Players
Image One: From left, Packers quarterbacks John Roach, Bart Starr, Val Keckin and Joe Francis pose for a photo on the lawn at St. Norbert College in De Pere during training camp in early August 1961. Starr and Roach were the Packers' quarterbacks that season. Keckin, an 11th-round draft pick from Southern Mississippi, didn't make the team. Francis played for the Packers in 1958 and 1959, but didn't make the team in 1961. Press-Gazette archives
Image Two: Rookie defensive back Pete Schenck, a ninth-round draft pick from Washington State, has his eyes examined by Dr. W.W. Ford as the Packers open training camp at St. Norbert College in De Pere in mid-July 1962. Schenck didn't make the team. Press-Gazette archives
Image Three: Packers trainer Domenic Gentile adjusts the scale as he weighs tackle Royce Whittington as training camp opens at St. Norbert College in De Pere in mid-July 1961. Whittington, an 18th-round draft pick in 1960, played at 265 pounds at Southwestern Louisiana. He reported to camp at 319 pounds. Packers coach Vince Lombardi cut Whittington during his first practice. Press-Gazette archives
Image Four: From left, Packers rookies Kirk Phares, Joe Gomes and Jack Ashton look at the bulletin board in the team's dormitory at St. Norbert College in De Pere as training camp opens in July 1960. Phares,a guard, was a seventh-round draft pick. Gomes, a halfback, was a 17th-round pick. Ashton, a guard, was a 23rd-round pick in 1958. All three played at South Carolina. None made the Packers. Press-Gazette archives
Image Five: Dr. E.R. Killeen checks defensive end Bill Quinlan's ears as the Packers report to training camp at St. Norbert College in De Pere in late July 1959. Press-Gazette archives
Image Six: Packers rookie Merv Holland puts his clothes away in his dormitory room as the team opens training camp at St. Norbert College in De Pere in mid-July 1964. Holland, a free-agent quarterback from George Washington University, was cut three weeks later. Press-Gazette archives
Image Seven: Packers rookies Gary Kroner, left, and John Fabry check the schedule on the bulletin board in a dormitory at St. Norbert College in De Pere as they report to training camp in mid-July 1963. Both were former Wisconsin players. Kroner, a halfback, was a seventh-round draft pick. Fabry, a defensive back, was a free agent. Neither player made the team. Fabry, who became a Green Bay businessman, served on the Packers' Executive Committee until 2007 and on the team's board of directors until becoming a director emeritus in 2009. Press-Gazette archives
Image Eight: Clockwise from lower left, Packers rookies and free agents Bob Joiner, Jon Schopf, Jerry Scattini, Paul Dudley, Pete Schenck, George Versprille and Gary Barnes eat in the cafeteria at St. Norbert College in De Pere as training camp opens in mid-July 1962. Barnes, a receiver from Clemson and a third-round draft pick, was the only one to make the team. Presss-Gazette archives