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Dec 17, 2022 · With Nitschke at middle linebacker, Green Bay won three NFL championships and two Super Bowl titles. Nitschke eventually earned his rightful place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 1978. This is Ray Nitschke’s inspiring and remarkable football story.
A fierce competitor, Ray was the heart of the great Packers defense of the 1960s. He was the first defensive player from the Packers’ dynasty years to be elected to the Hall of Fame. In the mid 1960s, a national sports magazine asked a group of former NFL linebacking stars to rate the middle linebackers of the day.
Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke comes in at number 47 on NFL Films' "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players" list produced in 2010.Subscribe t...
Mar 9, 1998 · Ray Nitschke, one of the most fearsome middle linebackers in the history of professional football and an anchor of the championship Green Bay Packer teams of the 1960's, died yesterday in Venice, Fla.
In the end, he played 15 years with the Packers, appeared in 190 games and intercepted 25 passes. Born Dec. 29, 1936, in Elmwood Park, Ill. Given name Raymond Ernest Nitschke. Died March 8,...
Jun 10, 2019 · Ray Nitschke has a lot of this on the defense for us…" Nitschke was named the most valuable player of the 1962 NFL Championship Game when the Packers beat the New York Giants, 16-7, in a brutal ...
Sep 15, 2017 · At 6’3”, 240-pounds, Ray Nitschke was an outstanding fullback and linebacker at the University of Illinois – with a bit of a wild streak. Drafted by the Packers in 1958, Nitschke learned to channel his emotions to the confines of the football field where he became one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history.
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