NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Jesse Whittenton 47 DB 6- 0 195 Texas-El Paso 5 7 28 14 1958 FA - Chi Bears
Howard Williams 29 DB 6- 1 190 Howard JC 1 1 24 3 1962 FA
Willie Wood 24 DB 5-10 185 USC 3 3 25 14 1960 FA
NO - Jersey Number POS - Position HGT - Height WGT - Weight YR - Years with Packers PR - Years of
Professional Football AGE - Age on September 1 G - Games Played FA - Free Agent
1962 PACKERS DRAFT (December 4, 1961)
RND-PICK NAME POS COLLEGE
1 - 14 Earl Gros FB Louisiana State
2 - 28 Ed Blaine G Missouri
3a - 41 Gary Barnes (A) E Clemson
3b - 42 to Cleveland Browns for John Roach
4 - 56 Ron Gassert DT Virginia
5a - 65 *-Chuck Morris (B) HB Mississippi
5b - 70 Jon Schopf G Michigan
6a - 79 John Sutro (C) T San Jose State
6b - 84 Oscar Donahue E San Jose State
7 - 98 Gary Cutsinger T Oklahoma State
8 - 112 *-James Tulis HB Florida A&M
9 - 126 Pete Schenk DB Washington State
10 - 140 Gale Weidner QB Colorado
11 - 154 *-Jim Thrush E Xavier
12a- 158 Jim Thorne (D) HB S. Dakota St
12b- 168 Tom Pennington K Georgia
13 - 182 Tom Kepner T Villanova
14 - 196 Ernest Green HB Louisville
15 - 210 Roger Holdinsky HB West Virginia
16 - 224 *-James Field DB LSU
17 - 238 Buck Buchanon T Grambling
18 - 252 Bob Joiner QB Presbyterian
19 - 266 Jerry Scattini DB California
20 - 280 Mike Snodgrass C W. Michigan
A - from New York Giants for Joel Wells B - from Baltimore Colts for Lamar McHan C - from Washington Redskins for Dale Hackbart D - from Dallas Cowboys for Steve Meilinger * - Juniors
Bold - Played for the Green Bay Packers
NAME NO POS HGT WGT COLLEGE YR PR AG G HOW ACQUIRED
Herb Adderley 26 CB 6- 1 205 Michigan State 2 2 23 14 1961 Draft - 1st rnd
Gary Barnes 80 E 6- 4 210 Clemson 1 1 22 13 1962 Draft - 3rd rnd
Ed Blaine 60 G 6- 2 240 Missouri 1 1 22 14 1962 Draft - 2nd rnd
Lew Carpenter 33 FB 6- 2 215 Arkansas 4 9 30 14 1959 Trade - Cleve
Dan Currie 58 LB 6- 3 240 Michigan State 5 5 27 12 1958 Draft - 1st rnd
Willie Davis 87 DE 6- 3 240 Grambling 3 5 28 14 1960 Trade - Cleve
Boyd Dowler 86 E 6- 5 225 Colorado 4 4 24 14 1959 Draft - 3rd rnd
Bill Forrester 71 LB 6- 3 240 SMU 10 10 30 14 1953 Draft - 3rd rnd
Ron Gassert 73 DT 6- 3 260 Virginia 1 1 22 11 1962 Draft - 4th rnd
Forrest Gregg 75 G 6- 4 250 SMU 6 6 28 14 1956 Draft - 2nd rnd
Hank Gremminger 46 DB 6- 1 205 Baylor 7 7 29 14 1956 Draft - 7th rnd
Earl Gros 40 FB 6- 3 230 Louisiana State 1 1 22 14 1962 Draft - 1st rnd
Dave Hanner 79 DT 6- 2 260 Arkansas 11 11 32 14 1952 Draft - 5th rnd
Paul Hornung 5 HB 6- 2 215 Notre Dame 6 6 26 9 1957 Draft - Bonus
Ken Iman 53 C 6- 1 230 SE Missouri St 3 3 24 14 1960 FA
Henry Jordan 74 DT 6- 3 250 Virginia 4 6 27 14 1959 Trade - Cleve
Gary Knafelc 84 E 6- 4 220 Colorado 9 9 30 11 1954 FA - Chi Cards
Ron Kostelnik 77 DT 6- 4 260 Cincinnati 2 2 22 14 1961 Draft - 2nd rnd
Jerry Kramer 64 G 6- 3 255 Idaho 5 5 26 14 1958 Draft - 4th rnd
Ron Kramer 88 E 6- 3 240 Michigan 5 5 27 14 1957 Draft - 1st rnd
Norm Masters 78 T 6- 2 250 Michigan State 6 6 29 14 1957 Trade - Detroit
Max McGee 85 E 6- 3 205 Tulane 7 7 30 14 1954 Draft - 5th rnd
Tom Moore 25 HB 6- 2 215 Vanderbilt 3 3 24 14 1960 Draft - 1st rnd
Ray Nitschke 66 LB 6- 3 235 Illinois 5 5 25 14 1958 Draft - 3rd rnd
Elijah Pitts 22 HB 6- 1 200 Philander Smith 2 2 23 14 1961 Draft - 13th rnd
Bill Quinlan 83 DE 6- 3 250 Michigan State 4 6 30 14 1959 Trade - Cleve
Jim Ringo 51 C 6- 1 235 Syracuse 10 10 32 14 1953 Draft - 7th rnd
