Former Packers exec Bob Harlan dies at 89

Bob Harlan, the former Green Bay Packers president and CEO who helped steer the franchise into sustained contention, died Thursday at age 89, the team announced.

Harlan spent almost four decades with the organization (1971-2008), serving as president and CEO from 1989 until his retirement in January 2008. His legacy is built on two major, franchise-defining decisions: hiring Ron Wolf as general manager in 1991, then later choosing Ted Thompson in 2005, two GMs who built Super Bowl winners in different eras with different core groups.