 Along with two former Packer teammates—Herb Adderley and Forrest Gregg—and Tom Brady, Thurston is one of only four players in pro football history to play on six NFL championship teams.He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 

In response to a sportswriter's question about how he prepared for the famous Ice Bowl game in 1967, when the gametime temperature was (with a wind chill well below that), Thurston responded that he drank "about ten vodkas" in order to stay warm.He remained popular in Wisconsin after his playing days and could often be found at "Fuzzy's", a bar he owned not far from 

Thurston was elected to the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1982, and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.