–85
1989	Ron Kostelnik	DT	1961–68
1975	Jerry Kramer *	G / K	1958–68
1975	Ron Kramer	TE	1957 1959–64
1983	Fred Leicht	Executive	1925–77	[o]
2009	Dorsey Levens	RB	1994–01
1999	James Lofton *	WR	1978–86
1975	Vince Lombardi *	Coach, Executive	1959–68
2005	Don Majkowski	QB	1987–92
1988	Bob Mann	E	1950–54
1987	Chester Marcol	K	1972–80
1974	John Martinkovic	E	1951–56
1977	Charlie Mathys	B	1922–26
1992	Larry McCarren	C	1973–84
1975	Max McGee	E	1954 1957–67
1999	Tom Miller	Executive	1956–88	[p]
1973	Bob Monnett	B	1933–38
1984	Carl Mulleneaux	E	1938–41 1945–46
1998	Mark Murphy	S	1980–85 1987–91
1978	Ray Nitschke *	LB	1958–72
1979	Dominic Olejniczak	Executive	1950–89	[q]
1998	Robert J. Parins	Executive	1982–89	[r]
1979	Elijah Pitts	RB	1961–69 1971
1973	Baby Ray	OT	1938–48
1996	Lee Remmel	Executive	1940s–2015	[s]
1974	Jim Ringo *	C	1953–63
2011	Marco Rivera	G	1996–04
1982	Dave Robinson *	LB	1963–72
1974	Tobin Rote	QB	1950–56
2014	Ken Ruettgers	OT	1985–96
1992	Al Schneider	Supporter	1950s–1970s	[t]
2001	Ray Scott	Sportscaster	1956–68	[u]
2002	Sterling Sharpe	WR	1988–94
1976	Bob Skoronski	OT	1956 1959–68
1977	Bart Starr *	QB	1956–71
1991	Jan Stenerud *	K	1980–83
1985	Earl "Bud" Svendsen	C / LB	1937 1939
1975	Jim Taylor *	FB	1958–66
1987	Deral Teteak	LB / G	1952–56
1975	Fred Thurston	G	1959–67
1979	Pete Tinsley	G/LB	1938–39 1941–45
2008	Al Treml	Video director	1967–2001	[v]
1984	F. N. Trowbridge, Sr.	Executive	1950–81	[w]
1977	Andrew B. Turnbull	Executive	1923–27	[x]
1973	Andy Uram	HB	1938–43
1982	Jack Vainisi	Scout	1950–60	[y]
2006	Reggie White *	DE	1993–98
1976	Jesse Whittenton	DB	1958–64
1973	Dick Wildung	OT	1946–51 1953
1997	Travis Williams	RB/KR	1967–70
2008	Frank Winters	C	1992–2002
2000	Ron Wolf *	Executive	1991–2001	[z]
1977	Willie Wood *	S	1960–71
1973	HL "Whitey" Woodin	G	1922–31
2013	Emil R. Fischer	Contributor	1926–58	[aa]
2013	Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	DE	2000–08	[bb]
2013	Chris Jacke	K	1989–96
2015	Brett Favre *	QB	1992–07
2016	Nick Collins	FS	2005–11
2016	Chad Clifton	OT	2000–11
2016	Russ Winnie	Broadcaster	1929–46
2017	Donald Driver	WR	1999–2012
2017	Mark Lee	CB	1980–90
2018	Ryan Longwell	K	1997–2005
2018	Mark Tauscher	OT	2000–10
2019	Ted Thompson	General Manager	2005–2017

