This is pretty cool for both Sharpe and Holmgren!
So, if Sterling Sharpe gets in, who are Packers fans going to whine about being snubbed? It was Jerry Kramer for long time, then LeRoy Butler, now it's Sterling Sharpe. Assuming he gets in, who's next??
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool
There are a few interesting choices. Ignoring the most recent Packers HoF inductees:
Donald DriverHONORS
Pro Bowl Selection (played since 1950): 2002, '06, '07, '10
He spent his entire 14-season NFL career with the Packers and holds the franchise's all-time records for most career receptions and receiving yards.
Ahman GreenHONORS
First-team All-Pro (2003)
Second-team All-Pro (2001)
4× Pro Bowl (2001–2004)
Green Bay Packers franchise records
Most rushing yards, career: 8,322
Most rushing yards at Lambeau Field, career: 4,507
Most rushing yards at Lambeau Field, game: 218, vs. Denver Broncos, December 28, 2003
Longest run from scrimmage at Lambeau Field, game: 98, vs. Denver Broncos, December 28, 2003
Most rushing yards in a season: 1,883, 2003
Chris JackeHONORS
Associated Press All-Pro Team (chosen since 1940): 1993
Press-Gazette All-Century Team: 1999
Jacke scored 820 points and fell just three short of breaking Don Hutson's club record for career scoring.
John Brockington HONORS
Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (chosen since 1957): 1971
United Press International NFC Rookie of the Year (chosen from 1955-96): 1971
Newspaper Enterprise Association NFC Rookie of the Year (chosen from 1964-96): 1971
Associated Press All-Pro Team (chosen since 1940): 1971
Other years selected to an all-pro first team: 1973
Pro Bowl selection (played since 1950): 1971, '72, '73
Dave Robinson HONORS
Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2013
NFL All-Decade Team: 1960s
Associated Press All-Pro Team (chosen since 1940): 1966, '67, '69
Other years selected to an all-pro first team: 1968
Pro Bowl Selection (game played since 1950): 1966, '67, '69
Packers 50th Anniversary Team: 1969
Packers All-Modern Era Team: 1976
Press-Gazette All-Century Team: 1999
Gale GillinghamHONORS:
Associated Press All-Pro Team (chosen since 1940): 1969, '70
Other years selected to an all-pro first team: 1971, '74
Pro Bowl Selection (game played since 1950): 1969, '70, '71, '73, '74
Press-Gazette All-Century Team: 1999
Charley BrockHONORS
NFL All-Decade Team: 1940s
Associated Press All-Pro Team (chosen since 1940): 1945
Other years selected to an all-pro first team: 1940, '46
Pro All-Star Game Selection (game played 1938-42): 1940, '42
Packers All-Time Team: 1946, '57
Packers All-Iron Man Era Team: 1976
Lavvie DilwegHONORS
NFL All-Decade Team: 1920s
Official NFL All-Pro Team (11-man team, chosen 1931-42): 1931
Other years selected to an all-pro first team: 1927, '28, '29, '30
Packers All-Time Team: 1946, '57
Packers 50th Anniversary Team: 1969
Verne LewellenHONORS
Selected to an all-pro first team: 1927, '28, '29
Packers All-Time Team: 1946
Cliff Christl Packers team historian
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Chris Willis, NFL Films archivist and historian, recently published "The NFL's 60-Minute Men: All-Time Greats of the Two-Way Player Era, 1920-1945." In an exhaustively researched book, Willis listed his choices for the top 45 players of the NFL's first 26 seasons – or one-quarter of the league's history – and ranked Lewellen seventh.
Not only was Lewellen the highest-ranked player not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he was placed one spot behind Bronko Nagurski and one ahead of Sid Luckman, arguably the two greatest Chicago Bears when they won six of the franchise's nine NFL titles.
Or how about announcer Jim Irwin?
To answer your question who will the fans want? Green.
Who is the most deserving? Lewellen