R.I.P. John Bockington.

[weeds]

Brock... I remember you bud. Thanks!

 

[weeds]

John Brockington's hard-hitting style endeared him to Packers

Three-time Pro Bowl fullback died at 74 on Friday

www.packers.com

 

[milani]

Brock... I remember you bud. Thanks!

RIP, Great One.

 

[Poppa San]

RIP, Great One.

Carried the team to the playoffs early in the gory years.

 

[Sanguine camper]

Brockington was one of my favorite players during his era. He played hard and gave it his all. That's all you can ask for. R.I.P. You won't be forgotten by Packer fans.

 

[gopkrs]

He was a great back. If we had had a decent QB; he could have taken us places.

 

[weeds]

Such a hard runner. Knees up to his chin. His normal running style, I remember him running into a Houston Oiler, nothing out of the ordinary it seemed, but, the tackler was paralyzed. Nobody wanted to tackle this guy. I remember watching him in a college all-star game and was so enamored with the guy's style ... and lo and behold ... the Pack got him.

He and Mac Lane ... my god, if you loved a running game.

 

[Dantés]

I’m not old enough to have watched him play but I knew John and he was such a great guy. That’s why he’s been my avatar for 5 years. Just a terrific person.

 

[milani]

Carried the team to the playoffs early in the gory years.

He and Mac Lane were Mack Trucks. Man did they punish tacklers. I recall Brockington running over the great Paul Krause back in 1972 like a herd of buffalo. After that play I knew we had beaten the Vikings that afternoon.

 

[lambeaulambo]

Brock... I remember you bud. Thanks!

Bocks are really good Buggar said so

 

[I asked LT to delete my acct]

R.I.P. Bockington

 

[weeds]

He and Mac Lane were Mack Trucks. Man did they punish tacklers. I recall Brockington running over the great Paul Krause back in 1972 like a herd of buffalo. After that play I knew we had beaten the Vikings that afternoon.

I was digging thru YouTube last night looking for Brock highlights and stumbled on the vid of Brockington completely washing out Krause, I was amazed. There were a good number of Viking players that I really liked growing up and Paul Krause was one of them. Hard-nosed tackler, almost never out of position, always around the ball ... and Brock turned him into a cartoon character.

 

[OldSchool101]

Oh gosh. I’m a sad Packer fan today.
Brockington was the first Packer RB I remember as a kid (my generation). I didn’t realize how good he was until many years later when Ahman Green passed him up his name resurfaced. Aaron Jones just surpassed him in 2022.
God bless John thank you for being a great Packer. You and your family and friends will be in my prayers.

 

[milani]

I was digging thru YouTube last night looking for Brock highlights and stumbled on the vid of Brockington completely washing out Krause, I was amazed. There were a good number of Viking players that I really liked growing up and Paul Krause was one of them. Hard-nosed tackler, almost never out of position, always around the ball ... and Brock turned him into a cartoon character.

Teams that had any success against that great Viking defense had to be able to run the ball. They were not a stout defense but were very disciplined and came off the snap very quickly. They knew how to force turnovers. The fact that Krause had to come up and try to single handedly attempt to make a tackle on our big backs tells you that we were getting past those purple people eaters on the D line.

 

[milani]

Oh gosh. I’m a sad Packer fan today.
Brockington was the first Packer RB I remember as a kid (my generation). I didn’t realize how good he was until many years later when Ahman Green passed him up his name resurfaced. Aaron Jones just surpassed him in 2022.
God bless John thank you for being a great Packer. You and your family and friends will be in my prayers.

If we had had any kind of a passing attack back then one wonders how good our rushing numbers would have been.

 

[OldSchool101]

If we had had any kind of a passing attack back then one wonders how good our rushing numbers would have been.

225lb was bigger than most LB’s back then. That would be like a 255lb RB in todays world.

 

[weeds]

If we had had any kind of a passing attack back then one wonders how good our rushing numbers would have been.

Hence, the infamous John Hadl trade.

 

[milani]

225lb was bigger than most LB’s back then. That would be like a 255lb RB in todays world.

He was scary when I saw him play for the Buckeyes.

 

[Curly Calhoun]

John Brockington and MacArthur Lane - The Elephant Backfield:

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RIP #42...Scoring touchdowns in Packer Heaven.

 

[rmontro]

One of the few bright spots back in the day.