Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They play in the National Football League. Their stadium is Lambeau Field. The Packer's uniforms are a green or white jersey with gold pants.
| Green Bay Packers | |||
| Established [[August 11, 1919[1] in sports|August 11, 1919[1]]] Play in and headquartered at Lambeau Field Green Bay, Wisconsin | |||
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Independent (1919–1920) National Football League (1921–present)
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| Team Details | |||
| Team colors | Dark green, gold, white[2][3] | ||
| Fight song | "Go! You Packers Go!" | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owner | Green Bay Packers, Inc. (360,760 stockholders—governed by a Board of Directors)[4] | ||
| Chairman | Mark H. Murphy | ||
| General Manager | Brian Gutekunst | ||
| Head Coach | Matt LaFleur | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Team Nicknames | |||
| * Indian Packers (1919)[5] | |||
| Championships | |||
| League Championships (13†[7][8]) | |||
| Conference Championships (9) | |||
Division Championships (20)
† – Does not include the AFL or NFL Championships won during the same seasons as the AFL–NFL Super Bowl Championships prior to the 1970 AFL–NFL merger | |||
| Playoff Appearances (34) | |||
| * NFL: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1982, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 | |||
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The Packers hold the record for the most NFL league championships. They have won 13 championships, including four Super Bowls, out of the 5 they've been to. The team is called the Packers because their original owner was a meat-packing company. Today, it is the only fan-owned team in the country's four major professional leagues. It is owned by a community-based group with more than 100,000 shareholders. Each shareholder is limited to holding 200 shares (out of about 5 million issued). The Packers are also the only team in the major professional leagues to release their balance sheet every year. This year, their current head coach is Matt LaFleur.
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Curly Lambeau, founder, player and first coach of the Packers
American football player Don Hutson, with the Packers.
A 1950 depiction of Tony Canadeo, whose No. 3 was retired by the Packers in 1952
Vince Lombardi and Bart Starr
Ray Nitschke – his No. 66 jersey is one of six numbers retired by the Packers
The "Golden Boy" Paul Hornung, featured on a 1961 sports card
Packers Willie Davis (left) and Henry Jordan tackling a Chiefs player in the first AFL-NFL Championship (Super Bowl I)
The Packers, pictured against Cardinals in the 1982–83 playoffs, only qualified for the postseason twice during the team's post-Lombardi "dark ages" (1969–91).
Packers great Brett Favre played for 16 years in Green Bay. He had his No. 4 jersey retired by the Packers in 2015.
Reggie White in 1998. White is widely considered one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, and had his number retired by the Packers in 2005.
References
- ↑ "Packers Timeline". Packers.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Club Information" (PDF). 2020 Green Bay Packers Media Guide. NFL Enterprises, LLC. September 5, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Green Bay Packers Team Capsule". 2020 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book. NFL Enterprises, LLC. August 17, 2020. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Birth of a Team, and a Legend" (PDF). 2018 Green Bay Packers Media Guide. NFL Enterprises. September 12, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Names, Larry D (1987). "The Myth". In Scott, Greg (ed.). The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years. Vol. 1. Angel Press of WI. p. 30. ISBN 0-939995-00-X.
- ↑ History of Champions: Packers are No. 1 in NFL. January 14, 2017. https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2017/01/14/history-champions-packers-no-1-nfl/96552152/. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Packers Championship Seasons". Packers.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
