BRILLION, Wis. (NBC 26) - A handful of Packers legends made it back to Green Bay for the annual alumni weekend this week. But some of those former players stuck around a bit longer to make an extra appearance, which will likely equate to thousands of dollars for a local non-profit.
On Tuesday at the Triple J Wing and Clay shooting range in Brillion, former Packers players had the chance to hang out with their old teammates and fans alike.
"And they even remember us. I used to have hair, I don't anymore, but people will come up and still remember me and thank me for the years I spent here," says Paul Coffman a former tight end who played with the Packers in the '70s and '80s.
Coffman has been traveling back to Wisconsin for this clay shooting fundraiser for five years now. This year the aim is to raise money for the Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity.
"It's a way to give back to a community that's given so much to us through the years we played here," adds Coffman.
And while these folks are raising money for a good cause, these former pros are also breaking out some of that competitive nature they're known for.
"Far as skeet shooting, this is once a year. I'm not the best, but I ain't bad," says Lynn Dickey who played as a quarterback for the Packers in the '70s and '80s.
Dickey says he loves making it back to Wisconsin and watching his former teammates try to shoot some clay pigeons. But it also means a lot to him personally to continue serving in a community that backed him for nearly a decade.
"By the time you go back home you kind of have a warm feeling you know. We had fun, but helped a lot of people too," adds Dickey.
These players and their fans are shooting to raise thousands of dollars for Habitat for Humanity, but clearly, they set their sights on having an experience that is easier to obtain when their back in the community that highlighted their careers.
"At home we're fathers, we're husbands, we're businessmen, and we have responsibilities. But when we come to Wisconsin, we get to be Green Bay Packers again," says Coffman.
