Lynn Dickey
Green Bay Packers
Lynn Dickey played quarterback for the Houston Oilers and Green Bay
Packers in the 1970s and 1980s. he played his college ball at Kansas
State where he became the top quarterback in the Big Eight Conference.
Following his senior season in 1970, Dickey finished 10th in the voting
for the Heisman Trophy. In 1996, when the Big 8 merged with the
Southwest Conference to become the Big 12, the Associated Press named
Dickey as the All-Time Big Eight Quarterback
Dickey was drafted in the third round in 1971 by the Houston Oilers,
where he played four seasons traded to Green Bay. He played with the
Packers from 1976 to 1985. In 1983 he led the Packers to a team record
429 points. He threw for 4,458 yards, which was the third-highest total
in NFL history at the time, and remains a team record. Dickey also threw
an NFL-best 32 touchdowns that season. During his 10 years with the
Packers, he passed for more than 19,000 yards and completed 56.4 percent
of his passes. Dickey retired from professional football after the 1985
season. He remains the third-leading passer in Green Bay history, behind
Brett Favre and Bart Starr. Dickey is a member of Green Bay Packers Hall
of Fame.
