In his rookie season in
1958 under first-year head coach
Ray "Scooter" McLean, the Packers were a league worst 1–10–1; McLean was fired in December and
Vince Lombardi was hired as head coach in January
1959. After reviewing film of the Packers' previous season, Lombardi stated that Currie was the only player on the team that he would not trade or release.[8] Green Bay went 7–5 that season and then were in three consecutive NFL title games; they lost to
Philadelphia in
1960 and won in
1961 and
1962, both over the
New York Giants. Currie was an
All-Pro in
1962, one of ten Packers on the 22-man Associated Press team,[9] and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in December 1961.[10]
After seven seasons in Green Bay, Currie was traded to the Rams in April
1965 for receiver Carroll Dale.[11][12][13]He played two years for Los Angeles, then missed the final cut in September
1967 season at age 32.[14] In 1984, he was inducted into the
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[15]
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^"Green Bay trades Currie for Dale". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 14, 1965. p. 20.
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^"Currie to coach at Milton". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. March 22, 1973. p. 1, part 2.
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^"What happened to...Dan Currie?". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. November 26, 2003. p. 2C.
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