"Lean / Sorry Years" Packers Hall of Famers

[RingoCStarrQB]

With Tim Harris going into the Packers Hall of Fame along with Greg Jennings, I thought it might be interesting to look at the list of Packers Hall of Famers from the "Lean / Sorry Years" 1968 to 1991.

Tim Harris
Fred Carr
John Brockington
Chester Marcol
Ezra Johnson
Mark Lee
Ken Ruettgers
Greg Koch
Mike Douglass
Mark Murphy
Ken Ellis
John Anderson
Gerry Ellis
Lynn Dickey
Paul Coffman
James Lofton
Johnnie Gray
Larry McCarren
Willie Buchanon
Johnny Holland

Notable absences are ???????????

Go Packers

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[flapackfan]

Jan Stenerud

[APB]

Don Majkowski
Sterling Sharpe

Ok, ok. They’re both members of the Packers HOF but they’re not on Ringo’s list. They both played the majority of their Packer careers during the defined “lean” years.

One player who is not in the PHOF and should be: Brian Noble

[RingoCStarrQB]

Here's the updated list with inputs from APB and flapackman

With Tim Harris going into the Packers Hall of Fame along with Greg Jennings, I thought it might be interesting to look at the list of Packers Hall of Famers from the "Lean / Sorry Years" 1968 to 1991.

Don Majkowski
Sterling Sharpe
Jan Stenerud
Tim Harris
Fred Carr
John Brockington
Chester Marcol
Ezra Johnson
Mark Lee
Ken Ruettgers
Greg Koch
Mike Douglass
Mark Murphy
Ken Ellis
John Anderson
Gerry Ellis
Lynn Dickey
Paul Coffman
James Lofton
Johnnie Gray
Larry McCarren
Willie Buchanon
Johnny Holland

23 players on the list so far. Any more notable absences ???????????

Go Packers

[Scott4Pack]

Randy Wright? Um, I mean Scott Hunter. Nope. Oh never mind!

But what about Ted Hendricks? I loved Brockington, but his productive career was actually pretty short. If you have him on the list, then add Mac Lane too.

[NCF]

Brian Noble was a good one. Chuck Cecil, Perry Kemp, & James Campen. Other guys had brief flashes like Jackie Harris, Vince Workman, Tony Bennett, Bryce Paup... maybe not HOF worthy, but definitely worthy of a shout out in this thread. Even some guys from the early Holmgren years don't get the credit they deserve. Thinking about guys like Jurko, Santana Dotson, Craig Newsome, Doug Evans, Craig Hentrich, even Desmond Howard.

[BF004]

Did some snooping, I was a too young to experience most of that time first hand, love learning more about some of those years.

Didn’t realize Majik was #2 in MVP voting to Montana.

And Tim Harris was 2nd in DPOY voting. Keith Millar won, didn’t ever realize he was that good. Crazy cause fellow Viking Chris Doleman was 3rd in voting. Damn near 40 sacks between those two.

[RingoCStarrQB]

Randy Wright? Um, I mean Scott Hunter. Nope. Oh never mind!

But what about Ted Hendricks? I loved Brockington, but his productive career was actually pretty short. If you have him on the list, then add Mac Lane too.

Ted Hendricks only played one season as a Packer.

[RingoCStarrQB]

Brian Noble was a good one. Chuck Cecil, Perry Kemp, & James Campen. Other guys had brief flashes like Jackie Harris, Vince Workman, Tony Bennett, Bryce Paup... maybe not HOF worthy, but definitely worthy of a shout out in this thread. Even some guys from the early Holmgren years don't get the credit they deserve. Thinking about guys like Jurko, Santana Dotson, Craig Newsome, Doug Evans, Craig Hentrich, even Desmond Howard.

Tim Lewis might deserve being part of this conversation as well.

[Bogey]

Steve Luke
Eddie Lee Ivery
Charles Martin

[APB]

Steve Luke
Eddie Lee Ivery
Charles Martin

Charles Martin. Now there was a rivalry player.

[BF004]

Brian Noble was a good one. Chuck Cecil, Perry Kemp, & James Campen. Other guys had brief flashes like Jackie Harris, Vince Workman, Tony Bennett, Bryce Paup... maybe not HOF worthy, but definitely worthy of a shout out in this thread. Even some guys from the early Holmgren years don't get the credit they deserve. Thinking about guys like Jurko, Santana Dotson, Craig Newsome, Doug Evans, Craig Hentrich, even Desmond Howard.

Just from some of my stat picking, Perry Kemp and Jackie Harris were flashes in the pan. 6 TDs for Kemp as a Packer, 9 for Harris. However, 25 for the toolbox Ed West.

[Bogey]

Steve Luke
Eddie Lee Ivery
Charles Martin

Charles Martin. Now there was a rivalry player.

Yep, that’s why I added him.

[Acrobat]

Paul Ott Carruth baby!

Also, Brent Fullwood sucks. In the same week, he refused to sign an autograph and fumbled at the 1 yard line at the first ever Packers game I attended in person.

[AmishMafia]

Steve Luke
Eddie Lee Ivery
Charles Martin

Charles Martin. Now there was a rivalry player.

Charles Martin was an embarrassment to the organization. Zero chance he gets any recognition.

Tim Lewis was on his way to stardom when he injured and forced to retire.

To bad for Ezra Johnson. Had he been on a contender, I think he would have been an all-time great and in the HOF. He was a beast but without much support around him, they could just run away from him or double team him. Sometimes they did both.

[Pugger]

Steve Luke
Eddie Lee Ivery
Charles Martin

No to Charles Martin. There are more than enough more worthy candidates.

[RingoCStarrQB]

Steve Luke
Eddie Lee Ivery
Charles Martin

No to Charles Martin. There are more than enough more worthy candidates.

When I think of Charles Martin, I also think of guys like Blaise Winter, Donnie Humphrey, Alphonso Carreker, Jerry Boyarsky, and a few others didn't exactly stand out as Packers defensive linemen. There were exceptions here and there like Dave Roller and Mike Butler. But in general it was the great Ezra Johnson and that's it .......... over a 20+ year period. Lionel Aldridge and Bob Brown ended their careers as Chargers.

Alden Roche, Casey Merrill, Robert Brown, Charles Johnson, Mike McCoy .........