Paul Hornung, nicknamed “The Golden Boy” for his handsome blonde looks, was a Hall of Fame halfback on the Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s who helped increase the NFL’s popularity. A Heisman Trophy winner at Notre Dame, he was the NFL’s first overall pick in 1957, a two-time All-Pro and an excellent kicker who made 66 field goals. Vince Lombardi once called Hornung “the most versatile man who ever played the game.” Born in Louisville in 1935, the charismatic Hornung was also considered a ladies’ man known to party with his teammate, Max McGee. In 1963, commissioner Pete Rozelle suspended Hornung for the entire 1963 season for betting on NFL games. In addition, Hornung was barred from traveling to Las Vegas or attending the Kentucky Derby. After his career, during which he totaled 50 rushing touchdowns, he became a football analyst and became successful in real estate and business. This year in September, when a legal sportsbook opened in a riverboat casino in southern Indiana, the 83-year-old Hornung was the first person to place a bet. He picked the Packers over the Vikings, and won.