Packers Pride Green Bay Greats Share Their Favorite Memories

by Butler, Leroy; Reischel, Rob; Davis, Willie

• ISBN13: 9781600788802
• ISBN10: 1600788807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-10-15
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

For more than 90 years, the Green Bay Packers have been the model of excellence across the National Football League. Now, LeRoy Butler—a 12-year veteran and one of the most popular Packers ever to don the uniform—teams up with Rob Reischel to tell the stories of the Packers’ most memorable players and coaches, including Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, Forrest Gregg, Jim Taylor, Herb Adderly, Willie Wood, James Lofton, Sterling Sharpe, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, and Donald Driver to name but a few. Packers Pride looks at the favorite games, favorite moments, and behind-the-scenes stories of the men who played and coached for the team with 13 World Championships, more than any other team in football.

Author Biography

LeRoy Butler played defensive back for 12 seasons with the Green Bay Packers between 1990 and 2001. He was named to four Pro Bowls, the NFL’s 1990s All-Decade team, was a member of the Packers’ Super Bowl XXXI squad, and is credited with inventing the Lambeau Leap after scoring a touchdown in 1993. He cohosts The Big Show on WSSP-AM in Milwaukee. He lives in Waupaca, Wisconsin. Rob Reischel has covered the Green Bay Packers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's “Packer Plus” since 2001. He has received 12 awards from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association for his writing and editing, and he is the author of 100 Things Packers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Aaron Rodgers: Leader of the Pack, and Packers Essential. He lives in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Willie Davis is one of the greatest defensive linemen in NFL history. A five-time All-Pro and Pro-Bowl selection, he is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame and played on all five of Vince Lombardi’s NFL title-winning teams, including victories in Super Bowls I and II. He lives in Los Angeles.