Two Hall of Famers Playing Golf

In a few weeks, one of these two Hall of Famers will be riding his tractor in Mississippi, and the other will be in his 15th Green Bay Packers Training Camp.

1962 Pro Football Illustrated — Part I

As we count down the days until 2019 Packers Training Camp begins, we’ll start to get the blog here back into the swing of things. Today we have the 1962 issue of Pro Football Illustrated, featuring the 1961 champs — our very own favorite team from northeast Wisconsin.


But before we get to the actual football writing, the page seen above may be helpful to those of you seeking a career change.


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The special section about the reigning champions and their prospect for a successful 1962 campaign begins here...






















As the successful Lombardi Era was getting into full gear, there was — as there is now — always a penchant to look back...














Here are some of the rookie candidates for 1962. Of the players seen here, only NFL Round 3 pick (41st overall) WR Gary Barnes (#80), NFL Round 4 pick (29th overall) G Ed Blaine (#60), and NFL Round 4 pick (56th overall) DT Ron Gassert (#73) saw action in a regular season league game. These three were only with the Packers for the 1962 season. Each of them was also drafted by the AFL.


The Packers’ 1962 No.1 draft pick (14th overall), FB Earl Gros (#40 with the Packers and seen here in a photo from his LSU career), was with the Packers for the 1962 and ’63 seasons, playing in 28 regular season league games. Gros was also a second-round pick by the AFL’s Houston Oilers.


Here are the stats and write-ups for some of the Packers veteran players going into the 1962 season.












This section finishes off with an action shot of WR Boyd Dowler (#86) 

Next up: Paul Hornung is featured in the same publication.