NFL Network will be replaying I between the and at 8 p.m. ET on Friday. For the broadcast, NFL Films stitched together all 145 of the game's plays that were gathered Jarlin Garcia Jersey and restored from a couple dozen sources.In advance of this historic telecast, NFL Media historian Elliot Harrison took a look at the robust list of rs from this game: seventeen individuals in all. And while Willie Davis, Paul Hornung, Henry Jordan, Dave Robinson, Willie Wood, Buck Buchanan and Emmitt Thomas certainly deserve mention, here are the top 10 rs involved in :10) Ray Nitschke, linebacker, : The consummate middle linebacker, Nitschke was the heartbeat of the 1960s . He played 15 seasons in Green Bay, beginning with the one-win outfit that Vince Lombardi inherited when he took over in 1959. Despite the slow start to his career, Nitschke became a roaming hitting machine, often overshadowed by middle linebackers Joe Schmidt and Dick Butkus in his division. (What an era for that position!) Nitschke was All-Pro in 1964 and '66.9) Hank Stram, head coach, : The wouldn't have been in I without the guidance of Stram, a progre sive head man who led the franchise from its inception in 1960 (when it was the Dallas ) until the conclusion of the 1974 season. Stram's offensive mind and knack for coaching up small-college talent made the the team of the AFL. His regular-season record Starlin Castro Jersey with the organization was a sterling 124-76-10 -- and he went 5-3 in the postseason.8) Jim Taylor, fullback, : He retired, following a swan song season in New Orleans, as the NFL's second all-time leading rusher with 8,597 yards. From 1958 through 1966, Taylor was the hammer of Green Bay's power running game, especially after Lombardi took over coaching duties during Taylor's sophomore campaign. Taylor went on a tear from 1960 through '64, rushing for more than 1,000 yards each season and scoring a whopping 66 touchdowns on the ground during that span. Visited with him this offseason, and let me tell you, he's as fiery as ever.7) Bobby Bell, outside linebacker, : Tall, fast and black -- that wasn't the prototype of an NFL outside linebacker in the 1960s. There was hardly anyone in the league like this star, who helped change the game. Think , with slightly le s pa s-rushing prowe s but far superior coverage ability. Bell made AFL All-Pro from 1965 until 1969, then made it again in 1970 when his league merged with the NFL. He was as confident when we spoke in 2013 as he must've been as an all-world linebacker in 1966, which should give insight into what made him fantastic.6) Herb Adderley, cornerback, : The began winning titles when Herb Adderley arrived on the scene in 1961 -- literally. Green Bay won its first NFL title since 1944 in Adderley's rookie season. They won again in 1962. Then, the pulled off the three-peat later in the decade. All the while, Adderley locked down the opponent's best wideout as the premier cover corner of the 1960s. He was also instant offense, scoring nine return touchdowns from 1961 through '69.5) Len Dawson, quarterback, : While Joe Namath was the cover boy for the AFL, and specifically its quarterbacks, Dawson was the best pa ser the rival league ever featured. Dawson hit his zenith from 1962 through '66 (the season of I), leading the AFL in touchdown pa ses four times and pa ser rating four times. Dawson also paced the pack in completion percentage during six of the AFL's 10 seasons. His 101.7 pa ser rating in '66 represents the only season an AFL quarterback surpa sed the 100 mark.4) Bart Starr, quarterback, : Starr gets the nod over Dawson among the quarterbacks, while settling into Brad Ziegler Jersey the cleanup spot of our list. While we're on it, Starr cleaned up in the one area people don't a sociate with the Lombardi : throwing the long ball in running situations. These weren't always the conservative group they are sold to be. While often asked to be a game manager, Starr led the league in yards per throw twice, a testament to his ability to be effective vertically. His 105.0 pa ser rating in 1966 was the second-highest of the decade, and wasn Miami Marlins Blank Jersey 't again topped until Dan Marino hit 108.9 in 1984. Most impre sively, Starr was 9-1 in the postseason. Take that, Brett Favre. Take that, .3) Forrest Gregg, offensive tackle, : While fully aware Green Bay fans would like to see Starr or another Lombardi Packer higher on the list than an offensive tackle, I can't mute the high praise from Vince Lombardi himself -- the iconic coach said Gregg was the greatest player he ever had. If that's not enough, Gregg was a first-ballot r. If that's not enough, perhaps the fact Gregg made in 1994 will whet your whistle. The SMU product gave it his all to the whistle, which is why men like Deacon Jones gave Gregg high praise.2) Lamar Hunt, owner, : An owner on this list? Huh?! You're darn right. And you're lucky I didn't put him No. 1. Let's put it as succinctly as po sible: The NFL -- as you know it, I know it and all the coaches and players know it -- doesn't exist without Hunt's heavy mark on the game. The man who created the AFL on a cocktail napkin in 1959, on a plane flight no le s, should be given enormous credit for spearheading a profe sional football league that became viable enough in seven seasons to make a title game between the AFL and NFL a sexy proposition in the first place. Moreover, the AFC today is littered with the franchises Hunt scribbled on that napkin: the , , , , , , and (then Oilers). There are Brian Anderson Jersey 11 champion teams from that group.1) Vince Lombardi, head coach, : The NFL is, and always has been, the product on the field. That's why Lombardi must be the top r involved with I. The were nowheresville when Lombardi took over in 1959, a season after Green Bay went 1-10-1. With the same group of non-athletes, soon-to-be-cut guys and glimmers of hope, the Pack went 7-5 in Lombardi's first season. They made their first championship game appearance in 1960. Over the next seven years, , including the first two s. The Lombardi set that modern head coaches are still trying to match. Lombardi's overall record (playoffs included) in Green Bay was 98-30-4. Good grief.Follow Elliot Harrison on Twitter . Harrison will be part of a panel of experts for " I: The Lost Game", which premieres on at 8 p.m. ET on Friday.
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