Posted on 04/16/2020 5:33:21 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Willie Davis, the Hall of Fame defensive end who played on five Green Bay Packer championship teams and anchored one of pro football’s greatest defensive alignments, died on Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 85.
His death was announced by the Packers, who said he had been hospitalized with kidney failure.
Playing in the National Football League for 12 seasons, 10 with the Packers as part off the dynasty built by Coach Vince Lombardi, Davis never missed a game. He was quick, he was smart, and at 6 feet 3 inches and 245 pounds he was a formidable pass rusher and tackler.
“He hated to sit out even a play,” the Packer guard Jerry Kramer recalled.
“Once I was standing on the sidelines when Willie came out of the game with a dislocated finger,” Kramer wrote in “Distant Replay” (1985, with Dick Schaap), a remembrance of Green Bay’s N.F.L. championship teams. “I saw the bone sticking through the skin. The trainer grabbed the finger, yanked the bone back in place, then taped the finger to the adjoining fingers. Willie ran back to the game.”
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Great player, enjoyed watching him play, RIP Sir!
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I had read those books about the Green Bay Packers that were written by Jerry Kramer. I even have the box set By Vince Lombardi that explains the concepts of football.
It was a lot of mention in there about Willie Davis.
was invited to an NFL alumni breakfast at the Sheraton Downtown LA At there table, Wille Davis and Jerry Kramer. Great stuff.
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