Green Bay Packers: 5 best NFL Draft picks of all-time

Forrest Gregg (1956: Second round, 20th overall)

Forrest Gregg was another mainstay of the Green Bay Packers’ run of dominance under head coach Vince Lombardi during the 1960’s.

Gregg, a 6-foot-4, 249-pound offensive tackle out of SMU, was selected 20th overall in the second round during the 1956 draft. Much like Herb Adderley, he was with the Packers for all five championships during this era before leaving for the Dallas Cowboys, where he was a member of the team that won Super Bowl IV in 1971.

As a member of the Packers, Gregg was named first-team All-Pro on seven occasions. He was also a member of the NFL 1960’s All-Decade Team, a nine-time Pro Bowler and a 1977 inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Following his playing career, Gregg returned to the sidelines as a head coach. He got his start with the Cleveland Browns in 1975 at just 42 years old, and would leave for the Cincinnati Bengals three years later, where he would win the 1981 AFC Championship. He returned to Green Bay in 1984, but was never able to replicate the early successes of his coaching career with the Packers.

Lombardi once called Gregg the greatest player he had ever coached, which in itself should be enough for him to make the list.

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