For today’s posting, we have a team photo from coach Vince Lombardi’s second season, 1960. This team, after finishing 7-5-0 in 1959, went on to play at Philadelphia for the NFL Championship. Unfortunately, they lost that effort by being stopped only nine yards short from scoring as time ran out, 17-13. For the 1960 season, they finished with a record of 8-4-0, and won the Western Conference — their first Divisional title since 1944.
Some notable players in the photo are #71 Bill Forester, who just died recently; #84 Gary Knafelc (pronounced “Knawful”), who a couple of years later would become the Lambeau Field PA announcer until just recently when he retired; #17 Lamar McHan, who was looking to be the starting QB before being beaten out for good this season by #15 Bart Starr; #45 Emlen Tunnell, whom Lombardi brought in from his previous New York Giants teams to provide leadership and experience to his young team in Green Bay; and 1960 draft pick #25 Tom Moore.
Other later stars for the Packers are also present: #75 Forrest Gregg; #66 Ray Nitschke; #87 Willie Davis; #5 Paul Hornung; #85 Max McGee; #76 Bob Skoronski; #74 Henry Jordan; #86 Boyd Dowler; #64 Jerry Kramer; #63 Fuzzy Thurston; #31 Jim Taylor; and #24 Willie Wood.
