Green Bay Packers: Who wore #89 the best?

With 89 days left until the start of the NFL season, our countdown to the big day, Sunday, Sept. 11, when the Green Bay Packers travel to Jacksonville to take on the upstart Jaguars will focus on the number that represents the days remaining … today it’s #89.

We highly recommend “Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players Who Wore Them,” by John Maxymuk. The book, which chronicles every Packers jersey number was published in 2003 and provides a strong background of information about Packers players and their jersey numbers.

Yesterday, we focused on Ezra Johnson, who was probably the most popular and productive player to wear #90.

Today, we highlight the best Packers player ever to wear #89 – Hall of Famer Dave Robinson.

But like yesterday’s number, which included failures such as Nate Hill, Darius Holland, and Chukie Nwokorie, there have some players who have worn #89 who had pretty decent careers with the Packers.

Third-year tight end Richard Rodgers was the newest Packer to wear #89, taking the number that had been worn by James Jones who moved on to Oakland as a free agent after the 2013 season. When Jones was cut by both Oakland and the New York Giants last year and landed back in Green Bay when Jordy Nelson went down with his season-ending injury, Rodgers relented, gave the number back to Jones and took over #82.

Refer the list below to see some of the players who have worn #89 … some of the names you may remember are Mark Chmura, Robert Ferguson, and even Aundra Thompson. But there were others who you may not remember –  do you remember John Spagnola, Kevin Fitzgerald, or William Harris? 

No, me either.

But for us longtime Packers fans, we love to remember linebacker Dave Robinson.

For those of us lucky enough to remember his playing days, we remember his size and athleticism.

Turn the page and we will provide some insight into this Hall-of-Famer.

Next: Dave Robinson did it all