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  • Tue., Jul. 23, 2013 11:30AM - 5:00PM CDT Ask Vic Day

    "Ask Vic Day" will include a tour of Lambeau Field, a Packers Hall of Fame visit, lunch, an “Ask Vic Live,” and a few other surprises along the way. The event will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Lambeau Field. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. with an 11:30 a.m. lunch. Door prizes will be awarded during the reception.

    Cost per person is $30 (tax included).
  • Wed., Jul. 24, 2013 11:00AM - 1:00PM CDT Packers Shareholders Meeting

    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.
  • Fri., Jul. 26, 2013 6:00PM - 7:00PM CDT Packers Kid's Run A Kid's Run presented by WPS Health Insurance will be held on Friday Night, July 26th, following packet pickup. Kids 10 & under can run a Lambeau Lap and finish on replica turf just outside of Lambeau Field.
  • Fri., Jul. 26, 2013 7:30PM - 9:30PM CDT Movie Night at Lambeau Field

    Movie Night at Lambeau Field will return this year on Friday, July 26. At 7:30 p.m., following the 1K Kids Run, Disney’s Wreck it Ralph will be shown on the TundraVision. The event is free and open to the public, and concessions will be available throughout the movie.
  • Sat., Jul. 27, 2013 6:30PM - 11:45PM CDT 5K Run at Lambeau Field The 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.
  • Sat., Aug. 03, 2013 5:30PM - 9:30PM CDT Packers Family Night

    The Green Bay Packers announced today that ‘Packers Family Night, presented by Bellin Health,’ will take place Saturday evening, Aug. 3. The event will benefit the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids foster care adoption program, a signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
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CB Whittenton from Lombardi’s first two title teams dies

Posted by Mike Spofford on May 24, 2012 – 3:45 pm

Former Packers cornerback Jesse Whittenton, who was a defensive starter on Vince Lombardi’s first two NFL title teams in 1961 and ’62, died earlier this week. He was 78.

Inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1976, Whittenton played seven seasons for the Packers (1958-64), joining the team as a free agent from the Los Angeles Rams, who drafted him in the fifth round in 1956. Whittenton led Green Bay with six interceptions in 1960 and then tied for the team lead with three other players with five in ’61. In all, he intercepted 20 passes for the Packers and recovered 10 fumbles.

According to the Packers Hall of Fame, one of Whittenton’s most memorable plays came in 1961 against the New York Giants when he stole the ball from running back Alex Webster to set up a Green Bay score. The Packers won that late-season game over the Giants, 20-17, at Milwaukee County Stadium and then pummeled the Giants in a rematch four weeks later for the NFL Championship, 37-0, at Green Bay’s City Stadium (later renamed Lambeau Field).

Whittenton appeared at Lambeau Field last season when the Packers played the Broncos on Oct. 2 and was introduced to the crowd (picture).


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