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Final cut in 1958: Dick Deschaine or Jim Taylor

Cliff Christl started gathering oral histories with former Packers and others associated with the team in 2000 and will continue to gather them as Packers historian. Excerpts from those interviews will be periodically posted at www.packers.com

Dick Deschaine, who never attended college, served as the Packers’ punter from 1955 to 1957 and was essentially the first kicking specialist in team history. In his first two seasons, the NFL roster limit was 33 before it was increased to 35 in 1957. Thus, Deschaine, who stood 6-foot-1 and weighed 210 pounds, was also the Packers’ third offensive end his first two seasons, although he never caught a pass in a regular-season game.