The Hall of Fame cornerback Herb Adderley, who played in four of the first six Super Bowls and won five NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers and one with the Dallas Cowboys During his 12-year career, he died this Friday at 81 years of age. His death was confirmed this Friday on Twitter by his family member Nasir Adderley, also a former player, although he did not provide details about the causes.
Together with his former colleagues Fuzzy Thurston Y Forrest Gregg, Adderley is one of only four players in professional American football history to be on six champion teams, while the quarterback Tom Brady is the fourth.
Herb Adderley, recruited by the Packers in the first round of the 1961 draft when he was a running back, he played in Green Bay until the 1969 season before ending his career with three seasons in Dallas. The five times chosen to Pro Bowl entered the Hall of Fame in 1980.
Although he won one of his six rings with Cowboys, Herb Adderley always declared his love for Packers, with whom he conquered five. “I’m the only man with a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring who doesn’t wear it. I am a Green Bay Packer, ”he wrote Adderley in the book ‘Distant Replay’, the memoirs of his former teammate with the Packers Jerry Kramer.
“The entire Hall of Fame family mourns the death of Herb Adderley,” stated the Hall of Fame CEO, David Baker, through a statement. “He was a great player and an even bigger man. Herb left an indelible mark on the game and was tremendously respected by players and staff across the league. “
