Former Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in July.
Murphy retired July 25 after 17 years as Packers’ president and CEO, having reached the team’s mandatory retirement age of 70. Before joining the Packers in 2008, he was athletic director at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and before that, at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, his alma mater.
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The induction ceremony will be at 7 p.m. July 8 in Uihlein Hall at Marcus Performing Arts Center in downtown Milwaukee.
After retirement from the Packers, Murphy was named executive in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where he assists with strategic projects, including capital improvements, sports sponsorships and long-term sustainable excellence for Phoenix athletics and mentoring of coaches and staff.
Former Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy speaks during the Green Bay Packers annual shareholders meeting on July 25 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
Before turning to college athletics administration, Murphy played eight years in the NFL for Washington, playing in two Super Bowls and winning one. He led the NFL in interceptions in 1983. Murphy is believed to be the only person to earn a Super Bowl ring as a player and as a team’s chief executive.
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After football, he was an executive for the NFL Players Association, and after that a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Murphy was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame on Aug. 28 during a banquet at Lambeau Field.
As president of the Packers, Murphy oversaw investment of more than $600 million in programs and facilities on the Lambeau Field and Titletown campuses, and the Packers were among the top winning teams in the NFL during his tenure. They won Super Bowl XLV in 2011. The Packers also held two successful stock sales during his tenure.
Not least among his accomplishments was convincing the NFL to hold its annual player draft in Green Bay in April 2025. The event reported attendance of 600,000 over three days, making it probably the biggest event ever in Green Bay.
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“I’m extremely humbled and honored to be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame,” Murphy said of the announcement. “The Packers are a special and unique organization, the best in all of professional sports. The Packers employees are amazing and view themselves as true stewards of the organization. Our fans are the best in all of professional sports and make the atmosphere in Lambeau Field electric. They are also the best owners in the NFL. I loved interacting with Packers fans, especially on our annual Tailgate Tour.”
The Packers are the only publicly owned team in the NFL.
The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, founded in 1951, was created to preserve the legacy and history of sports and athletic achievements in the state. Past inductees include Vince Lombardi, Hank Aaron, Donald Driver, Bob Uecker, Barry Alvarez, Brett Favre, Jordy Nelson, Oscar Robertson, Al McGuire, Bonnie Blair and Ernie Johnson, Jr.
Other 2026 inductees will be announced later.
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