OFFICIAL PACKERS LEGENDS THREAD

[vince]

Mike Michalske


After playing fullback at Penn State, Michalske transitioned to guard upon entering the pro game (his first two years were spent with the New York Yankees football team).

Michalske used his quickness and athleticism to become, arguably, pro football’s first truly great guard.

He was known as, “The Guard of the Century.”

Led the Packers to their first 3 NFL championships (consecutive titles in ’29, ‘30, & ’31).

He was the first guard inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in 1964.

Michalske, nicknamed “Iron Mike”, played 60 minutes of almost every game he was in as a Packer, playing on the defensive side, as well.

An All-Pro four times, Michalske was especially devastating on attack. No guard ever led the charge with swifter, surer savagery.

Coached in the college ranks for about a quarter century at Iowa State, Texas Aggies, and the University of Texas.

[Fritz]

Johnny Blood McNally: "he often coasted and clowned. He frequently dropped easy passes, then caught impossible ones.

He broke training rules and curfews; missed trains, buses and bed checks; eluded teammates assigned to watch or guard him. Despite his disdain for regular habits and hours, he played well."

He was Randy Moss before there was a Randy Moss!

[vince]

Re: OFFICIAL PACKERS LEGENDS THREAD

Any relation to Anthony Dilweg, the forgettable Packer QB from the 80s?

Yup. Lavvie was Anthony's Grandfather.

Lavvie Dilweg

Lavvie Dilweg, who was was the Packers' best receiver before Don Hutson arrived, is one of two members of the NFL's all-1920s team not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Dilweg was a football star at Marquette University in the 1920s and spent one season with the NFL's Milwaukee Badgers. After that team folded in 1926, he signed with the Packers and was an All-Pro player for all but one of his eight seasons with the Packers.

He was chosen as a member of the Packers' all-time teams in 1946, 1957 and 1969.

He went into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in Milwaukee in 1967 and was one of the charter members of the Packers Hall of Fame in 1970.

Bob Dilweg, 74, lives in Bethesda, Md. If his dad's name doesn't ring a bell, maybe his son's name does. Anthony Dilweg played quarterback for the Packers in 1989 and 1990.

Back to Lavvie, though. The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder played end on offense and defense, and legendary NFL running back Red Grange called Dilweg "the greatest end who ever brought me down."

[vince]

Cal Hubbard

An oversized yet very swift athlete, Cal Hubbard was a force to be reckoned with in the early days of the NFL.

In 1927, Hubbard was a key piece of a tough Giants defense that recorded 10 shutouts in 13 games and allowed just 20 points all season in route to the championship.

In 1929, Hubbard was traded to the Packers at his request (he preferred the small town atmosphere).

In Green Bay, Hubbard enjoyed the best years of his career and help to lead the Packers to three straight Championships from 1929-1931 under legendary coach Curly Lambeau.

Hubbard was named All-NFL six times (1928-1933) and was named the NFL’s all-time offensive tackle in 1969, well after his playing days.

A tackle in college at Centenary and Geneva, Hubbard moved to d-line while playing for the New York Giants. After being traded to Green Bay in 1929, Hubbard moved back to his natural position.

It was there that he shined. Hubbard helped turn the Packers’ running game into a force as they won world championships in each of his first three seasons.

He was an All-Pro every year from 1931-1933, a member of the NFL’s All-50 Year Team (1970) and a 1963 inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

During the summers in Green Bay, Hubbard discovered a love for umpiring baseball games, a passion he would enjoy for the rest of his life.

He eventually became a major league umpire, and in 1958 became the umpire-in-chief for the American League.

His work in that role was so good that, in 1976, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He is the only person ever to be enshrined in both the Football and Baseball Halls of Fame.

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great stuff howard & vince, keep it up

its funny looking at how much bigger the guys are today compared to 80 years ago. cal hubbard looks more like a professional beer drinker

and what did michalske weigh? about a buck 60? and he was a guard? my god

and don't even get me started on that picture of cub buck lol

[Fritz]

Cub Buck

A University of Wisconsin star in the teens, Cub Buck was an experienced pro by the time he became a Packer in 1921.

He played two seasons for the Canton Bulldogs where he blocked for the great Jim Thorpe.

At 6’3”, 250-pounds, Buck was one of the largest linemen of his day.

Buck’s field goal in the rain was the only score against the Columbus, Ohio, Panhandlers in a 1922 3-0 Packer win.

While playing for the Packers, Buck was an executive with the Boy Scouts, coached at Lawrence University and purchased an Appleton, Wis., auto dealership.

In 1926, Buck retired to become head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Some serious man-boob action happening there!

