Mercer? You mean Ray Scott - right?
Ray Scott broadcast the Packers on TV. Ted Moore was the speaker on the Packers Radio Network in the 60s. Bill Mercer was the Dallas guy. I think there's a link to his broadcast, as well.
EDIT -- here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juK50d8ZT8I
@Packerpedia: A very memorable moment in #Packers history on this date in 2004, when Al Harris intercepted Matt Hasselbeck in OT.
Also this date:
@12xWorldChamps: OTD: 1997 Desmond Howard runs wild on the 49ers in a 35-14 divisional round win.
Desmond Howard also screwed up the second half kickoff because he was stil in the locker room changing his uniform.
Originally Posted by cuqui:
Also this date:
@12xWorldChamps: OTD: 1997 Desmond Howard runs wild on the 49ers in a 35-14 divisional round win.
One of my favorite moments as a fan was that run. They were getting ready to punt and I turn to my friends and say I have a feeling he is going to take this one back (i very seldom say things like that before a play). Then to see that run. One of my favorite runs especially on that surface.
That play was the loudest I have ever heard Lambeau in my life. The crowd went completely freaking insane. It was ear-splitting.
Yup I was there as well and you're right about the crowd, it was also the most I've ever felt that stand shake like they did
I've written about it on here before but there was also a weather occurrence I'll probably never witness again that occurred at that time. It was a damp cold day. When Dez took that to the house and everyone went nuts an oval of steam the shape of the seating area slowly rose from the crowd - the collective hot breath exultation of 60,000 folks rising to the heavens.
So his actual birthday is like January 3rd?
Originally Posted by CHEEZE:
Originally Posted by cuqui:
Also this date:
@12xWorldChamps: OTD: 1997 Desmond Howard runs wild on the 49ers in a 35-14 divisional round win.
One of my favorite moments as a fan was that run. They were getting ready to punt and I turn to my friends and say I have a feeling he is going to take this one back (i very seldom say things like that before a play). Then to see that run. One of my favorite runs especially on that surface.
I was at that game. What a day that was. The crowd was SO revved up that day.
On this date in 2008: "The Snow Globe Game." Packers defeat Seahawks 42-20 in a picturesque atmosphere at Lambeau.
Happy Birthday, Howard Green. Only played a short time with Packers but will be remembered for this Super Bowl play:
Not exactly on this date but related for sure. For those interested check out this link, David Mariniss interviewed on KFAN, nothing new but fun. I think it starts at about the 30 minute mark
A pretty big day for sure.
@Packerpedia: On this date in 2005: Bob Harlan named Ted Thompson GM & Director of Football Operations with full authority over football decisions.
Good read. Expectations of Ted more than borne out.
Thanks, Bob!
@Packerpedia: History Lane: Check out @TomSilverstein's story from ten years ago today about the #Packers' hiring of Ted Thompson:
On this date in Packer history this play happened
And Championship #13 was complete.
"Lotta CONTACT!!" - Joe Buck
send him to paul H and brett reformatory.
WOW, came across this guy's channel on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channe...L1l2Odu2cND3ILHiuJQQ
Awesome highlight videos- Woodson's in fantastic
He made a seven minute highlight tribute to A J Hawk's career.
He is good.
Sadly, on this date in 1965, Curly Lambeau died.
There's a nice picture gallery at Packers.com:
@Packerpedia: On this date in 1989: Bob Harlan was elected president and chief executive officer of the #Packers, succeeding Judge Parins.
Arguably the third most important person in the history of the franchise behind Lambeau and Lombardi.
Understatement
On this day in 1989, Bob Harlan was elected as #Packers president/CEO. Course of the franchised changed for the better that day.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) June 5, 2015
Thanks Bob !
From the outhouse to the penthouse.
Sorry judge Parins, but your time at the helm of the Green Bay Packers really was an extended crap fest.
"Arguably the third most important person in the history of the franchise behind Lambeau and Lombardi."
And perhaps even more important to the franchise than either.
I mean, every franchise has a founder. Pittsburgh was 40 years of suck under the Rooneys before Chuck Noll. Philly and the Cardinals were little better. And Lombardi would have succeeded the same wherever he went. It was his personal magnetism and genuis for motivation. The 1960s NFL was not very different from the 1930s NFL.
But Harlan rescued a moribund franchise still operating as if it were 1967 and turned it into the model for modern success. He hired people that understood the entire landscape (local and national, sporting and business) and could use the peculiarities of the Green Bay franchise to its advantage.
I firmly believe that without Harlan the Sullivan/Wallen American Legion Post would have been the flushest in the country. (Under the original charter, this AL post was to be the beneficiary in the event the Packers were ever dissolved or moved. That has changed in 1997.)
He has been mentioned before and I have to wonder where Jack Vainisi ranks.
http://new.scenenewspaper.com/...si-nfl-draft-genius/
Sure, Lombardi would hammer his men into one of the elite units in football annals, but he was little without players who could answer the call. Vainisi stocked Lombardi’s shelves with the right guys. What few know, however, is that Vainisi also played a pivotal role in securing Lombardi.
While the team on the field mostly stunk up the joint, Vainisi kept tweaking the roster. While not all of the players would do battle under Lombardi, several of his lesser-known players would at least give the ‘50s Packers marginal credibility. Selections of note taken over his ten drafts included:
1951 — Fred Cone.
1952 — Babe Parilli, Billy Howton, Bobby Dillon, Dave Hanner, Darel Teteak.
1953 — Al Carmichael, Bill Forester, Roger Zatkoff, Jim Ringo, Joe Johnson.
1954 — Max McGee.
1955 — Tom Bettis, Jim Temp.
1956 — Forrest Gregg, Bob Skoronski, Hank Gremminger, Bart Starr.
1957 — Paul Hornung, Ron Kramer, John Symank.
1958 — Dan Currie, Jim Taylor, Ray Nitschke, Jerry Kramer.
1959 — Boyd Dowler.
1960 (with Lombardi) — Tom Moore, Bob Jeter.
Vainisi’s input was also key in acquiring contributing free agents such as Fuzzy Thurston, Henry Jordan, Willie Davis and Willie Wood.
Eleven players Vainisi brought to Titletown have busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, to date. Others will join them in years to come. Still other players Vainisi drafted — like Billy Butler, Timmy Brown and Alex Hawkins — went on to stellar careers elsewhere. Remarkable, really, from a guy who conducted his first NFL draft at age 23.
The Lombardi dynasty was just so uniquely incredible and not only did Vainisi produce many of its great players, the above says he played a key role in getting Lombardi.
I started sneaking in to Old City Stadium in 1954.
Their record sucked, but there were some great players to watch.
My main recollection is thinking... Holy ****, right here in River City?
update on Bart and his treatment:
Not really Packer history, but sort of,...
Its a really interesting article about all the effing around the NFL and AFL teams did before the merger. Stashing players, signing college kids on the field after a Bowl game
Includes a comment about Ron Wolf organizing a fake meeting to help AFL teams sign the college players the NFL teams were trying to stash
The Green Bay #Packers, founded in the old Cherry Street offices of the @gbpressgazette on this date in 1919. pic.twitter.com/fU1YRncGPn
— Jeff Ash (@JeffAshPG) August 11, 2015
96 years ago today, the Green Bay Packers were born. pic.twitter.com/h1Tx4ZKTtR
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 11, 2015
Guy second from the right looks uncomfortably cold. I will call him Atticus Favre.
Turns 100 in four years. I can't want for the celebration to begin! Oh hell, why wait?