Green Bay Packers: Who wore #78 best?

With 78 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 Green Bay Packers travel to Jacksonville to take on the upstart Jaguars. Today we consider the players who have worn #78.

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.

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 focused on #79 – a number that prompted our look at Dave Hanner, a man who gave 44 years to the Packers organization as a player, coach and scout.

But today we drop to 78.

Quick … name one player who has worn #78 … You might remember Ross Verba, Allen Barbre or you might even remember the year that Ezra Johnson wore #78 instead of his most noted number of 90.

Heck, you might even realize that former Packer Derek Sherrod wore the number – even though his time on the field was so limited in his three years with the team that you may have forgotten that fact.

The point is that there haven’t been too many outstanding players who have worn the number.

That’s why we have to go back to the mid-1960s to find our focus player today – Bob Brown. 

This is a different Robert Brown than the one you may remember most – you might remember the other Robert Brown who wore #93 for so many years in the 1980s.

So, what do we know about Bob Brown?

Well, Maxymuk knows plenty about the guy.

Let’s let him tell us … turn the page and learn a bit about a valuable player brought in during Vince Lombardi’s days and hung around into the early 1970s.

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