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Green bay packers name. The following is a list of notable past or present players of the green bay packers professional american football team. Green bay packers home. Green bay packers players.
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He was working as a shipping clerk for the indian packing company an outfit that distributed canned meat under the label council meats. The team was founded in 1919 by curly lambeau and george whitney calhoun and for the next two years played against local teams in wisconsin and the upper peninsula of michiganin 1921 the packers joined the american professional football association. The green bay packers were founded in 1919 and they took their name after curly lambeau the companys shipping clerk got money for the jerseys and use of the companys athletic field from the owner frank peck.
27 1921 the year old american professional football association awarded a franchise to the acme packers of green bay during a league meeting in chicago. The green bay packers are a professional american football team based in green bay wisconsinthe packers compete in the national football league nfl as a member club of the national football conference nfc north divisionit is the third oldest franchise in the nfl dating back to 1919 and is the only non profit community owned major league professional sports team based in the united. The green bay packers are a professional american football team that has played professionally in the national football league nfl since 1921.
The official source of the latest packers headlines news videos photos tickets rosters stats schedule and gameday information. Green bay packers vs. In 1919 curly lambeau wanted to start a local football team in northern wisconsin.