Green Bay Packers: Who wore #76 best?

With 76 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 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.

He also produces a top-notch blog with all kinds of Packers history. Click here for that website.

There have been some excellent players who have worn both numbers for the Packers. At #76, consider Chad Clifton, Alphonso Carreker, Mike McCoy and Mike Daniels. 

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 that number: Bob Skoronski.

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 focus in on number 76.

Let’s see what Maxymuk has to say about Skoronski …