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
Dan Orlich, who stood 6-foot-5 and weighed 215 pounds, played end for the Packers from 1949-51. Once unlimited free substitution was restored in 1950, Orlich settled in as a defensive end after also playing offensive end in 1949. Orlich didn’t miss a game in three seasons with the Packers and played a total of 36. The Packers selected him in the eighth round of the 1949 NFL Draft.