Ex-Packers prez, team HOFer Harlan dies at 89

Rob DemovskyMar 5, 2026, 05:25 PM ET

CloseRob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Packers president Bob Harlan, who helped restore the franchise to greatness, died Thursday at the age of 89, his family announced.

Harlan is the only person in NFL history to hire two general managers who won Super Bowls with entirely different rosters: Ron Wolf and Ted Thompson.

“Bob was a

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