Packers: Top 10 Green Bay Packers not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Boyd Dowler, shown on a 1968 Topps football card.

3. Boyd Dowler, WR (1959-69)

Boyd Dowler was in the first bevy of draft picks made by Vince Lombardi when he took over the Green Bay Packers in 1959 and the third-round pick out of Colorado went on to have a very productive career.

Dowler was a two-time Pro Bowler and was named one of two flankers, along with Gary Collins of the Cleveland Browns, named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s All-Decade team for the 1960s.

In 11 seasons with the Packers, Dowler hauled in 448 passes for 6,918 yards and 40 touchdowns during an era when the run game was king.

At the time of his retirement, Dowler was second in Packer history in receptions and receiving yards, trailing only the legendary Don Hutson.

Dowler also served as the Packers’ punter fill time in 1961 and 1962 and for part of the 1960 season, averaging 42.9 yards per punt over that span.

A tall, lanky receiver at 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, Dowler towered over the defensive backfields of his day. After his playing days, he spent three seasons as offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973-75 and retired as a scout with the Atlanta Falcons in 2007.

Dowler’s most famous game came in Super Bowl II against the Oakland Raiders. Sidelined for most of Super Bowl I, Dowler caught two passes for 71 yards—one of them a 62-yard touchdown pass from Bart Starr that gave the Pack a 13-0 lead in the second quarter.

Dowler, now 77, was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1978.

Realistic Hall Chances: Dimming. It begins to seem as if some sort of unofficial cap has been reached for Packers from the Lombardi Era to be enshrined.

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