Research Paper On Green Bay Packers

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The Green Bay Packers is one of the most popular NFL teams, even though it’s situated in the smallest town in the league. The Packers are an iconic franchise, and one of the faces of the NFL. As one of the most storied football franchises, the packers have a very rich history. The Green Bay Packers was thought of in an editorial room at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. The franchise was started by August 11, 1919 (Birth). Nobody thought that a football team located in a relatively small city would ever become such a successful team. The Indian Packing Company sponsored the team (Birth). The reason the Packers have their name is because they were first sponsored by a packing company. “Home games would be played at Hagemeister Park,” (Birth). …show more content…

The reason the were the ACME Packers is because the Indian-Packing Co. was bought out by this Chicago packing company. “The investors were the fans,” (Birth). This means the fans were the owners of the team. In their first year, their record was a poor 3-2-1. After that year the APFA was changed to the National Football League or NFL (Birth). The Packers’ first championship came in 1929, where they won three straight. Those three championships were based off standings, but a playoff system was implemented in 1933 (Birth). The Packers insurance company went bankrupt after a man sued from falling off of their bleachers and the team was almost over (Birth). Green Bay was also only the 7th largest city in Wisconsin! And, they also illegally played 3 Notre Dame active players in a game and were kicked out of the NFL (Birth). ACME dropped the team after they were kicked out. Then, they became the Green Bay Packers, Inc. (Birth). Later the Packers signed a future Hall of Famer, Don Hutson. He played 11 seasons for the Packers, winning three championships (‘36, ‘39, ‘44) and retired with 18 major NFL records (Birth). But in 1950, Curly Lambeau retired after 31 years with the Packer franchise (Birth). He is considered a founder of the team and was very important to the legend of the …show more content…

That man was, Aaron Rodgers. He was born on Dec. 2, 1983, in Chino, CA. In high school he didn’t receive any Division-1 college scholarships, he went to Butte College (Aaron). He then transferred to California Berkley and played there for 2 years. After this, he entered the 2005 NFL draft as a junior and projected top-10 (Aaron). Although, he dropped to 24th overall, which was the Packers (Aaron). He didn’t start quarterback until 2008, but ever since then, he has been arguably the best quarterback in the

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