American Football Hall of Fame General Manager

Ron Wolf

Ronald Wolf is an American former professional football executive who was a general manager (GM) of the National Football League (NFL)'s Green Bay Packers. Wolf is widely credited with bringing success to a Packers franchise that had rarely won during the two decades prior to Wolf joining the organization. He also played a significant role in personnel operations with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders from 1963 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1990. He joined Green Bay's front office in November 1991 from a personnel director's job with the New York Jets.

Born

1938

December 30

Died

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1930s

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1938 Born

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534 The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
999 Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.
1066 Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
1419 Hundred Years' War: Battle of La Rochelle.

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The world in 1938

When Ron arrived

april 18 Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938).
april 25 U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
april 5 Spanish Civil War: Two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language.
august 18 The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 30

Carl Ouellet 1967– Canadian wrestler and sportscaster David Willcocks 1919–2015 English organist, composer, and conductor (died 2015) Helge Ingstad 1899–2001 Norwegian explorer, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Svalbard (died 2001) John Hartford 1937– American singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2001) Sandy Koufax 1935– American baseball player and sportscaster Ulrik of Denmark 1578–1624 Danish prince-bishop (died 1624) William Aberhart 1878– Canadian evangelist and politician, seventh Premier of Alberta (died 1943)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1938

Alan Bond 1938–2015 English-Australian businessman (died 2015) Alberto Fujimori 1938–2024 Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, President of Peru (died 2024) Andrew Clennel Palmer 1938–2019 British engineer (born 1938) Anthony Giddens 1938– English sociologist and academic Anthony James Leggett 1938– English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026) Billy Shaw 1938–2024 American football player (died 2024) Caryl Churchill 1938– English-Canadian playwright Claudia Cardinale 1938– Italian actress (died 2025) Daniel Buren 1938– French sculptor and painter

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