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Feb. 1, 2001 – Packers General Manager Ron Wolf announces his retirement and President Bob Harlan tabs second-year Coach Mike Sherman to replace him. “I don’t know what there is out there for people that only know football. I’m sure there’s nothing. There’s a side of me that’s frightened because I’m going to an area I don’t know: the area of unemployment and the unknown,” says Wolf.

Nov. 27, 1991 – Ron Wolf is named executive vice president and general manager with full authority over the Packers’ football operations. Within his first months on the job, Wolf fires Coach Lindy Infante, hires Mike Holmgren and deals a first-round draft choice to the Falcons for backup quarterback Brett Favre. A year later, Wolf lands defensive end Reggie White in free agency.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – When the Green Bay Packers were searching for someone to help rekindle the glory of the Lombardi years, they turned to Ron Wolf. Ron Wolf, architect of Packers revival, headed to Hall

Feb. 10, 1992 – General Manager Ron Wolf makes the mostnotable trade of his tenure with the Packers, acquiring second-year quarterback Brett Favre from the Atlanta Falcons for the No. 17 pick in the 1992 NFL draft. After another trade, the Falcons chose Southern Miss running back Tony Smith at No. 19. Favre went on to break all of the NFL’s major career passing records and won three MVPs with the Packers.

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