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Gordon "Red" Batty
Equipment Manager
A veteran in his area of expertise, Gordon 'Red' Batty is in his 15th season as equipment manager of the Green Bay Packers.
Batty is responsible for properly outfitting players with the safest and most advanced equipment, as well as ordering and maintaining all of the team's equipment and sideline apparel. Immediately prior to joining the Packers, he had spent 13 seasons (1981-93) in the same position with the then-Houston Oilers.
Long regarded as one of the best in the business, Batty was voted the NFL's "Equipment Manager of the Year" by his peers in 2002 at their annual meetings.
A 49-year-old native of Montreal, Batty remarkably is in his 36th season in the equipment field. He began his career in 1973 at age 14, as a ball boy for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Six years later, he was elevated to the position of equipment manager for the Alouettes. During Batty's tenure in Montreal, the Alouettes won two Grey Cups (1974 and '77).
Batty subsequently joined the Oilers in June of 1981, in the process becoming the NFL's youngest equipment manager at age 22. He was a participant in the NFL playoffs for an amazing 12 consecutive seasons - from 1994-98 with Green Bay after seven straight postseason appearances with Houston. Batty also purports to be the first native-born Canadian to garner both a Grey Cup and Super Bowl ring, the latter distinction earned when the Packers culminated the 1996 campaign by capturing Super Bowl XXXI. Batty has also worked two Pro Bowls, most recently the 2008 Pro Bowl.
Upon being named to the Packers' staff on Jan. 24, 1994, Batty became only the fifth person in club history to hold the title of equipment manager. Born in Montreal, Batty (pronounced BATT-ee) and his wife, Joanne, have one daughter, Chelsei, 17, and one son, Cameron, 12.
Since 1994, Batty has served as the equipment coordinator for what is now known as the NFL Players Rookie Premiere preseason event. Batty is given the duty of communicating with each rookie invitee's team equipment manager to secure equipment and jerseys utilized for trading card photo shoots.
A devout National Hockey League fan, Batty has worked several All-Star Games and roughly 30 other league games. In addition, Batty worked for the Team Canada hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He continues to play the game of hockey himself.
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