Footnotes

• ^a Atkinson was a businessman who, in 1950, helped lead a stock drive that helped keep the Packers financially stable. He also served on the Green Bay Packers Board of Directors from 1950 to 1985.
• ^b Biever has been the team photographer since 1946, having taken an estimated 150,000 photos over his career.
• ^c Brault founded the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1967, expanded it to its current location in 1976, and served as the Executive Director of the Hall of Fame from 1970 to 1994.
• ^d Brusky was a general practitioner who coordinated the teams medical care.
• ^e Burke was the Band Director for the Packers, arranging the pre-game and half-time shows, while also leading the official Green Bay Packers band.
• ^f Calhoun is credited with being the promoter of the Green Bay Packers during its early years. He was the secretary of the Packers, created the Dope Sheet, helped collect money in his hat during football games, and named the team the "Packers."
• ^g Clifford was the original Green Bay Football Club as a non-profit organization in 1923 and was the club's attorney from 1922 to 1952.
• ^h Cochran was the offensive backfield coach under Vince Lombardi and Dan Devine, while also serving as a scout from 1975 to 2004.
• ⁱ Daley was a journalist for the Green Bay Packers Press-Gazette who covered the Packers for more than 35 years.
• ^j Harlan started out as the Packers Assistant General Manager, serving in that role from 1971 to 1989. In 1990, he was elected as the President, leading the team to 13 consecutive winning seasons. Harlan is Chairman Emeritus of the Green Bay Packers.
• ^k Irwin worked for the Packers flagship radio station, broadcasting Packers games for 30 years.
• ^l Joannes was the team's first security and was elected president of the Packers in 1930, serving in that role until 1947.
• ^m From 1924 to 1940, Jorgensen served as the Packers equipment manager. After the death of Dave Woodard, he became the Packers trainer, serving that role until 1970. The 47 seasons of service is the longest continuous service by an employee of the Packers.
• ⁿ Kelly was the team physician, Packer's President in 1929, and an executive committee member for 28 years.

• ^o Leicht was a Packers Executive Committee Member for 52 years and was a key player in the building of City Stadium and Lambeau Field.
• ^p Miller was originally a player for the Packers, and came back to the organization as the Directory of Publicity and Sales Promotion. He later became an Assistant General Manager and finally became an Assistant to the President, finally retiring in 1988.
• ^q Olejniczak started out on the Packers Executive Committee, and was credited with helping to build City Stadium and hiring Vince Lombardi. In 1982, he became the first Chairman of the Board for the Packers.
• ^r Parins was the Packers President from 1982 to 1989, helping to improve and expand the Green Bay Packers facilities.
• ^s Remmel started out his career as a sports reporter, having worked with every head coach of the Packers in the team's history. Remmel joined the Packers organization as director of public relations from 1974–2004, and served as the team historian until 2007.
• ^t Schneider was the chair of the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Sports Committee, a supporter of the Packers, and helped establish the Packers Hall of Fame.
• ^u Scott was the Packers TV broadcaster for the Packers, having called the championships teams of the 1960s.
• ^v Treml worked as the first video director for the Packers, in charge of editing game and practice video.
• ^w Trowbridge was the Green Bay Packers legal council, treasurer, and part of the Packers Executive Committee.
• ^x Turnbull was the Packers first President, helping to support the then small team. Turnbull was also part of The Hungry Five.
• ^y Vainisi was a talent scout for the Packers who was credited with setting up intricate information gathering systems on players and also scouting many of the future stars of the "Lombardi Era."
• ^z Wolf was the Packers Executive Vice President and General Manager. He is credited with bringing the Packers back to its winning ways. Wolf signed Mike Holmgren and traded for Brett Favre, a combination that led to many successful seasons.
• ^aa Fischer was a key contributor to the club's success and helped guide the team through several critical periods, including the NFL absorption of teams from the All-America Football Conference, Curly Lambeau's resignation in 1950 and the important stock sale that same year.
• ^bb As of January 22, 2013, Gbaja-Biamila was the Packers all-time leader in career sacks with 74.5. He was surpassed on September 28, 2017 by Clay Matthews III.

See also

• Green Bay Packers Fan Hall of Fame
• Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame

References

General

• "Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame". PackersHallofFame.com. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
• "Packers.com – Packers Hall of Fame". Packers.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
• "LambeauField.com – Hall of Fame". LambeauField.com. Retrieved June 17, 2008.

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