Johnny blood mcnallys packers number 17

Height: 6'1"; Weight: 188

College: St. John's (Minn.), 1921-22

• Inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame: 1963
• NFL All-Decade Team: 1930s
• Official NFL All-Pro Team (11-man team, chosen 1931-42): 1931
• Packers All-Time Team: 1946, '57
• Packers All-Iron Man Era Team: 1976

Born John Victor McNally, he adopted the alias Johnny Blood while playing sandlot football and turned it into one of the most magical names in sports. It also was a fitting name for one of the game's most colorful and eccentric players. Most important, Blood was pro football's first big playmaker.

He played 14 years with five different NFL teams, but made his biggest splash in his seven seasons with the Packers. Blood played on their first four NFL championship teams and was known for his ability to score from anywhere on the field at any time. When the Packers won an unprecedented three straight titles from 1929 to 1931, Green bay packers number 17.