Tue., May. 28, 2013
11:30AM
- 1:00PM CDTOrganized Team Activities (OTAs)The Packers announced details on the remainder of their offseason schedule, including the fact that five of the team’s offseason practices will be open to the public, weather permitting.
The open practices will be three organized team activities (OTAs) and two mandatory minicamp workouts. The open OTA practices are slated for three Tuesdays — May 21, May 28 and June 11 — and will begin at 11:30 a.m. CT. The two mandatory minicamp practices are scheduled for June 4 and 5 with a start time TBA.
Due to ongoing preparations on Ray Nitschke Field for training camp, the OTA and minicamp workouts will be held on Clarke Hinkle Field this year. Viewing of the open practices will be standing-room only along the Oneida Street side of Hinkle Field.
Sat., Jun. 01, 2013
8:30AM
- 3:30PM CDTJunior Power Pack ClinicThe 16th Annual Junior Power Pack Clinic will take place June 1, 2013 inside the Don Hutson Center, the Packers indoor practice facility. Reserved exclusively for members of the Junior Power Pack kids fan club (ages 5-14), this event features the chance to run skills and drills with other Packer backers and a few up-and-coming Packers players.
Sat., Jun. 08, 2013
3:00PM
- 5:00PM CDTJerry Parins Cruise for CancerThe Green Bay Packers are gearing up for the 10th annual Jerry Parins Cruise for Cancer event, set for Saturday, June 8. The event once again features a motorcycle ride, but non-riding fans who want to support the cause are welcome to attend the post-ride party at Lambeau Field’s North Loft, the rooftop deck below the TundraVision in the north end zone.
On the day of the ride, registration begins at 9 a.m. and will continue through 10:30 a.m. at Vandervest Harley-Davidson in Green Bay. The post-ride party begins at 3 p.m. at Lambeau Field in the North Loft, which can be accessed through the Bellin Health Gate. The party will include food and drink for purchase, a silent and live auction and fun while bringing awareness to cancer. Attendees will also have the opportunity to get autographs from Packers players in exchange for a $10 donation to the event.
Tue., Jun. 11, 2013
11:30AM
- 1:00PM CDTOrganized Team Activities (OTAs)The Packers announced details on the remainder of their offseason schedule, including the fact that five of the team’s offseason practices will be open to the public, weather permitting.
The open practices will be three organized team activities (OTAs) and two mandatory minicamp workouts. The open OTA practices are slated for three Tuesdays — May 21, May 28 and June 11 — and will begin at 11:30 a.m. CT. The two mandatory minicamp practices are scheduled for June 4 and 5 with a start time TBA.
Due to ongoing preparations on Ray Nitschke Field for training camp, the OTA and minicamp workouts will be held on Clarke Hinkle Field this year. Viewing of the open practices will be standing-room only along the Oneida Street side of Hinkle Field.
The Green Bay Packers 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held Wednesday, July 24, at 11 a.m., at Lambeau Field. The meeting will take place rain or shine.
Sat., Jul. 27, 2013
6:30PM
- 11:45PM CDT5K Run at Lambeau FieldThe computer-timed run is highlighted by a neighborhood route that ultimately takes participants into Lambeau Field and around the famed gridiron. The event has a special finish line – the Packers’ ‘G’ painted on turf located in the parking lot.
Credited with inventing pass patterns, Don Hutson wasn't just the best receiver of his era, he's on the short list for greatest receiver of all time and is arguably the most outstanding player in Green Bay Packers history.
After a collegiate career at Alabama, Hutson came to the Packers in 1935 and began what would be an 11-season career. In that span, Hutson caught 99 touchdown passes, which was an NFL record until Steve Largent caught his 100th TD in 1989.
But if many of the 18 NFL records Hutson held at the time of his retirement have been rewritten since, over 60 years after he hung up his cleats and more than 40 years following his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, several of his NFL-leading standards remain intact.
Hutson led the league in receptions eight times, including five consecutive seasons (1936-37, 1939, 1941-45). He led the league in receiving yards seven times, including four consecutive seasons (1936, 1938-39, 1941-44). He led the league in touchdown receptions nine times, including five consecutive seasons (1935-38, 1940-44). All of those achievements remain NFL records.
Meanwhile, Hutson's four 200-yard receiving games are second only to Lance Alworth's five. And Hutson's two 200-yard games in one season, accomplished in 1942, is an achievement bettered by only Charley Hennigan (three in 1961).
In terms of the Packers' record book, Hutson not only holds the standard for receptions in a game (14, against the New York Giants, Nov. 22, 1942), he's also runner-up on that list (13, against the Cleveland Rams, Oct. 18, 1942).
And Hutson's four-touchdown receiving effort against the Detroit Lions, Oct. 7, 1945, is a feat twice matched by Sterling Sharpe, but never bettered. Nor is any Packers player close to Hutson's collection of six three-touchdown receiving games.
Hutson, who also kicked seven career field goals and 172 extra points, even remained the Packers' all-time leader with 823 points until Ryan Longwell surpassed him in 2003.
Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 183 pounds, Hutson twice earned the NFL's Joe F. Carr Trophy as its most outstanding player, doing so in 1941 and 1942 (the Associated Press MVP award didn't come into existence until 1957). Hutson was a consensus All-Pro five times (1939, 1941-44).
But he wasn't just an offensive player. In addition to his receiving and kicking duties, like most players of that era Hutson also played defense.
A member of three NFL title teams (1936, 1939, 1944), in the first half of his career Hutson was a favorite target of Arnie Herber, who was taking Curly Lambeau's passing game to new heights. Cecil Isbell and Irv Comp also enjoyed seasons throwing to Hutson.
But Hutson was dangerously close to spending his career away from the pass-happy Packers. Coming out of Alabama, Hutson actually agreed to contracts both with the Packers and the Brooklyn Dodgers, a run-oriented club. Both teams claimed Hutson as their own, but NFL President Joe Carr awarded Hutson to the Packers on the grounds that their contract with the speedy receiver was postmarked 17 minutes earlier.
As a rookie, Hutson received a weekly game check of $300. Green Bay had only two banks at the time, and with the nation hit hard by the Great Depression, both banks had to write him a weekly check of $150 to cover the salary.
It didn't take long for Hutson to make an impact. Making his first start in the second game of his career, Hutson's first career reception went for an 83-yard touchdown from Herber on the first play of the game in a 7-0 win over the Chicago Bears (Sept. 22, 1935).
Hutson's legacy was preserved over a series of events. First, in 1951, Hutson's uniform number 14 became the first to be officially retired by the Packers. In 1970, Hutson was named to the NFL's All-50-Year Team. And in 1994, he was named to the NFL's All-Time Two-Way team and 75th Anniversary team.
Also in 1994, the Packers dedicated their state-of-the-art indoor practice facility in Hutson's name (July 18, 1994). Hutson was on hand for the dedication of the $4.7 million facility that includes 70- and 60-yard fields with 10-yard end zones.
Donald Montgomery Hutson, born Jan. 31, 1913, in Pine Bluff, Ark., died June 26, 1997, at the age of 84.
Credited with inventing pass patterns, Don Hutson wasn't just the best receiver of his era, he's on the short list for greatest receiver of all time and is arguably the most outstanding player in Green Bay Packers history.