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Raymond Ernest Nitschke (December 29, 1936 – March 8, 1998) was an American professional football player who spent his entire 15-year career as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers. [1]
Ray Nitschke. Raymond Ernest Nitschke (Wildman) Position: LB. 6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg) Born: December 29, 1936 in Elmwood Park, IL. Died: March 8, 1998 in Venice, FL. College. 95 (203rd overall since 1960) High School.
You can’t have a conversation about the greatest NFL linebackers of all time without Ray Nitschke. The Green Bay Packers legend played 15 seasons in the green and yellow and led the team to five NFL championships. But Nitschke wasn’t just an incredible player and a fiery leader.
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.
With the Green Bay Packers, Ray Nitschke was one of the most menacing middle linebackers of the 1960s. Nitschke leveled ball carriers such as Bobby Mitchell, Tommy McDonald, and Preston Pearson into oblivion.
Nitschke guided a Packers defense that won five NFL championships, including the first two Super Bowls. He was MVP of the 1962 title game.
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.
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...
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...
Only Bart Starr played longer in a Packer uniform than Ray Nitschke. In his 15 years in Green Bay, Nitschke made All Pro three times and played in only one Pro Bowl, but was named the NFL’s...