Don Perkins (running back, born 1917)
Donald E. Perkins (September 18, 1917 – September 15, 1998) was a professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears.

When Don Perkins' NFL career was over, he and his wife, Doris, settled in Waukegan, Illinois. Don worked for Abbott Laboratories, Doris as a third-grade school teacher, and together they raised five kids. They moved to southern Missouri after retirement, where Doris and some of their children still live. One of their  children  moved to Maryland and was married to Susan Bildstein  where they have three children. One son another son and then a daughter. The middle child married Michelle Raley and had three kids. One son Jackson Perkins one daughter Leah Perkins and another son Grant Perkins and now they still live in Maryland.