John Roach 10 QB 6- 4 200 SMU 2 5 29 8 1961 Trade - St. L
Bob Skoronski 76 T 6- 3 250 Indiana 5 5 28 13 1956 Draft - 5th rnd
Bart Starr 15 QB 6- 1 200 Alabama 7 7 28 14 1956 Draft - 17th rnd
John Symank 27 DB 5-11 180 Florida 6 6 27 14 1957 Draft - 23rd rnd
Jim Taylor 31 FB 6- 0 215 LSU 5 5 27 14 1958 Draft - 2nd rnd
Fuzzy Thurston 63 G 6- 1 250 Valparaiso 4 5 27 14 1959 Trade - Balt
Nelson Toburen 61 LB 6- 3 235 Wichita 2 2 23 10 1961 Draft - 14th rnd
1962 PACKER TRADES - TRANSACTIONS
JULY 18 - Traded LB Tom Bettis to PITTSBURGH for 1963 3rd round choice and 1963 7th round choice
JULY 21 - G Jon Schopf (5th round) left camp.
JULY 29 - Traded T John Sutro to DALLAS for 1963 draft choice. Placed HB Don Ellersick, C George Haney, HB Roger Holdinsky, T Ted Kepner and HB Jerry Scattini on waivers.
AUG 12 - Traded HB Ernie Green to CLEVELAND for 1963 7th round choice
SEPT - Traded DE Ben Davidson to WASHINGTON for 1963 5th round choice
SEPT 4 - Traded E Lee Folkins to DALLAS for 1963 6th round choice and 1963 6th round choice. Traded HB Paul Dudley to NEW YORK for 1963 4th round choice. Waived QB Bob Joiner, K Ben Agajanian and T Dick Davis. HB Howard Williams placed on injured waiver list.
SEPT 11 - Released E Oscar Donahue.
1962 IN REVIEW
Of all the teams to take the field under Vince Lombardi, the 1962 squad came the closest to perfection. Green Bay ripped off ten straight wins to start the season, before falling to Detroit 26-14 on Thanksgiving. The final three games went to the Packers, as did the NFL title game for the second straight year. Even a knee injury to Paul Hornung, which forced him to miss five games, could not slow down Green Bay. Adding in the exhibition season, the Packers went 20-1 in 1962. Green Bay scored a league- high 415, while holding opponents to a league-low 148. The running game set an NFL record with 36 touchdowns. The defense, led by Herb Adderly and Willie Wood,intercepted the most passes - 31 - in the NFL. The only question remaining at the end of the season was "Could Green Bay win three championships in a row?".
A THANKSGIVING TRADITION
The Green Bay Packers were one game from perfection in 1962, and that one loss came on Thanksgiving Day 1962. The Lions' "Fearsome Foursome" (DE Darris McCord, DT Alex Karras, DT Roger Brown and DE Sam Williams) sacked Packers QB Bart Starr 11 times for 110 yards in a 26-14 Detroit destruction of Green Bay. The Packers were 10-0 coming into the game and the Lions' win avenged a 9-7 last-second Green Bay win earlier in the season. Green Bay and Detroit would meet again the following Thanksgiving Day, before Vince Lombardi was able to convince the NFL schedulers to end the series, which ran from 1951 to 1963. Other memorable Packer-Lions Thanksgiving Day games of that series (Courtesy of the Detroit Lions website):
1951 - The highest scoring Thanksgiving Day game in history was the first of 13 straight Turkey Day appearances in Detroit by the Packers. QB Bobby Layne passed for four TD's and B Jack Christiansen returned two punts for a TD (89 and 72-yarders) to spark Detroit to a 52-35 victory. B Bob Hoernschemeyer also chipped in with an 85-yard touchdown run.
1953 - Green Bay led 15-7 at halftime but QB Bobby Layne connected with E Cloyce Box on a 97-yard TD play (now the third-longest in Lions history) and the Lions won 34-15 on the way to their second straight NFL crown.
