Tue., May. 21, 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.
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.
As legendary off the field as he was on it, John McNally, who played under the name Johnny Blood, was a central figure in the Packers' early championship success.
Starting his professional career in 1925 with the Milwaukee Badgers, McNally spent two seasons with the Duluth Eskimos (1926-27) and one with the Pottsville Maroons (1928) before arriving in Green Bay in 1929.
Having graduated high school at 14 and dropped out of St. John's (Minnesota) to play pro ball, McNally was 26 when he joined the Packers. And it was thanks in large part to his rushing and receiving that the Packers won three straight NFL championships from 1929-31, plus a fourth in 1936.
In his first season with the team, McNally led the Packers in rushing with 406 yards and two touchdowns on 104 carries.
In 1931, McNally led the NFL in scoring with 84 points on 14 touchdowns (2 rushing, 11 receiving, 1 return). In 1932 he tied for sixth in the league with four touchdowns (3 receiving, 1 return) and led the team in receptions with 14.
Three seasons later, in 1935, he led the team with a career-high 25 receptions, which stood as a franchise record until 1936 when Don Hutson turned in his first of what would be 10 straight seasons leading the team in catches.
The 6-foot-1, 188-pound McNally was known for his blazing speed, which also contributed to his effectiveness on defense.
He was unquestionably one of the NFL's first colorful personalities.
McNally is reported to have once leaped from a balcony to head coach Curly Lambeau's eighth-floor window ledge to collect an advance. Another time, when he was running late, he stopped the Packers' team train by blocking its path with his car -- with him still in it -- so he could be let on.
In 1922, he created his alias. Still at St. John's at the time, McNally wanted to earn money playing for the Eskimos, but college players weren't allowed on pro teams so it was common for players to create aliases to slip through the cracks of the system.
As the story goes, McNally and a teammate were walking through Collegeville, Minn., and noticed a marquee advertising the movie Blood and Sand, starring Rudolph Valentino. From that, McNally adopted the last name 'Blood' and appointed his friend 'Sand.'
McNally's Packers career was interrupted by one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1934, and it was with that team that he finished his career (1937-38).
McNally wore several different uniform numbers during his Packers career: 14, (1933-34), 20 (1931-32), 24 (1929-30), 26 (1935) and 55 (1936).
In 2003, the Packers honored McNally by naming after him a banquet room within the Lambeau Field Atrium.
John Victor McNally, born November 27, 1903, in New Richmond, Wis., died November 28, 1985, at the age of 82.
(Blood) McNally's Career Stats courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau:
As legendary off the field as he was on it, John McNally, who played under the name Johnny Blood, was a central figure in the Packers' early championship success.