Albert “Pat” Peppler, a graduate of Shorewood High School (Wis.), who served as Vince Lombardi’s director of player personnel for six years, died this morning.
Peppler was named to the post Jan. 28, 1963. He ran Lombardi’s drafts from 1964 through ’69, and remained with the Packers until March, 1972, when he tired of working for Dan Devine and accepted Don Shula’s offer as director of pro scouting with the Miami Dolphins.
Peppler was 93. He died in Stuart, Fla., where he had been living for about the last eight years.
“I thought he was superb,” said Chuck Lane, who headed the Packers’ public relations department from 1966-80 except for a year off in 1974 when he worked for Bart Starr.