Last Lambeau Packer, Dan Orlich passes away at 94

Believed to be the oldest living Green Bay Packers player and the final tie to the hallowed days of coach Curly Lambeau on the frozen tundra, Dan Orlich passed away on Jan. 18 at the age of 94, the Packers’ team website announced on Friday.

Orlich, an end who played three NFL seasons, died in Reno, Nev.

An eighth-round pick in the 1949 draft out of Nevada, Orlich played in all 36 games over his three seasons; the first in 1949 was the last for the legendary Lambeau, whose name famously adorns Green Bay’s…