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THE IN

CROWD

In this Oct. 2, 2011, file photo,
former Green Bay Packers
player and Hall of Famer
Forrest Gregg is introduced at
halftime of the Packers game
against the Denver Broncos at
Lambeau Field in Green Bay,
Wisc.
Associated Press
Forrest Gregg,

lineman

for mighty

Packers

teams,
dies at 85

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Pro Football Writer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(AP) — Forrest Gregg, the
great Hall of Fame lineman
for the mighty Green Bay
Packers of the 1960s that
Vince Lombardi called
the “finest player I ever
coached,” died Friday at
age 85.
Barbara Gregg said her
husband of 59 years died Crowded leaderboard at
in Colorado Springs from
complications of Parkin- Masters, Woods in the mix
son’s disease.
“I lost my sweetheart this
morning,” she said. “It’s Tiger Woods reacts to his birdie putt on
awful. He died in my arms.” the 15th hole during the second round for
She said that in the last the Masters golf tournament Friday, April
two weeks her husband
received a constant flow 12, 2019, in Augusta, Ga.
of calls from former team- Associated Press
mates and players telling Page 20
him he’d made such a big
difference in their lives.
“I’m overwhelmed at the
amount of people that
loved Forrest, of the num-
ber of players that said he
made men out of them,”
she said.

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