Editing Forrest Gregg (section)

==Professional playing career==
Gregg was a key player in the Packers dynasty of head coach [[Vince Lombardi]] that won five NFL championships and the first two [[Super Bowl]]s. He played mostly at right tackle, but also filled in at guard.<ref name=":0" /> He earned an "iron man" tag by playing in a then-league record 188 consecutive games in 16 seasons from 1956 until 1971. He also won All-NFL honors for eight straight years from 1960 through 1967 and nine [[Pro Bowl]] selections.<ref name=bohlmjsl>{{cite news |url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/packers-great-gregg-faces-the-battle-of-his-life-jr5hqgs-161696785.html |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |last=Dunne |first=Tyler |title=Packers great Gregg faces the battle of his life |date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2016}}</ref>

Gregg closed his career with the Dallas Cowboys, as did his Packer teammate, cornerback [[Herb Adderley]]. They both helped the Cowboys win Super Bowl VI in January 1972, making them the only players (along with former teammate [[Fred Thurston|Fuzzy Thurston]], who was on the [[1958 Baltimore Colts season|Baltimore Colts]] NFL championship team in [[1958 Baltimore Colts season|1958]] and [[Tom Brady]] of the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]) in professional football history to play on six NFL title teams. Gregg wore the number 75 for 15 seasons in Green Bay, but that number belonged to [[Jethro Pugh]] in Dallas, so Gregg wore number 79 for his final season in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forrest Gregg, Green Bay Packers, Class of 1977 |url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/7810999326960986/ |website=pinterest.com |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>

It has been reported that [[Vince Lombardi]] said, "Forrest Gregg is the finest player I ever coached!" but official Packers team historian Cliff Christl can find no evidence of Lombardi ever saying or writing that.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christl |first1=Cliff |title=It's time Canton got it right |url=https://www.packers.com/news/it-s-time-canton-got-it-right |website=Packers.com |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>  In 1999, he was ranked 28th on ''[[The Sporting News]]'' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, putting him second behind [[Ray Nitschke]] among players coached by Lombardi, second behind [[Anthony Muñoz]] (whom he coached) among offensive tackles, and fourth behind Munoz, [[John Hannah (American football)|John Hannah]], and [[Jim Parker (American football)|Jim Parker]] among all offensive linemen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matthews |first1=Bob |title=wings' Streak Was Rochester's Best |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=4589336&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEzNjUwNTk3MSwiaWF0IjoxNTc3NzU5NzgzLCJleHAiOjE1Nzc4NDYxODN9.SS3wjOkXkZD3VWLjq_67c3YPJq_WaNTxIj94TpMpOkI |access-date=December 31, 2019 |agency=Democrat and Chronicle}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/forrest-gregg | title = Forrest Gregg | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = September 29, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929170210/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/forrest-gregg | url-status = live }}</ref>