Tweet
September 16, 1919 — Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names the Green Bay team the Packers.
Dang, that was a very long time ago.
Dang, that was a very long time ago.
-
-
Yes indeed. -
And, as sponsor, the Acme Meat Packing Company had agreed to provide team jerseys and an unlimited supply of pig bladders for home games.
Check out the dude with the Breathe-Rite strip. Talk about ahead of your time![QUOTE=George Cumby] ...every draft (Ted) would pick a solid, dependable, smart, athletically limited linebacker...the guy who isn't doing drugs, going to strip bars, knocking around his girlfriend or making any plays of game changing significance.Comment
-
Re: This date in NFL history...
Dang, that was a very long time ago.[/quote]
That was even before my time!
Comment
-
I'm sorry, but that guy with the tape over his face cracks me up.
I'm guessing it wasn't a prototype Breathe-rite strip, and if it was first aid for a broken nose then the team probably had to re-think the idea of bringing guys up from the kill-floor at ol' Acme to be the team trainers.
There is always the chance that the guy was the Terrel Owens of his day, and he screwed up every team picture by deliberately wearing something stupid on his head.[QUOTE=George Cumby] ...every draft (Ted) would pick a solid, dependable, smart, athletically limited linebacker...the guy who isn't doing drugs, going to strip bars, knocking around his girlfriend or making any plays of game changing significance.Comment
-
I'm thinking his nose is broke and he still wants to play.
Comment
-
I get a kick out of the dude on the left--the short guy standing next to the coach. Also, the dude in the middle in the back looks like he has a big melon."There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted ThompsonComment
Comment