Packers are 96 years old today.
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rhickok1109
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Packers are 96 years old today.
The Green Bay football team was organized 96 years ago today, on Aug. 11, 1919. Of course, the team didn't join the NFL until two years later.
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Curly Lambeau was a shipping clerk at The Indian Packing Company. They canned meat. ("A meat market on your pantry shelf")
First game was a 53-0 win over the Menominee North End A.C., 9/14/1919 at Hagemeister Park
First team to score on them, following 4 straight shut-outs, were the Racine Iroquois (who lost 76-6, 10/12/1919).
They would win 10 straight. Their last game of the season was their first loss. And the second time they were scored upon. A 6-0 loss at the Beloit Fairies on 11/23/1919.
Three teams would score on them in a 9-1-1 1920 season, including another loss to the Faeries (14-3) and 3-3 tie against the Chicago Boosters. They beat the Fairies in 1921.
First game was a 53-0 win over the Menominee North End A.C., 9/14/1919 at Hagemeister Park
First team to score on them, following 4 straight shut-outs, were the Racine Iroquois (who lost 76-6, 10/12/1919).
They would win 10 straight. Their last game of the season was their first loss. And the second time they were scored upon. A 6-0 loss at the Beloit Fairies on 11/23/1919.
Three teams would score on them in a 9-1-1 1920 season, including another loss to the Faeries (14-3) and 3-3 tie against the Chicago Boosters. They beat the Fairies in 1921.
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Maybe the beer's still good! (lol)
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Fun stuff! I hope the sports world (ESPN/NFL Network too) gives a proper celebration 4 years from now. Not sure who my favorite team would be if the Steelers didn't exist (or if my Dad didn't inspire me), but the Pack would clearly be a candidate (then again, so would da Bears, lol). An old-school, small town team actually having an NFL franchise and it being run the right way even now in the modern era...
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Rahr's beer was never any good!luckyshow wrote:Maybe the beer's still good! (lol)
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The most interesting aspect of that 1919 season was the Packers' 6-0 loss in the final game to the Beloit Professionals (aka Fairies) -- partly because it came after the Packers had dispatched their first 10 opponents by an average of 56-1, and partly because the officiating of the game almost led to a riot at the game site in Beloit. A rematch was scheduled for the following month but was cancelled because of the weather and never rescheduled. Green Bay split a pair of games with Beloit the following year (again, the Packers' only loss), and by 1921 it seems the Beloit team was no more.