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Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame inside the Lambeau Field Atrium on Saturday.

Thompson, who was with the Packers as general manager for 13 seasons, was the only individual inducted into this year’s hall of fame.

"He put together a Super Bowl team in Seattle, came here and put a Super Bowl team together,” Ron Wolf, former Packers GM said of Thompson. “One thing I want say is when I got here, as everyone knows, the Packers were not very good. They hadn't been winning, had the worst record in the NFL and when I left nine years later, we had the best record in the league-that’s partial because of guys like Ted Thompson."

Thompson’s legacy is glaring from his start working for the player personnel department for the Packers to his first draft pick Aaron Rodgers.

"Ted comes over and says can we talk for a minute,” former Packers president Bob Harlan said about his first draft with Thompson. “He said ‘Rodgers is number one on our board. If he's still there, I'm going to take him and we are going to get some heat for it because of Brett.’ I said ‘it's your club to run, I told you that. I'm not going to interfere, take who you want’."

Thompson was introduced into the hall of fame by long-time friend and teammate, Mike Reinfeldt.

"The longer he's retired, the longer people will appreciate him,” Reinfeldt said. “I think time is going to be kind to Ted, when they look back and see what he's accomplished…it was a golden era for the Packers.”



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Ted Thompson, in brief live comments after his induction into the Packers Hall of Fame: "This means a lot to me."

Rob Demovsky  wrote:



A few days ago I said I hope this happens soon but I didn't realize it was already in the works.
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gbguy20
6 years ago
Congrats teddy
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nerdmann
6 years ago
They expedited the process due to his deteriorating health. They wanted him to know, to experience it.
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Zero2Cool
6 years ago
Well deserved. The guy was incredibly humble and showed the lowest ego I've seen.
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Mucky Tundra
6 years ago
Good for Thompson and very richly deserved.
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buckeyepackfan
6 years ago
CONGRATS TED!!
Well deserved!
Next stop Canton, Ohio
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sschind
6 years ago
I don't think there is any way anyone could put up a reasonable or even an unreasonable argument against this.

Side note does anyone know if they still do the HOF induction brandy snifter commemorative glasses any more. I've got most of them from 1974 to 2009 but nothing since and to be honest I can't rally recall seeing any from more recent years.

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Cheesey
6 years ago
Saw one from 2010 on eBay, and a Favre one as well.

Congrats Ted on your induction!
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sschind
6 years ago

Saw one from 2010 on eBay, and a Favre one as well.

Congrats Ted on your induction!

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 




Yeah, I do remember seeing the Favre one. They wanted a lot for it though. close to 100.00 if I recall.
Cheesey
6 years ago

Yeah, I do remember seeing the Favre one. They wanted a lot for it though. close to 100.00 if I recall.

Originally Posted by: sschind 


I shot you off a PM about it.
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