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  • Tue., May. 28, 2013 11:30AM - 1:00PM CDT Organized Team Activities (OTAs) The Packers announced details on the remainder of their offseason schedule, including the fact that five of the team’s offseason practices will be open to the public, weather permitting.

    The open practices will be three organized team activities (OTAs) and two mandatory minicamp workouts. The open OTA practices are slated for three Tuesdays — May 21, May 28 and June 11 — and will begin at 11:30 a.m. CT. The two mandatory minicamp practices are scheduled for June 4 and 5 with a start time TBA.

    Due to ongoing preparations on Ray Nitschke Field for training camp, the OTA and minicamp workouts will be held on Clarke Hinkle Field this year. Viewing of the open practices will be standing-room only along the Oneida Street side of Hinkle Field.
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    The Green Bay Packers have teamed up with USA Football to host a coaching school for Wisconsin youth football coaches at Lambeau Field on June 2, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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    On the day of the ride, registration begins at 9 a.m. and will continue through 10:30 a.m. at Vandervest Harley-Davidson in Green Bay. The post-ride party begins at 3 p.m. at Lambeau Field in the North Loft, which can be accessed through the Bellin Health Gate. The party will include food and drink for purchase, a silent and live auction and fun while bringing awareness to cancer. Attendees will also have the opportunity to get autographs from Packers players in exchange for a $10 donation to the event.
  • Tue., Jun. 11, 2013 11:30AM - 1:00PM CDT Organized Team Activities (OTAs) The Packers announced details on the remainder of their offseason schedule, including the fact that five of the team’s offseason practices will be open to the public, weather permitting.

    The open practices will be three organized team activities (OTAs) and two mandatory minicamp workouts. The open OTA practices are slated for three Tuesdays — May 21, May 28 and June 11 — and will begin at 11:30 a.m. CT. The two mandatory minicamp practices are scheduled for June 4 and 5 with a start time TBA.

    Due to ongoing preparations on Ray Nitschke Field for training camp, the OTA and minicamp workouts will be held on Clarke Hinkle Field this year. Viewing of the open practices will be standing-room only along the Oneida Street side of Hinkle Field.
  • Wed., Jul. 24, 2013 11:00AM - 1:00PM CDT Packers Shareholders Meeting

    The Green Bay Packers 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held Wednesday, July 24, at 11 a.m., at Lambeau Field. The meeting will take place rain or shine.
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'58 Packers Draft Class On 'NFL's Top 10'
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by Mike Spofford, Packers.com
posted 04/17/2007

The Green Bay Packers' 1958 draft class was ranked fourth all-time in NFL Network's weekly Top 10 countdown series that aired on Wednesday night.

This week's installment of the NFL's Top 10 series looked at the Top 10 draft classes as selected by a panel of NFL Network and NFL Films staffers. The 60-minute show counted down the Top 10 in reverse order, using interviews with key decision-makers involved in the various drafts to explain each class's ranking.

The Packers' 1958 draft was a key building block for the 1960s, which produced five NFL titles in Green Bay in a seven-year span.

The 1958 draft included the selections of linebacker Dan Currie and fullback Jim Taylor among the top 15 overall selections. Linebacker Ray Nitschke was chosen in the third round that year (36th overall), and offensive guard Jerry Kramer was taken in the fourth round (39th).

Nitschke and Taylor were ultimately inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the 1970s. All four are in the Packers Hall of Fame.

The 1958 Packers were the oldest draft class to make the Top 10. The other nine draft classes the 1958 Packers were up against for consideration for No. 1 are as follows, with the show's ranking included:

1. 1974 Steelers - Four Pro Football Hall of Famers in receivers Lynn Swann and John Stallworth, linebacker Jack Lambert and center Mike Webster came from this draft and would help lead Pittsburgh to four Super Bowl titles.

2. 1991-92 Cowboys - A good portion of the Dallas dynasty was built in these two drafts, with defensive linemen Russell Maryland and Leon Lett, receiver Alvin Harper, linebacker Dixon Edwards, tackle Erik Williams and defensive back Larry Brown being picked in 1991, and defensive backs Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson and linebacker Robert Jones the following year.

3. 1983 Bears - Several key pieces to the Super Bowl XX champs were selected here, including offensive linemen Jim Covert, Tom Thayer and Mark Bortz, defensive backs Mike Richardson and Dave Duerson, receiver Willie Gault and defensive end Richard Dent.

4. 1958 Packers

5. 1986 49ers - By trading out of the first round multiple times to stockpile picks, San Francisco landed defensive ends Charles Haley and Kevin Fagan, defensive backs Tim McKyer and Don Griffin, fullback Tom Rathman, receiver John Taylor and offensive tackle Steve Wallace.

6. 1996 Ravens - Offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden, linebacker Ray Lewis and receiver/returner Jermaine Lewis all played big parts in Baltimore's championship season four years later.

7. 1981 Redskins - Washington won Super Bowl XVII the next year after getting offensive linemen Mark May, Russ Grimm and Daryl Grant, linebacker Dexter Manley, receiver Charlie Brown and tight end Clint Didier.

8. 1965 Bears - Linebacker Dick Butkus and running back Gale Sayers were selected with back-to-back picks in the first round.

9. 1985 Bills - Three players who would prove valuable in Buffalo's four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s were picked here - defensive end Bruce Smith, quarterback Frank Reich and receiver Andre Reed.

10. 1995 Buccaneers - One of the toughest defenses of the past decade got its foundation here in defensive tackle Warren Sapp and linebacker Derrick Brooks, who led the Super Bowl XXXVII champs.