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By James Alder, About.com Guide to Football

Did You Know...

Friday November 6, 2009

Herb Adderley was an All Big-Ten offensive star as a running back at Michigan State University before becoming a first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1961. As a rookie in the Packers training camp, he competed against future Hall of Fame running backs Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung, but head coach Vince Lombardi decided to try the former Spartan as an emergency replacement for injured starting cornerback Hank Gremminger... and the rest, as they say, is football history! Read more...

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