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Ted Thompson, Green Bay Packers GM who picked Aaron Rodgers in NFL draft, won Super Bowl XLV, dies at 68 – ESPN Australia
Former Packers general manager Ted Thompson has died at the age of 68. Thompson played 10 seasons in the NFL and led the Packers to a win in Super Bowl XLV as GM….
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Packers general manager Ted Thompson — who drafted Aaron Rodgers, traded away Brett Favre and built the team that won Super Bowl XLV — died Wednesday, according to the team. He was 68.
Thompson died at his home in Texas, the team said in a release.
“This is a very competitive business and everybody wants to win badly but his ethics were at the top of the charts,” current Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst told reporters Thursday. “He believed in the rules and he…
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