Gary Ellerson is a former American football player with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. He currently works as a sports-talk radio host on WSSP in Milwaukee, WI as co-host of The Gary and Cliff Show with Cliff Saunders. WSSP (1250 AM) is a Milwaukee -based sports talk station owned by Entercom. Cliff Saunders (Clifford Scott Saunders is an American Sports-Talk Radio personality based out of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Ellerson started his pro-career as a running back in 1984 with the Memphis Showboats of the USFL, where he was a teammate of Reggie White. A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Memphis Showboatsty was a franchise in the United States Football League For the proposed "New USFL" see United States Football League (2010. Reginald Howard "Reggie" White ( December 19, 1961 &ndash December 26, 2004) was a professional American football player He re-entered the NFL Draft in 1985 and was taken in the 7th Round by the Packers. The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) He spent the 1985 and 1986 seasons in Green Bay before being released during training camp of the 1987 season. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) He then signed with the Lions a short time later. Ellerson played in only 8 games with the Lions in '87, before a knee injury effectively ended his career. The knee is the lower extremity Joint connecting the Femur, Patella, and the Tibia.
Ellerson starts each show with his signature phrase "What's Crackin' Milwaukee?"