GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jim Ringo, a Hall of Fame center who played 15 seasons for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, died Monday morning after a short illness. He was two days shy of his 76th birthday.

The Packers drafted Ringo out of Syracuse in the seventh round in 1953, and he became one of the league's best centers

Ringo played for Green Bay through 1963, but a contract dispute caused coach Vince Lombardi to trade him to Philadelphia on the spot.