Cliff Christl

Cliff Christl started gathering oral histories with former Packers and others associated with the team in 2000. Excerpts from those interviews were periodically posted between 2014-21 at www.packers.com, and others will be periodically posted in the future. Former middle linebacker Jim Carter played for the Green Bay Packers early in their long, post-Lombardi losing spell and also during a period of brutal in-fighting among team officials, coaches and players.

John from St. Paul, MN What are your thoughts about the Wisconsin Historical Society book on the history of the Packers? How accurate is it, considering you've contradicted numerous points made in that book? Based on my experiences writing books, errors will make into print no matter how committed an author is to getting everything right. I've got my own short list from my four-volume history “The Greatest Story in Sports.” Here it is.

Cliff Christl started gathering oral histories with former Packers and others associated with the team in 2000. Excerpts from those interviews were periodically posted between 2014-21 at www.packers.com, and others will be periodically posted in the future. On Oct. 22, 1974, a desperate Dan Devine, then the Green Bay Packers head coach and general manager, traded five prime draft picks to the Los Angeles Rams for 34-year-old quarterback John Hadl.