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Badgerinmaine
12-16-2007, 09:45 AM
I thought this story from the Green Bay Press-Gazette was fun to read, about the days when the Packers and Rams were Western Conference rivals:
http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/PKR07/712160652/1959
My favorite quote:


Los Angeles' supremacy over the Packers reached a peak on Dec. 16, 1956. Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, running back Tom Wilson and their teammates set records that have endured for more than half a century.

"The Packers were pitifully defenseless against the Los Angeles Rams in the Coliseum before 45,209 tennis-necked fans Sunday afternoon," Art Daley wrote in beginning his account of the game for the Press-Gazette. The Rams, who won 49-21, amassed 611 yards, 33 first downs and didn't punt in a battle between teams that tied for last place in the Western Conference.

Badgerinmaine
12-16-2007, 09:45 AM
Sorry--double post.
Growing up as a Packers fan in the 50s must have been brutal.