Bob Harlan was the architect of today’s Packers. His decisions in 19 years as leader of the organization remade the franchise on and off the field.

Longtime Green Bay Packers executive Bob Harlan died Thursday after being recently hospitalized with pneumonia. He was 89.

The Green Bay Packers released tributes from current and former associates of former president and CEO Bob Harlan, who died March 5 at the age of 89.

Bob Harlan, the Green Bay Packers’ president and CEO for nearly two decades as the franchise regained its status as a consistent winner, has died. The Packers announced Thursday that Harlan died earlier that day in Green Bay after a brief illness, citing Harlan's family. Team historian Cliff Christl said Harlan had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia.