Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are currently members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). more...

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The Packers are an example of the "small town teams" that comprised a minority of the NFL during the 1920s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun as a new version of the semi-pro teams that had been playing in Green Bay since 1896, the Packers turned professional, joining the NFL in 1921.

Today, the team holds the record for league championships with twelve, including nine NFL Championships prior to the Super Bowl era and three additional titles in 1966, 1967, 1996 after which they won Super Bowls I, II and XXXI by defeating the American Football League/American Football Conference champions. The team has a fierce, long-standing rivalry with the Chicago Bears, whom they have played in over 170 games.

The Packers are currently the only non-profit, community owned major league professional sports team in the United States.

Franchise history

Founding

The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919 by former high school football rivals Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor. Today "Green Bay Packers" is the oldest team name still in use in the NFL.

In 1920 (Aug. 27, 1920), the Packers became a franchise in the new national pro football league that had been formed the previous year. Financial troubles plagued the team and the franchise was lost the same year, although Lambeau found new backers the next year and regained the franchise. The financial backers, known as the "Hungry Five," formed the Green Bay Football Corporation.

Championships

The Packers have 12 league championships, the most in the NFL. This includes three Super Bowls (One of these games decided the NFL champion, and the first two date to the era when the AFL and NFL were still two separate leagues). The Packers are also the only team to win three straight NFL titles, which they did twice (1929-1931 and 1965-67).

1959-1967

The Packers of the 1960s under coach Vince Lombardi won five league championships over a seven-year span that culminated with victories in the first two Super Bowls. During the Lombardi era, the Packers offense consisted of quarterback Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Carroll Dale, Paul Hornung and Jerry Kramer; the defense consisted of Henry Jordan, Willie Wood, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson, and Herb Adderley.

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