 Kramer's 1959 Topps football card | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Guard Kicker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | January 23, 1936 Jordan, Montana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Sandpoint (Sandpoint, Idaho) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Idaho (1955–1957) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1958 / Round: 4 / Pick: 39 | ||||||||||||||
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Gerald Louis Kramer (born January 23, 1936) is an American former professional football player, author and sports commentator. He played 11 years as a guard and kicker with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
Kramer played college football for the Idaho Vandals before being selected by Green Bay in the fourth round of the 1958 NFL draft. Kramer was an integral part of the famous Packers sweep, a signature play in which both guards rapidly pull out from their normal positions and lead block for the halfbacks going around the end. Kramer was an All-Pro five times, and a member of the National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Before his election into the Hall of Fame at age 82, Kramer was noted for being a finalist for the Hall ten times without being voted in. In 2008, he was rated No. 1 in NFL Network's Top 10 list of players not in the Hall.[1][2] Kramer was inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 4, 2018. At his induction speech, he quoted something his high school coach had often told him: "You can if you will".[3][4]
- ^ "Top Ten Not in HOF: # 1 - Jerry Kramer". NFL Video Galleries. July 31, 2008. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Jerry Kramer". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ McFadden, Ryan; Stites, Adam (August 5, 2018). "The best moments from the 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony". Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Tripp, Darnay; Carroll, Megan (August 3, 2018). "After 50 years of waiting, Jerry Kramer becomes 18th offensive guard to enter the Hall of Fame". KREM CBS 2. Retrieved November 10, 2020.