Herb Adderley, a Hall of Fame cornerback who played 12 years with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, died Friday, the Packers announced. He was 81 and had been recently hospitalized for undisclosed reasons.
A first-round pick out of Michigan State in 1961, Adderley’s NFL career began with a position switch. He was originally drafted as a halfback, his position with the Spartans, then switched to cornerback due to injury and dominated at the position for a decade.
"The greatest cornerback to ever play the game," Packers teammate Bart Starr once said about Adderley, per the Packers.