{"id":650269,"date":"2026-01-03T08:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/650269\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:56:23","slug":"fan-hall-of-fame-nominees-selected-voting-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/650269\/","title":{"rendered":"FAN Hall of Fame nominees selected; voting now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten finalists have been named in the search for the 28th member of the Packers FAN Hall of Fame, and voting has begun for fans to make the selection.<\/p>\n<p>The first professional football team to have a hall of fame, the Green Bay Packers enhanced that distinction in 1998 by establishing a Packers FAN Hall of Fame. It was founded for the purpose of annually honoring a devout and longtime Packers fan.<\/p>\n<p>Packers fans were asked to nominate themselves or a friend for the honor with an essay of 500 words or less, accompanied by a photo, explaining why he or she should be recognized. From those nominations, 10 finalists were selected by the Packers FAN Hall of Fame selection committee.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s 10 finalists are:<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Goldapske \u2013 Appleton, Wis.<br \/>\nPatrick Hare \u2013 Moreno Valley, Calif.<br \/>\nJeff Lanier \u2013 Green Bay, Wis.<br \/>\nLorraine Mueller \u2013 Wittenberg, Wis.<br \/>\nMark Murphy \u2013 La Crosse, Wis.<br \/>\nDean Schmitz \u2013 Wausau, Wis.<br \/>\nDaniel Schneider \u2013 Crystal Lake, Ill.<br \/>\nValerie Ann Smick \u2013 Yorkville, Ill.<br \/>\nPatrick Suplicki \u2013 Stevens Point, Wis.<br \/>\nThomas Thrall \u2013 Durham, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can read the finalists&#8217; profiles and vote online by visiting <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/fans\/fan-hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">packers.com\/fhof<\/a>. The winner will be selected by Packers fans and the Packers&#8217; selection committee.<\/p>\n<p>The voting deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2026. Voters will be entered into a random drawing to win Packers merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>The honoree&#8217;s selection will be announced in late February 2026. He or she will receive four club seats to a 2026 Packers home game, along with four pre-game sideline passes; four passes to the Packers Hall of Fame; custom Packers jersey; a $500 Packers Pro Shop gift certificate; and a one-year subscription to PackersNews.com.<\/p>\n<p>The honoree also will have his or her name added to the list of FAN Hall of Fame honorees recognized in the Packers Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The USA Today Network | LOCALiQ sponsors the Packers FAN Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ten finalists have been named in the search for the 28th member of the Packers FAN Hall of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[12102,7,41,345,2514,2513,6383,6476,6,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-650269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-community-cp","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-greenbay","13":"tag-greenbaypackers","14":"tag-news-community","15":"tag-news-press-releases","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-packers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115830337490730102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}