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I'm pleased to make my 30 K Post here at our Packer Home Packerrats.
This wouldn't be possible without the generous support of Madtownpacker, the Owner of Packerrats. Thanks so much Mad.
I began my Journey to Packerrats a long time ago. It really began with my love of playing Baseball as a youngster and in 1957 when I was a Milwaukee Brave Fan and them playing against the New York Yankees in the World Seried in the years 1956 and 1958.
Somehow I learned of an NFL Team and also in Wisconsin, called the Green Bay Packers and there was a Local Men's Softball Team in Saint John NB, Canada I enjoyed watch playing with the Name 'The Packers', so it just fell into place and my Journey began as a Green Bay Packer Fan.
After the Great Vince Lombardi came to the Packers and throughout the 1960's it totally fell into place. It was easy to love 'the Packers'. Those 1960's Teams were something else to follow and enjoy see win so often.
Most of the Lad's in my Hood were CFL Fans. I was as well and enjoying following the Ottawa Rough Riders. Yet, The Packers and the Green & Gold worked with my Irish Canadian Roots and got that grip on me. Of all Pro Sports Teams I followed ie Les Habitants - The Montreal Canadians and the Boston Celtics - my favourite Pro Team became The Lombardi led Green Bay Packers.
THE PACKERS, with too many Star players to mention here. Any Packer fan today should know who they are and how many of them were eventually inducted into the NFL Hall Of Fame. Throughout these past six decades as 'a proud Packer fan', I enjoyed many other Great Packer Players follow them with marvelous Careers and be inducted into the PRO Football HOF. We just witnessed the Great Pulling Guard and 'a Leader of the Famous Lombardi Sweep, Jerry Kramer inducted this Spring.
It was amazing to me how this Packer Team won Championships so often in the 1960's and including the first two (what I deem) Super Bowls I and II.
As I came online, I discovered various Packer Fan Forms where everything Packers was discussed and this was all very interesting to me. As a Packer Fan and such, just before the beginning of the Lombardi Era and throughout the 1960's. I was spoiled. After Lombardi it got to really not happening no matter how much I wanted to see Championship again it got into two very lean decades.
It was 'a long time Favre coming', hahaha.
Thus my deep respect and appreciation for Brett Favre, I had other Sports Hero's like MLB Great Henry Aaron and The Big "M' Frank Mahovlich and Guy Lafleur of the NHL and Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics; but no Pro Athlete got into my Fan Spirit as Brett Favre somehow managed to do.
So Packerats my Journey to the 30,000th Post here and with this Post now at Packerrats began 61 Years ago. My membership here since March 2006, followed my participation on three or four other Packer Fan sites.
It's been 'an interesting Ride'. It's been 'a real blast'.
Thank You Packerrats. Again .... Thanks Mad.
GO PACK GO !
woodbuck27
This wouldn't be possible without the generous support of Madtownpacker, the Owner of Packerrats. Thanks so much Mad.
I began my Journey to Packerrats a long time ago. It really began with my love of playing Baseball as a youngster and in 1957 when I was a Milwaukee Brave Fan and them playing against the New York Yankees in the World Seried in the years 1956 and 1958.
Somehow I learned of an NFL Team and also in Wisconsin, called the Green Bay Packers and there was a Local Men's Softball Team in Saint John NB, Canada I enjoyed watch playing with the Name 'The Packers', so it just fell into place and my Journey began as a Green Bay Packer Fan.
After the Great Vince Lombardi came to the Packers and throughout the 1960's it totally fell into place. It was easy to love 'the Packers'. Those 1960's Teams were something else to follow and enjoy see win so often.
Most of the Lad's in my Hood were CFL Fans. I was as well and enjoying following the Ottawa Rough Riders. Yet, The Packers and the Green & Gold worked with my Irish Canadian Roots and got that grip on me. Of all Pro Sports Teams I followed ie Les Habitants - The Montreal Canadians and the Boston Celtics - my favourite Pro Team became The Lombardi led Green Bay Packers.
THE PACKERS, with too many Star players to mention here. Any Packer fan today should know who they are and how many of them were eventually inducted into the NFL Hall Of Fame. Throughout these past six decades as 'a proud Packer fan', I enjoyed many other Great Packer Players follow them with marvelous Careers and be inducted into the PRO Football HOF. We just witnessed the Great Pulling Guard and 'a Leader of the Famous Lombardi Sweep, Jerry Kramer inducted this Spring.
It was amazing to me how this Packer Team won Championships so often in the 1960's and including the first two (what I deem) Super Bowls I and II.
As I came online, I discovered various Packer Fan Forms where everything Packers was discussed and this was all very interesting to me. As a Packer Fan and such, just before the beginning of the Lombardi Era and throughout the 1960's. I was spoiled. After Lombardi it got to really not happening no matter how much I wanted to see Championship again it got into two very lean decades.
It was 'a long time Favre coming', hahaha.
Thus my deep respect and appreciation for Brett Favre, I had other Sports Hero's like MLB Great Henry Aaron and The Big "M' Frank Mahovlich and Guy Lafleur of the NHL and Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics; but no Pro Athlete got into my Fan Spirit as Brett Favre somehow managed to do.
So Packerats my Journey to the 30,000th Post here and with this Post now at Packerrats began 61 Years ago. My membership here since March 2006, followed my participation on three or four other Packer Fan sites.
It's been 'an interesting Ride'. It's been 'a real blast'.
Thank You Packerrats. Again .... Thanks Mad.
GO PACK GO !
woodbuck27
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