Ted Thompson, the former Super Bowl general manager of the Green Bay Packers, died Thursday at the age of 68, the team announced.
The Packers state that Thompson died Wednesday night at his home in Atlanta, Texas, after being contacted by a family member. In May 2019, an autonomic nervous disorder was diagnosed at Thompson.
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Thompson was the general manager of Green Bay from 2005-’17. He drafted the team’s current MVP eighth man Aaron Rodgers and put together 49 of the 53 players in the Packers’ Super Bowl team in 2010. With Thompson as general manager, the Packers made eight consecutive playoff games from 2009-16, including the Super Bowl season. in 2010.
“I’m really grateful to Ted,” Rodgers said in a statement. “The fact that I was his first draft pick will always connect us. I always appreciated his steady hand and the conversations we would have had. He always made things clear about what he expects from the team and what he expects from me.
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“He always preached to put the team first, not to be a distraction, to be a good teammate, to be a good professional, and I always appreciated that. He would always start the season and the team address a few minutes and he would always end with ‘Godspeed’.
Rodgers continued: “As he goes on, I want to thank him for what he has meant to myself, the team and the organization, and wish him Godspeed.”
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Thompson was part of the team’s front office for more than two decades, and he was the director of professional staff when Brett Favre led the Packers to a Super Bowl title in 1996.
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“Ted has lived a life of true Christian humility in a world where it is more common to proclaim your own greatness,” Packers President / CEO Mark Murphy said in a statement. “Those who knew him well admired his brilliance as a scout and his extraordinary ability to find players of good character. He was sly funny and a loyal and true friend.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.