The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame is a team-specific hall of fame honoring players, coaches, executives, and other contributors to the history and success of the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). It was the first hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. William Brault, a Green Bay restaurateur and Packers fan, founded the Packer Hall of Fame in 1966. According to them, they got the idea after visitors to Green Bay would repeatedly ask about the Packers' storied history. Sensing opportunity, they went to Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, suggesting a hall of fame should be made to attract and educate tourists about the Packers and their history. Lombardi gave them his approval as long as the hall of fame would not interfere with the existing players.

Brault also led the Green Bay Area Visitor and Convention Bureau, which he also helped form in 1964. The Packers Hall of Fame opened as a series of exhibits displayed in the lower concourse of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, although it was not a permanent residence. In 1967, the Packer Hall of Fame Association, a separate corporate entity from the team, was founded and then six years later became Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, Inc. The Hall did not become a permanent site until 1976 when its new home, an addition to the Brown County Veterans Arena, was formally dedicated on April 3, 1976, by President Gerald Ford. Outside of the Packers Hall of Fame was Receiver, a statue that was dedicated to the invention of the forward pass.

The Packers Hall of Fame has been expanded and renovated numerous times over its history. In 2003, renovations to Lambeau Field provided a new home within the new Lambeau Field Atrium for the Hall of Fame. Packers legends Bart Starr and Ron Wolf rededicated the Hall on September 4, 2003. In 2015, the Packers Hall of Fame was moved from the basement to the second floor of the Lambeau Field Atrium as part of a larger renovation of Lambeau Field. The Hall contains a vast array of Packers memorabilia, a re-creation of Vince Lombardi's office, plaques representing each of the inductees and the Lombardi trophies from Green Bay's four Super Bowl wins. The Packers Hall of Fame has inducted 173 people, 30 of whom have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In July 2026, Tramon Williams and Earl Dotson became the most recent inductees into the hall of fame.

In 1998, the Packers and the Packers Hall of Fame created the Green Bay Packers Fan Hall of Fame (capitalized by the organization as the Green Bay Packers FAN Hall of Fame), the first hall of fame built to honor fans of a professional football team. Fans may nominate themselves or others for induction by submitting an essay of 500 words or less describing why they or their nominee deserve recognition in the Fan Hall of Fame. Ten finalists are chosen by a selection committee and then fans are then given an opportunity to vote on the 10 finalists. The nominee who receives the most votes each year is named as the honorary fan and is inducted into the FAN Hall of Fame. The inductee's name is displayed in the Packers Hall of Fame and they receive other prizes, including tickets to a Packers game and a gift card to the team's pro shop. Since the Fan Hall of Fame was founded, 28 fans have been inducted.

Inductees Hall of Fame

+ * Inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

+ YearInducteePosition(s)Seasons with the Packers1970CenterEndCenter *Tackle,  *Back1919–49CoachBack *Back,  *Guard, 1972BackEndTackleBack *Back *Back *EndDefensive backBackBackGuard, Center, Linebacker1973CenterLinebacker *Back, GuardTackle, BackBackEndTackleBackBackBack1974FullbackRunning backLinebackerQuarterback *CenterFullbackPlacekicker *Defensive backDefensive linemanEndEnd1975End, Punter *FullbackOffensive lineman *Back, PlacekickerPlacekicker *Defensive lineman *Offensive linemanPlacekickerTight end,  *Defensive lineman *CoachExecutive1976TrainerEndBackDefensive backOffensive lineman, Defensive back1977 *Defensive backExecutiveTackle *Quarterback *Offensive lineman, Back1978 *LinebackerWide receiverGuard/KickerGuardExecutive1919–461979Center, ExecutiveGuard, LinebackerRunning back, End1981ExecutiveRunning back,  *Defensive backCenter1982Offensive lineman,  *LinebackerBackScout1983Running backPunterLinebackerExecutive1984ExecutiveLinebackerBackEnd, Running back1985ExecutiveCenter, LinebackerDefensive back1986BackLinebackerBand Director1987Team physicianLinebackerOffensive linemanPlacekicker1988EndDefensive linemanExecutive1989Quarterback, Defensive lineman1991Executive *PlacekickerEnd1992SupporterQuarterback, Center1993JournalistDefensive backDefensive back1994Tight endTeam physicianExecutiveFullback1995Hall of Fame founder1996LinebackerTeam historian1997Coach, ScoutDefensive linemanRunning back1998Defensive backDefensive backExecutive1999Executive *Wide receiver2000 *Executive2001LinebackerSports commentator2002Photographer *Wide receiver2003LinebackerSports commentator2004Executive–present2005Running backQuarterback2006 *Defensive lineman2007Wide receiverLeRoy Butler *Defensive back2008Defensive lineman, CenterVideo director2009Running backWide receiver, 2010Tight endTight endOffensive lineman2011FullbackExecutive1919–51Offensive lineman2012Coach2013ExecutiveDefensive linemanPlacekicker2014Running back, Offensive lineman2015 *Quarterback2016 Defensive back Offensive lineman Sports commentator2017 Wide receiver Defensive back2018 Placekicker Offensive lineman2019Executive2021Defensive back *Defensive back2022LinebackerWide receiver2023Wide receiverOffensive lineman2024LinebackerDefensive end2025Executive2026Offensive linemanDefensive back,

Fan Hall of Fame

+ YearInducteeHometown 1998 Appleton, Wisconsin 1999 Black River Falls, Wisconsin 2000 Wausau, Wisconsin 2001 Green Bay, Wisconsin 2002 Brookfield, Wisconsin 2003 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2004 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2005 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2006 River Vale, New Jersey 2007 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 2008 Green Bay, Wisconsin 2009 Racine, Wisconsin 2010 Mount Sterling, Illinois 2011 Greensburg, Pennsylvania 2012 Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2013 Cedarburg, Wisconsin 2014 Gillette, New Jersey 2015 Menomonie, Wisconsin 2016 Union Grove, Wisconsin 2017 Green Bay, Wisconsin 2018 Fence, Wisconsin 2019 Dyersburg, Tennessee 2020 Rolling Prairie, Indiana 2021 Mazomanie, Wisconsin 2022 Elderon, Wisconsin 2023 Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2024 Pound, Wisconsin 2025 Stevens Point, Wisconsin

See also Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame Lists of Green Bay Packers players

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