The SBN Wisconsin Hall of Fame Ballot

by Brandon on Jul 9, 2010 12:35 AM CDT in Green Bay Packers History

UPDATED: Just a reminder to those who missed it early this week that we've got a nomination ballot available online if you are interested in voting. Thanks.

Yesterday was the initial post to set the ballot, and today I've got the ballot up and running.

This week, APC, Brew Crew Ball, Anonymous Eagle, Brew Hoop, and Bucky's 5th Quarter, will be conducting votes. Here we will select 10 people to represent the Packers. After we narrow it down to 10 this week, we will vote next month for the Top 10 in Wisconsin from the combined 50. And this is only open to those that have retired, so we won't be starting a Brett Favre debate. The other blogs may be voting with retired and active players or coaches, but I'm keeping it to retired players here.

The ballot is after the jump.

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Jim Taylor?

by Yankees10 on Jul 7, 2010 10:26 AM CDT reply actions

Pretty sure he was on the list in the original post...

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 7, 2010 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah he was, wonder why he was removed

by Yankees10 on Jul 7, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Guess they needed room for William Henderson.

Great guy, but come on.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 7, 2010 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

I get your point, but guys like Butler and Henderson are there so we don’t send a list of 10 that is Reggie White and nine guys who played in the 60’s or earlier. It would be nice to incorporate some modern day players in the mix as well.

by PackApologist on Jul 8, 2010 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions

To each his own, I guess.

But I’m not sure why that’s a problem. My list is White, Hutson and 8 guys from the 60’s, and I think it’s entirely appropriate.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 8, 2010 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions

hutson

and 9 guys from the 60’s for myself. i didn’t vote for reggie because of the simple fact that——imo—-he didn’t play enough years in the green and gold to qualify.

by hermitcrab on Jul 8, 2010 1:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Where'd he go?

Hmm…that was unintentional. I was trying to make the list alphabetical while screwing around with Google docs (first time user) and missed him. Nothing against Taylor. He was the leading rusher in team history before Ahman Green overtook him last season. Unfortunately I have over 100 entries by know and I don’t think I can add him to the ballot. Bummer.

by Brandon on Jul 8, 2010 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Dude

You HAVE to include Jim Taylor on the ballot.

By the way, if I call somebody a “douche-bag” on this site, would I get permanently banned?

by ktenreb on Jul 8, 2010 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope not

I’ve been called and called others d-bags on the site before.

by PackApologist on Jul 8, 2010 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, I agree

Usually it’s just somebody who can’t express him or herself very well, having to resort to name calling. Right Lawyer Ted?

But Jim Taylor is one of the five all time greatest Packers. Jerry Kraemer blasted him on a personal basis in his book, but on the field he was absolutely one of the premier running backs of his era.

What about Kraemer? He made THE BLOCK, of course, and he wrote a book. He was tough as anything and was the key to the sweep, which was one of the staples of the Lombardi offenses. He never made the Hall of Fame, however. I assume that’s because offensive linemen, particularly in that era, labored in anonymity, but then he wasn’t really anonymous because of THE BLOCK and his book.

by ktenreb on Jul 9, 2010 5:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Ken Bowman

had every bit as much to do with that block as self-promoter (he wrote more than one book) Kramer (as much as I love him, he really was) had.
Bowman never squawked about Kramer getting all of the credit for it; partly because it was very early in his (Bowman’s) career, and, with no idea that the glory years were about to abruptly end, he just figured that there were going to be plenty of opportunities for him to share in more of it down the road.
Also, he felt that Kramer had earned the right at that point.

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The glass is more than half-full.

by NorthStarr on Jul 10, 2010 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions

He wrote the sequel "Distant Replay"

I’d forgotten about that. The original, of course, was “Instant Replay.”

Bowman was a very solid center and had a very good career, but I was a guard, so I say let Kraemer have his glory. Guard is the most thankless position in football, possibly other than the holder for the FG kicker.

by ktenreb on Jul 12, 2010 8:08 AM CDT up reply actions