ESPN.com · Jan 25, 2019
Dan Orlish, oldest Packers player, dead at 94
Dan Orlich, the last surviving player from the Curly Lambeau era and the oldest living Green Bay Packers player, died last week, the team announced. He was 94.
Orlich played end for the Packers from 1949 to 1951 and played in 36 career NFL games. He played one season for Lambeau in 1949.
In an interview with ESPN in October, Orlich said he was the second-oldest living Packers player.
"I'll tell you how it goes," Orlich said from his home in Reno, Nevada. "There's Alex Wizbicki. Alex was traded from Buffalo to Green Bay in 1950. He's the oldest. I think he's about 97. I think he's in a rest home in Duluth, and I'm No. 2. But I'm the only living person who played for Curly Lambeau."
