Murphy also was team representative to the NFL Players Association and was a driving force behind the players’ strike in 1982. His participation earned him the animus of Washington owner Jack Kent Cooke, who called Murphy a communist and told him, while he was injured in 1984, that he’d never play in the NFL again.

President/CEO Mark Murphy to be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

The Green Bay Packers’ outgoing president and CEO is about to have a permanent presence at Lambeau Field in the Hall of Fame. The Packers organization announced Monday that Mark Murphy will be inducted at the 54th Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on August 28,