[HowardRoark]

Arnie Herber:


Joined the team in 1930; he was from Green Bay. Veterans nicknamed him “Dummy.” Lambeau ordered it stopped. One guy didn’t and was traded.

He could throw the ball over 80 yards. Was known for his arm…. and fearlessness.

On September 22, 1935, a legendary passing tandem was born. On the first play versus the Chicago Bears at City Stadium, Herber fired a pass to rookie end Don Hutson who ran untouched for an 83-yard touchdown as the Packers won 7-0. The Herber to Hutson combination changed the face of pro football. Herber’s ability to throw long passes stretched defenses.

[vince]

[vince]

Arnie Herber:


Joined the team in 1930; he was from Green Bay. Veterans nicknamed him “Dummy.” Lambeau ordered it stopped. One guy didn’t and was traded.

He could throw the ball over 80 yards. Was known for his arm…. and fearlessness.

On September 22, 1935, a legendary passing tandem was born. On the first play versus the Chicago Bears at City Stadium, Herber fired a pass to rookie end Don Hutson who ran untouched for an 83-yard touchdown as the Packers won 7-0. The Herber to Hutson combination changed the face of pro football. Herber’s ability to throw long passes stretched defenses.

The Packers' Arnie Herber became the NFL's first long-bomb passer, and he did it with unusually small hands.

At Green Bay West High School, Herber learned he could improve his distance and accuracy by palming the ball, rather than using the laces.

He led the league in passing three times and finished his time in Green Bay with 6,749 yards passing and 66 touchdowns

Roughly 70 years after his time in Green Bay concluded, his touchdown pass total is still good enough for fifth on the team’s all-time list (although I have a feeling he’ll drop to sixth sometime this season).

[MichiganPackerFan]

Cub Buck

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At 6’3”, 250-pounds, Buck was one of the largest linemen of his day.
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I've always heard how much bigger players are now, but they're aren't just bigger, they're a LOT bigger!

[vince]

Fred Hulbert

In 1895, Fred Hulbert introduced football and started the very first professional team in Green Bay.

The Packers came about as a direct result of the evolution of the professional town team that had come before them.

In 1895 football was limited to colleges and boys’ schools in Wisconsin.

The first inter-school football game was between Whitewater and Platteville in 1895. Platteville soundly defeated Whitewater 30-0.

When he moved to Green Bay following school [at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam], he brought the first pigskin with him that the town had ever seen.

On Green Bay’s west side, Hulbert was surrounded by the homes of Irish railroad workers. There, raw-boned youths with more time than sense were itching for excitement.

These young men gathered at the West Side Athletic Association, where Hulbert was hired as trainer.

For some of Hulbert’s early recruits, football was an excuse for sanctioned brawling than it was an opportunity for sport.

The best part of the Packer mystique is that they are – in the truest sense of the term – the last remaining town team.

The fact that they survived at all is a miracle. Their brethren from this era, other early town teams and members of the fledgling American Professional Football Association – are nothing more than tombstones sitting quietly on Pleasant Hill.

The game that was played around the turn of the century was extremely violent. Players were often injured and some even died.

Football has been constant entertainment in Green Bay since the first formal game was played on September 21, 1895. That game was played at Washington Park, once located at the east end of Walnut Street.

The park included what are today East High School and its entire campus as well as Johannes Park and a residential neighborhood to the south. It had a racetrack that regularly featured the fastest horses in the area.

The first professional football game in Green Bay, by a team led by Fred Hulbert, was played here on land that is now part of the East High School campus.

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The park included what are today East High School and its entire campus as well as Johannes Park and a residential neighborhood to the south. It had a racetrack that regularly featured the fastest horses in the area.

The first professional football game in Green Bay, by a team led by Fred Hulbert, was played here on land that is now part of the East High School campus.[/quote]

One sight to see in Green Bay is the memorial on the north side of the Green Bay East H.S. field. It is a beautiful, classy, informative remembrance of the connections between that high school, the University of Notre Dame, and the Green Bay Packers.

[Fritz]

Great old newspaper article on Herber. Thanks for posting it.

My, how sports writing has changed!

[vince]

That book is available online in pdf format for free. I'll find it and post a link.

EDIT: They took the pdf version offline and it's available in some non-printable format called Daisy.

http://www.archive.org/details/greenbaypackersp010233mbp

If anyone wants this book in pdf format, let me know and I can make it available to you.

Here's the link to a PDF of this book.

https://www.transferbigfiles.com/a5a7031e-dd1a-49a1-bd5f-def907efeb79?rid=2Oo0LgiZ2lxh4l3dOlogTA%3d%3d

It will be up until Wed. 9/15.

[Freak Out]