The best Green Bay Packers player to wear No. 16 shares his name with an MLB legend

Welcome back to our 100-piece series on the greatest Green Bay Packers players to wear every jersey number from No. 0 to No. 99.

After two consecutive entries covering two of the six jerseys retired in Titletown, which already brings our total to four, we'll be breaking from that for a while, as the next number on that particular list doesn't come until Ray Nitschke's No. 66. But that doesn't mean we won't have some fun on the way.

While a plethora of players have sported No. 16 for the Green & Gold over the years, this race comes down to a pair of Packers Hall of Famers. But before we get to the reveal, let's first look at every player who's donned this digit for Green Bay.

Tavon Austin, WR
John Biolo, G
Tom Birney, K
Lou Brock, B
Bob Cifers, B
Russell Copeland, WR
Wayne Davenport, HB
Red Dunn, QB/HB
Jim Gillette, HB
Alex Hale, K
Jack Harris, B
Scott Hunter, QB
Randy Johnson, QB
Jake Kumerow, WR
Paul McJulien, P
Bo Melton, WR/CB
Charlie Mitchell, B
Jab Murray, OL
Craig Nall, QB
Pat O'Donnell, P
Dave Rayner, K
Rudy Rosatti, OT
Gil Skeate, FB
Dennis Sproul, QB
Ray Stachowicz, P
Brett Swain, WR
Scott Tolzien, QB
Ab Wimberly, E
Randy Wright, QB
Joe Zeller, G

One option here was a player who we've already included on our list, that being Red Dunn. And I'll be honest; he almost got a second nod in this slot, as he wore No. 16 when he quarterbacked the Packers to their very first NFL Championship in 1929. But that was the only season he wore the number, as it was one of four he wore during his five-year run in Green Bay, the others being Nos. 11, 15, and 17.

As such, we opted to go with the only other Packers Hall of Famer on the list, Lou Brock. Obviously not to be confused with the St. Louis Cardinals legend who was once Major League Baseball's all-time leader in stolen bases, this Lou Brock wore No. 16 for his entire six-year run with the Packers. And make no mistake; he earned this title.

Lou Brock did a little bit of everything for the Green Bay Packers

After a standout career at Purdue, Brock was taken by the Packers in the third round of the 1940 NFL Draft with the 24th overall selection. And there was literally nothing he didn't do for Curly Lambeau back in the day.

While he spent most of his time on offense at right halfback, the Kansas native filled in at fullback at times, could get outside and catch some passes, and even played a little quarterback when needed. From 1940 to 1945, Brock tallied 804 yards and 10 touchdowns as a runner and added 761 yards and six scores on 59 receptions, the most catches by any Packers player during this six-year stretch not named Don Hutson. He also threw for 519 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 27.3 yards per completion.

On the defensive side of the football, Brock lined up at defensive back and tallied 13 career interceptions, five of which came during his rookie season alone.

And let's not forget about special teams.

As a return man, he posted 438 yards on kickoff returns and the exact same 438 yards on punt returns. He also served as the Packers' punter at times, recording 84 punts for 3,126 yards. And just for good measure, he kicked a pair of extra points during the 1942 season.

See, we told you he earned this spot. Knee issues brought an early end to his career, but at least he was able to win one championship in 1944 before retiring following the 1945 campaign. Brock was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1982.

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