Green Bay Packers: Who wore #85 best?

With 85 days left until the start of the Green Bay Packers 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 the number that represents the days remaining … today it’s #85.

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 Hall of Famer  Billy Howton.

Today, we highlight a player who might have been the most popular and carefree Packer ever to have worn the Green and Gold – Max McGee.

Many of you may remember McGee from his work as a color commentator on the Packers Radio Network for many years. But it was his years on the field that so many of us also fondly remember.

You see, there have been some really good players to have worn #85, including Phil Epps and Greg Jennings – heck even Corey Bradford, Ken Payne and Jeff Query had pretty good success wearing the uniform for the Packers.

But today we take a step back in time to a player many of us may remember as the color commentator on Packers radio broadcasts for many years.

However, Max McGee was much more than just a voice … he played a huge role in the success of the Lombardi Packers teams of the 1960s.

Let’s take a look …

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