Green Bay Packers: Who wore #75 the best?
With 75 days left until the start of the Green Bay Packers NFL season, our countdown to the big day continues. Sunday, Sept. 11, is the day when the Packers travel to Jacksonville to take on the upstart Jaguars.
For an in-depth look at every number and the players who wore them, we highly recommend “Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players Who Wore Them,” by John Maxymuk.
There have been some excellent players who have worn both numbers for the Packers.
At #75, consider Grady Jackson, Ken Ruettgers, and Dave Pureifory.
They were all solid contributors to a lot of Packers teams.
But today we have to go back to the 1960s for one of the best players to wear those numbers: Forrest Gregg.
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Gregg, we all know, was considered by Lombardi to be the finest player he ever coached.
For an in-depth look at every number and the players who wore them, we highly recommend “Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players Who Wore Them,” by John Maxymuk.
Our last spotlight Thursday focused on #77 – a number that prompted our look at Ron Kostelnik, another of the defensive linemen from the Lombardi years who wasn’t a superstar, but was a huge asset to the Packers teams of the 1960s that won so many championships.
Today we drop to number 75 and take a closer look at Forrest Gregg.
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