1961 Team Picture

That doesn't look like the 1961 Team Photo that I have. They gave out a photo at 1 of the games last year.

Funny.

The "properties" of the photo say 1959 and 1961.

I'll compare some of the players I can identify to the cards I have from those years.

I'm sure you'll all be waiting for my report.

You know, #86 is Dowler and he was a rook in '61, so I think "61 is correct.

It's '59. Dowler was a rookie that year, and Jim Temp (82), Nate Borden (87) and Bobby Dillon (44) were all gone by 1960.

Not at all, just helping determine the date.

BTW, six Hall of Famers: Gregg, Hornung, Taylor, Starr, Nitschke, Jordan. This was a team ready to explode.

#17 looks like Lamar McHan from pics I've seen of him.

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Originally posted by Rusty:

Punk kid.

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BTW, six Hall of Famers: Gregg, Hornung, Taylor, Starr, Nitschke, Jordan.

Actually, eight. Ron Kramer and Jim Ringo are also pictured.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:

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Originally posted by Rusty:

Punk kid.

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Originally posted by cuqui:
Actually, eight. Ron Kramer and Jim Ringo are also pictured.

Oh yeah, forgot Ringo. Kramer's not in the HOF.

Maybe he was thinking Jerry Kramer?

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Originally posted by CitizenDan:
[QUOTE]Oh yeah, forgot Ringo. Kramer's not in the HOF.

Good catch. Ron Kramer is in the College HOF and Packer HOF but not Canton.

So who else does that leave from the Lombardi teams? Willie Davis, Herb Adderley and Willie Wood are those that I remember.

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Originally posted by cuqui:
So who else does that leave from the Lombardi teams? Willie Davis, Herb Adderley and Willie Wood are those that I remember.

Yep, those were the last three Lombardi-era HOFers to join the team.

And BTW, we overlooked Emlen Tunnell (45), so that makes eight Pro Football Hall of Famers in a team photo of 36 players, not counting the coach. Amazing.

If we put anymore players from that era into the HOF, we would have to take Lombardi out. So many talented players they wouldn't need a coach.

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Originally posted by ammo:
#17 looks like Lamar McHan from pics I've seen of him.

Possibly the coolest football card......ever.

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Originally posted by Ghost of Lambeau:
If we put anymore players from that era into the HOF, we would have to take Lombardi out. So many talented players they wouldn't need a coach.

A LOT of talent, no doubt. Interesting that most of these future HOF members were on the 1958 team that went 1-10-1.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
Possibly the coolest football card......ever.

The...Cardinals still suck?

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Originally posted by StarrToDowler:
A LOT of talent, no doubt. Interesting that most of these future HOF members were on the 1958 team that went 1-10-1.

And all of them were brought to GB by Jack Vainisi, their personnel guy in the '50s. Even Adderley was drafted based on a recommendation Vainisi made before he died. He virtually invented draft-focused scouting, and deserves a lot more credit for those Lombardi championships than he usually gets.

+1 @ BK.

It looks like they're doing a halftime show. Awesome card.

How do you think "Up With People" got their name?

When did they start taking team pictures with all the players sitting in numerical order...this random positioning stuff is just too weird....although maybe the order is a secret code or the combination to some secret vault filled with Packer treasures........

If the Vikings had a clue/picture like that, all the players would be wearing the number "0".

I always thought team pictures should be posed this way...

as long as all the numbers show I'm with ya

St. Vince whipped them into shape....

1. One of the Fordham legends.

2. Taught High School physics, chemistry, and Latin where St. Vince also coached and won NJ football and basketball championships.

3. Assistant coach with Landry at the Giants.

....then he taught them how to win.

What a time to grow up in WI. Every last one of them was a Hero to me.

(Taught physics, chemistry, and Latin!!! Ultimate teacher-actually that era's Knute Rockne who was also a science whiz)