John Brockington was a US sportsman, who played for the Green Bay Packers 1st round draft choice in 1971. He was one of the outstanding running backs developed at Ohio State University in the 1960's and 1970's. He was the very first NFL player to ever rush for one thousand or more yards in each of his first three NFL seasons. In 1971 Brockington was named The NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. His first running mate in the Green Bay backfield was another former Packer first round draft choice, Donny Anderson . Anderson was traded the following season to the St. Louis Cardinals, even-up, for the running back MacArthur Lane . Together, Brockington and Lane combined a double-dose of powerful, jackhammer running, punishing blocking and two good sets of hands coming out of the backfield. They had to provide almost all of the Packer offense (along with kicker Chester Marcol , the very first placekicker to ever be drafted #1 in the NFL) because of Green Bay's anemic passing game. Brockington was almost always Green Bay's first option on offense and was able to shoulder the burden for quite some time, considering the Packers would not have a viable passing threat until Lynn Dickey, who arrived via a trade with the Houston Oilers later on. He was most impressive, in his prime, as he dropped his head and plunged the line, leaving defenders spralled and wondering what hit them, or, with his knees pumping high like furious pistons, he would run the legendary Packer sweep left and right with lineman bouncing off of him and grasping for air and causing defensive backs to shudder at the prospect of the violent collision with Brockington. He was one of the first running backs to combine brute force with speed.