Trivia Question

[HarveyWallbangers]

Grambling State?

I dunno. They use the same G!

What video?

The Packers trademarked the G logo. They gave Grambling State and Georgia authorization to use it.

Here's the video:

What does the "G" in the Packers logo stand for?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Not sure where the get their source.


Green Bay Packers Logo - Design and History

The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division and are the second-oldest franchise in the NFL.

The Packers were founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau (hence the name Lambeau Field on which the team plays) and George Whitney Calhoun. The Green Bay Packers have won twelve league championships (more than any other team in the NFL) including nine NFL Championships prior to the Super Bowl era and three Super Bowl victories in 1967, 1968 and 1996.

The Packers are America's first pro football dynasty and also the first franchise to utilize corporate sponsorship. In 1919, the Indian Packing Company gave the team $500 for uniforms and equipment, hence the name "Packers".

The oval "G" logo was created in 1961 by Packers equipment manager George "Dad" Braisher. To most people's minds, the "G" stands for "Green Bay". However, when the logo was designed and adopted, it was determined the "G" would stand for "Greatness". The team actually used a number of different logos prior to 1961, but the "G" is the only logo that has ever appeared on the helmet. Although the Packers have granted limited permission to other organizations to utilize a similar logo, notably the University of Georgia and Grambling State University, the Packers hold the trademark for it.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Green Bay used Blue and Gold as their primary colors but by the 9150's changed it to Green and Gold. The color scheme yields the common Packer nickname, "The Green and Gold"

[vince]

Not sure where the get their source.


Green Bay Packers Logo - Design and History

Not sure who or what dinesh.coom is. That text was copied word for word from wikipedia.

Edit: Dinesh is an Indian who built a site about logos as a hobby. I'd still like to get some authority to confirm this.

[Guiness]

Not sure who or what dinesh.coom is. That text was copied word for word from wikipedia.

Edit: Dinesh is an Indian who built a site about logos as a hobby. I'd still like to get some authority to confirm this.

It is almost copied word for word. The sentence with 'Greatness' in it is not on Wikipedia. There are a couple of mentions of it on the discussion page.

[Freak Out]

Seems nutz that were getting info about the teams logo from an Indians research project.

[Joemailman]

QUOTE=vince;573948]Not sure who or what dinesh.coom is. That text was copied word for word from wikipedia.

Edit: Dinesh is an Indian who built a site about logos as a hobby. I'd still like to get some authority to confirm this.[/QUOTE]

It is almost copied word for word. The sentence with 'Greatness' in it is not on Wikipedia. There are a couple of mentions of it on the discussion page.

The sentence tith greatness is used here: http://packers.wikia.com/wiki/Logos_...en_Bay_Packers

Perhaps this is the source that dinesh.com used.

[vince]

It is almost copied word for word. The sentence with 'Greatness' in it is not on Wikipedia. There are a couple of mentions of it on the discussion page.

That's interesting. Someone took it out. I shit you not. It was there earlier this morning. That's the problem with wikipedia. I think it was taken out because it wasn't properly sourced.

[Guiness]

That's interesting. Someone took it out. I shit you not. It was there earlier this morning. That's the problem with wikipedia. I think it was taken out because it wasn't properly sourced.

I saw it mentioned on the discussion page, but didn't look at the date it was changed. Odd, too, because there was mention that the page is locked.

If I was a conspiracy theorist, I'd say Harv deleted it so we couldn't check there for the answer to this question!

Maybe we're all wrong, and George Braisher wanted to be immortalized, so he put his initial on the helmet!!!!

[vince]

Here's a log of the latest revision on the history page Guiness. I had to check just to make sure I wasn't nuts.

[mraynrand]

Here's an unholy alliance - General Steel Industries Casting Division:

[Fosco33]

Liked the story - always learn something new daily.

My wife bought me the retro '29 Arod jersey (and since I've worn it - we've been 5-0).

So yeah... I'll be sporting it all day on Sunday.

[Fosco33]

You should wait for MTP's response. When I met him - he told me why he liked the Packers. The G stands for something else to him altogether.

Crazy Mexican

[swede]

You should wait for MTP's response. When I met him - he told me why he liked the Packers. The G stands for something else to him altogether.

Crazy Mexican

I've got a bone to pick with him anyway. He used to have the word "pendejo" on his avatar so the word kind of got burned into my brain. I have six little first-graders in my classroom that are fluent in English and Spanish, y los estudiantes me ensenan mucho. I was struggling to find the word for heavy in speaking to one of the boys about his backpack, so I said "La muchilla esta muy...muy...pe..pen...pendejo---pendeja, no?"

The boy looked at me the way Beaver would have looked at Miss Landers if she had said, "Beaver...cut the bullshit and sit down, dickhead."

I'm not sure what pendejo means and I wasn't going to ask the kid. He seemed traumatized enough for one day.

[Fritz]

Uh, I think "pendejo" means "dick." So yeah, kinda like Miss Landers calling the Beav a dick...though in truth, the Beav was a puzzy.

And I thought the "G" stood for "Gpackers"

[Fosco33]

I've got a bone to pick with him anyway. He used to have the word "pendejo" on his avatar so the word kind of got burned into my brain. I have six little first-graders in my classroom that are fluent in English and Spanish, y los estudiantes me ensenan mucho. I was struggling to find the word for heavy in speaking to one of the boys about his backpack, so I said "La muchilla esta muy...muy...pe..pen...pendejo---pendeja, no?"

The boy looked at me the way Beaver would have looked at Miss Landers if she had said, "Beaver...cut the bullshit and sit down, dickhead."

I'm not sure what pendejo means and I wasn't going to ask the kid. He seemed traumatized enough for one day.

I think pendejo means stupid/idiot.

Bandejo - pretty sure that means asshole. You should bust that on them sometime.