Sport: Football Inducted: 1993 Country: United States Born: April 12, 1911
in Odessa, Russia Died: 1986
An
All-Midwest and All-Big Ten running back for the University
of Wisconsin
from 1930 to 1933, Buckets Goldenberg
was named All-Pro guard three
times (in 1939, 1940, 1942) during his
celebrated 13-year career with the NFL,
Green Bay Packers from 1933 to 1945.
Goldenberg came into the NFL as
a highly touted fullback and rushed
for 10 touchdowns before Packer
coach Curley Lambeau got the idea of
turning him into a lineman. Throughout
most of his career, he played
blocking guard on offense and middle
guard on defense (players played
both ways during this era). Three times his Packers won the
NFL championship— in 1936, 1939, and 1944—
and the Packers took the Western
Conference title in 1938.
When the NFL commemorated its
fiftieth anniversary in 1969, Goldenberg
was named to the League’s All-
1930s Team. He was elected to the Wisconsin
Hall of Fame in 1968.
