Former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf is part of the 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
Wolf was announced as one of eight inductees at the NFL Honors, Saturday night.
Wolf, along with former Bills, Panthers and Colts general manger Bill Polian, was one of two contributor nominees for the Hall. This is the first year contributors have been nominated in their own category.
Wolf came to the Packers in 1991 and stayed in the role of general manager through 2001.
When he arrived, the Packers were stuck in a two-decade long funk. Wolf played no small part in resurrecting the franchise and molding it into the perennial winner you know today.
Wolf’s list of accomplishments is long, but he will primarily be remembered for three moves.
In 1992, he fired then coach Lindy Infante and replaced him with San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Holmgren. Shortly thereafter, Wolf traded a first-round pick to Atlanta for quarterback Brett Favre. Then, in 1993, he lured probably the biggest free agent there ever was or ever will be — defensive end Reggie White — to Green Bay.
If you wanted to make the argument that Wolf was THE reason the Packers returned to prominence, you could easily do so.
A well-deserved honor. We simply can’t overstate how important Ron Wolf was in making the Packers legit again and for that, we’ll be forever thankful.
The other members of the Hall of Fame class are Polian, linebacker Junior Seau, receiver Tim Brown, running back Jerome Bettis, linebacker Charles Haley, guard Will Shields and center Mick Tinglehoff.