Posted on 04/13/2019 11:10:36 AM PDT by EveningStar
Forrest Gregg, who earned the nickname "Iron Man" for playing in a then-record 188 consecutive NFL games during his Hall of Fame career, died Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 85.
Barbara Gregg said her husband of 59 years died from complications of Parkinson's disease.
The former offensive lineman, who was a seven-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowler, played 15 seasons in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys from 1956 to 1971.
Legendary coach Vince Lombardi once called Gregg "the best player I ever coached."
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85. Makes me feel old - I had his football card as a kid.
Rest in Peace, Sir!
One of my childhood heroes has rejoined Mr. Lombardi! Should be making one helluva team!
He, Bobby Jeter and Jim Taylor are putting together a right proper footbal team somewhere under coach Lombardi’s stern eye.
Godspeed and RIP.
I met him while I was playing High School football. Believe it or not, pro football players had off season jobs back then because they didn’t have enough from their football salaries to live well rear around. Forrest Gregg was a athletic eqipment salesman and came to our small high school to sell us shoulder pads. I grew up in the Dallas area and the Packers had beaten Dallas the year before to go to the first Super Bowl. Needless to say, he was a fascinating man to a group of young boys, even though he broke their heart in the “Ice bowl” of 1966.
That whole group of Packers will be gone soon.
I recently read that Bart Starr still has the highest post season rating of any QB.
Jerry Kramer is the only one from the starting O line left.
God drafted him for his football team. Prayers to his family and Rest in Peace, Forrest. I had his card as a kid.
I remember when the ‘81 Niners beat his Bengals...
RIP.
“Jerry Kramer is the only one from the starting O line left.”
I think Jerry Kramer died. It was a crime that he was shunned from being elected to the pro-football HOF.
Ooops, I just looked it up and Jerry Kramer is still alive, and he FINALLY was inducted into the HOF last year (after being shunned for many years).
When football was a game and not a corporate appendage / political tool.
The iconic picture.
Iconic.
RIP.
Nice.
When men were men and Cowboys ran scared. RIP 75.
You seem to forget, old sport, that when the Pack let him go, Forrest became a Cowboy and helped them win SB VI--
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