RIP Paul Hornung Herb Adderley and Willie Davis.

[RingoCStarrQB]

It's been a tough year seeing our heroes pass away. Only Jerry Kramer and Boyd Dowler are left from the 60 - 61 - 62 Glory Years starters.

Go Packers!

[RingoCStarrQB]

Still waiting for #5 to be retired.

[Cdragon]

Still waiting for #5 to be retired.

it's going to be long wait. 12 is going to be the next and maybe the last.

[Yoop]

Still waiting for #5 to be retired.

it's going to be long wait. 12 is going to be the next and maybe the last.

really, who was the last player to wear #5 ? been unofficially retired since the 60's, last time a player wore it was 1988, so we'll see.


Founder, coach, and player Curly Lambeau is the only Packer credited with wearing jersey No. 1, although it has never been formally retired.[4] The Packers have recognized Lambeau in a more significant manner than just a number retirement by naming their current stadium Lambeau Field shortly after he died.[29]

Paul Hornung's No. 5 was unofficially retired at the Packers' annual press party on July 10, 1967, although there has not been a ceremony to put his number on the wall of retired numbers at Lambeau Field.[30] The number retirement never became official for a couple of reasons. First, Vince Lombardi, who initiated the number retirement, left the organization less than seven months after the announcement and died a year later. Second, number retirements were not as well known or publicized back in the 1960s.[31] Hornung's No. 5 has only been issued to four players since his retirement, and none since 1988. All of the players to wear the No. 5 after Hornung only played a few games for the Packers before leaving the team or changing uniform number.[10]

The No. 12 has also been identified as a potential number to retire to honor the contributions of current Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.[32] Rodgers led the Packers to a victory in Super Bowl XLV,[33] was named NFL MVP two times in 2011 and 2014,[34] and has been one of the most successful quarterbacks in NFL history.[35]

[NCF]

Still waiting for #5 to be retired.

it's going to be long wait. 12 is going to be the next and maybe the last.

really, who was the last player to wear #5 ? been unofficially retired since the 60's

Don Majkowski did in 1987, but I think it might be Brad Daluiso who kicked in preseason for the Packers in 1991.

[BSA]

highlight reel from Steve Sabol and NFL Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIfJgYccZs

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[BSA]

cool story on Lombardi calling JFK to spring Hornung from Fort Riley in time for the Title game

President Kennedy once helped the Packers win an NFL title

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/11/jfk-vi ... ul-hornung
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[RingoCStarrQB]

Still waiting for #5 to be retired.

it's going to be long wait. 12 is going to be the next and maybe the last.

really, who was the last player to wear #5 ? been unofficially retired since the 60's, last time a player wore it was 1988, so we'll see.


Founder, coach, and player Curly Lambeau is the only Packer credited with wearing jersey No. 1, although it has never been formally retired.[4] The Packers have recognized Lambeau in a more significant manner than just a number retirement by naming their current stadium Lambeau Field shortly after he died.[29]

Paul Hornung's No. 5 was unofficially retired at the Packers' annual press party on July 10, 1967, although there has not been a ceremony to put his number on the wall of retired numbers at Lambeau Field.[30] The number retirement never became official for a couple of reasons. First, Vince Lombardi, who initiated the number retirement, left the organization less than seven months after the announcement and died a year later. Second, number retirements were not as well known or publicized back in the 1960s.[31] Hornung's No. 5 has only been issued to four players since his retirement, and none since 1988. All of the players to wear the No. 5 after Hornung only played a few games for the Packers before leaving the team or changing uniform number.[10]

The No. 12 has also been identified as a potential number to retire to honor the contributions of current Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.[32] Rodgers led the Packers to a victory in Super Bowl XLV,[33] was named NFL MVP two times in 2011 and 2014,[34] and has been one of the most successful quarterbacks in NFL history.[35]

Eh........before Aaron Rodgers' 2 MVPs and 1 NFL championship achievement, when I thought of #12 on a Packers jersey I thought of both Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski and Lynn Dickey. And I still think of #12 as Zeke Bratkowski and Lynn Dickey. #5 won an MVP and 4 championships, and holds the NFL scoring record for a 12 game season ......... a record that still stands 60 years later. Retiring #5 should have been a "no-brainer" a long long time ago ............ even before the Golden Boy's induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986. It is what it is I guess. I may just go buy myself a throwback Hornung jersey ....... or I may not. GO PACK GO !!