1954 - Detroit beat Green Bay, 28-24, extending its streak of consecutive wins over the Packers to 12. It was the second time in five days the Lions defeated Green Bay as the clubs met the previous Sunday with Detroit edging the Packers at Lambeau Field, 21-17. Detroit finished the season 9-2-1 but lost the World Championship to Cleveland, 56-10, in a rematch of the 1953 contest.
1956 - A late-game QB Tobin Rote TD pass erased the Lions' title hopes in a 24-20 loss to the Packers. It was the first Thanksgiving Day game shown on national television, something now that is taken for granted.
The teams would not meet again on Thanksgiving Day, after 1963, until 1984.
1962 PRE-SEASON RESULTS (6-0)
AUGUST (4-0) RESULT RECORD ATT STARTING QB LEADING RUSHER LEADING PASSER LEADING RECEIVER
3 College All-Stars at Chicago W 42-20 1- 0-0 65,000
10 at Dallas Cowboys W 31- 7 2- 0-0 54,500
18 St. Louis Cardinals at Jacksonville W 41-14 3- 0-0 18,250
25 M-CHICAGO BEARS W 35-21 4- 0-0 44,326
SEPTEMBER
3 G-NEW YORK GIANTS W 20-17 5- 0-0 38,669
8 Washington Redskins at Columbus, GA W 20-14 6- 0-0 16,000
1962 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS (13-1)
SEPTEMBER (3-0)
16 G-MINNESOTA VIKINGS (0-0) W 34- 7 1- 0-0 38,669 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (75) Bart Starr (108) Boyd Dowler (3-95)
23 M-ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (1-0) W 17- 0 2- 0-0 44,885 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (122) Bart Starr (173) Boyd Dowler (5-82)
30 G-CHICAGO BEARS (2-0) W 49- 0 3- 0-0 38,669 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (126) Bart Starr (154) Boyd Dowler (5-57)
OCTOBER (4-0)
7 G-DETROIT LIONS (3-0) W 9- 7 4- 0-0 38,669 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (95) Bart Starr (198) Max McGee (5-69)
14 at Minnesota Vikings (0-4) W 48-21 5- 0-0 41,475 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (164) Bart Starr (297) Max McGee (10-159)
21 M-SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (3-2) W 31-13 6- 0-0 46,010 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (160) Bart Starr (107) Ron Kramer (4-67)
28 at Baltimore Colts (3-3) W 17- 6 7- 0-0 57,966 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (68) Bart Starr (152) Ron Kramer (3-76)
NOVEMBER (3-1)
4 at Chicago Bears (4-3) W 38- 7 8- 0-0 48,753 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (124) Bart Starr (181) Max McGee (4-58)
11 at Philadelphia Eagles (1-6-1) W 49- 0 9- 0-0 60,671 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (141) Bart Starr (274) Max McGee (7-174)
18 G-BALTIMORE COLTS (5-4) W 17-13 10- 0-0 38,669 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (46) Bart Starr (57) Max McGee (2-26)
22 at Detroit Lions (8-2) L 14-26 10- 1-0 57,578 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (47) Bart Starr (142) Ron Kramer (4-62)
DECEMBER (3-0)
2 M-LOS ANGELES RAMS (1-9-1) W 41-10 11- 1-0 46,833 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (71) Bart Starr (260) Dowler/McGee (4-67)
9 at San Francisco 49ers (6-6) W 31-21 12- 1-0 53,769 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (79) Bart Starr (130) Ron Kramer (4-48)
16 at Los Angeles Rams (1-11-1) W 20-17 13- 1-0 60,389 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (156) Bart Starr (205) Max McGee (5-58)
1962 POST-SEASON RESULTS (1-0)
DECEMBER - 1962 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP
30 at New York Giants (12-2) W 16- 7 64,892 Bart Starr Jim Taylor (85) Bart Starr (85) Boyd Dowler (4-48)
G - Green Bay M - Milwaukee
Equipment manager Dad Braisher adjusts a sign proclaiming the Green Bay Packers as "The Yankees of Football," in the team's locker room at new City Stadium in late December 1962. (Photo Credit - Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Petersen’s Pro Football 1962 correctly predicts the Packers to win the West (Photo Credit - Packerville.blogspot.com)
This biography of Packers’ RB Paul Hornung, titled Paul Hornung: Pro Football Golden Boy was a “SPORT Magazine Library Book.” It covers Hornung’s life from boyhood through the 1961 championship season with the Packers. Other books in this series profiled Johnny Unitas, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and others. This was the golden era of sports heroes for the youth of America. (CREDIT: Packerville, USA)
WORLD CHAMPIONS
The 1962 Green Bay Packers - 13-1 (1st-Western Conference)
Head Coach: Vince Lombardi
