Spartacus Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Don't know if anyone is old enough on this forum to even see him play but HOF lineman and one of the last living members of the Lombardi Packers passed away. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26505006/hall-fame-lineman-forrest-gregg-dies-85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Also a great coach after his playing days are over as illustrated by the fact that he actually got the Bengals to a Super Bowl. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 His 1981 Bengals squad was a really good team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinSting Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 That pic of Gregg with mud covering his helmet, facemask and face is so good it makes the hair on your arm stand up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Lombardi called him the greatest player he ever coached. high praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanedorf Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Here's HOF DE Deacon Jones talking about facing Forrest Gregg, high praise indeed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V525Hw640WE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomyyo Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 As a Bears fan, he'll be associated with this: https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/thirty-years-ago-bears-packers-featured-the-dirtiest-hit-in-nfl-history-102016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedTheClock Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Oh no!!!!! He's Old Gregggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I remember an article that was posted about the Packers days of darkness here. One tidbit that stuck out from the article was when Gregg was head coach for four years: Quote A snarling, menacing presence, Gregg almost became a caricature of himself during his four-year stint as the Packers' coach. "We had this kid, Frankie Neal, who walked up to Forrest one day and said, 'Coach, why does your face always twitch like that?'" Ellerson said. "Everyone got real quiet. Forrest said, 'If you got head-slapped by Carl Eller as many times as I did, your face would twitch, too.'" http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/the-sorry-years-b99418952z1-287342561.html/ It's funny, when I saw clips of him standing on the sideline as Bengals coach, he just never looked that big to me. Not big enough to play OT. Obviously it was years later, and he had probably slimmed down by that point. His playing weight was listed as 250 pounds, for his 6'4" height. Very small compared to the men of today. Still, it was odd when I found out he was an OT. Probably because my first images of him were as coach of Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVScout Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 His last season was in Dallas. Did he even get on the field at all that year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 He was the second coach of the Packers in my lifetime. They were really bad. In depth scouting reports of yesteryear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 57 minutes ago, ThatJerkDave said: He was the second coach of the Packers in my lifetime. They were really bad. In depth scouting reports of yesteryear: So amazing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatJerkDave Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Spartacus said: So amazing.. I think the moral of the story is that if Mike Michalske recommends a player, it is a good idea to draft said player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 RIP Big Man. 85 is a helluva shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 4/12/2019 at 5:31 PM, Spartacus said: Don't know if anyone is old enough on this forum to even see him play but HOF lineman and one of the last living members of the Lombardi Packers passed away. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26505006/hall-fame-lineman-forrest-gregg-dies-85 Unfortunately () I am old enough to remember him as a player even if I was a kid back then. He did a nice job coaching the Bengals but his Packers squads were not so hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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