Cliff Christl started gathering oral histories with former Packers and others associated with the team in 2000 and will continue to gather them as Packers historian. Excerpts from those interviews will be periodically posted at www.packers.com
Vito “Babe” Parilli played quarterback for the Packers from 1952-53 and again from 1957-58. Parilli was selected by the Packers with the fourth overall pick in the 1952 NFL Draft, although they already had a promising young quarterback in third-year pro Tobin Rote. Parilli had played collegiately at the University of Kentucky under Bear Bryant, finishing fourth in Heisman Trophy voting as a junior and third as a senior.