Search |
| Top 10 Sellers |
|
|
|
|
 In the Green Bay Press-Gazette on Aug. 29, 1919, two weeks before the team's first organized game, George Calhoun first publicly identified the team as the "Indian Packers."
Curly Lambeau received $500 from his employer, the Indian Packing Co., for uniforms and equipment, and for use of the company's lot for practice. In exchange, Lambeau and Calhoun agreed to call the team "Packers." Early fans, many of whom were working-class citizens, immediately embraced the name, widely publicized by Calhoun.
Calhoun also called them simply "Indians" briefly in 1919, but that moniker seemed to fold with the company, soon purchased --along with the team -- by Acme Packing Co. In 1921, the team's first season in what is now the NFL, its owners had "Acme Packers" put on the jersey, setting the name in stone.
While " Packers" has served as the primary nickname since the team's embryonic stages, fans and sportswriters also have called them the Big Bay Blues, or the Bays. Lambeau in 1922 applied with the name "Blues," but public opinion quickly vetoed him.
A packer is someone who works at a packing house, an establishment for slaughtering, processing and packing livestock into meat, meat products and byproducts. "Green Bay Packers" is the longest standing team name in NFL history. |
|
|
| EVENT: |
DATE: |
VENUE: |
|
Green Bay Packers
vs. Minnesota Vikings |
September 8, 2008
Monday, 6:00 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Dallas Cowboys |
September 21, 2008
Sunday, 7:15 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Atlanta Falcons |
October 5, 2008
Sunday, 12:00 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Indianapolis Colts |
October 19, 2008
Sunday, 3:15 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Chicago Bears |
November 16, 2008
Sunday, 12:00 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Carolina Panthers |
November 30, 2008
Sunday, 12:00 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Houston Texans |
December 7, 2008
Sunday, 12:00 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
Green Bay Packers
vs. Detroit Lions |
December 28, 2008
Sunday, 12:00 pm |
Lambeau Field
Green Bay, WI |
| Cheap Green Bay Packers tickets don't get you the best view. Get the best Green Bay Packers tickets from BestTicketSite.com. Not associated with the Green Bay Packers fan club. |
|
 |
