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Jerry Kramer: Lombardi hiring out of the blue

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Jerry Kramer played guard for the Packers from 1958 to 1968 and was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1975. In 1969, Kramer was named the only guard on the NFL’s 50th Anniversary Team chosen by the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. Kramer was a five-time Associated Press All-Pro and a three-time Pro Bowl pick.

On the Packers’ 1958 1-10-1 season: “There wasn’t any discipline. There wasn’t any conditioning. Quite frankly, I was waiting to get traded. I had been told at the College All-Star Game I wouldn’t make it.