Today we have a photo of an ordinary day on the Green Bay Packers’ practice field, in what must be either 1959 or 1960 — coach Vince Lombardi’s first two seasons at the helm of the organization. We are narrowing this down thusly because there wouldn’t have been much reason for LIFE magazine to be there prior to 1959, and there are no "G" logos on the helmets, which came in 1961. It’s possible, of course, that they did not wear game helmets in practice, but when we’ve seen that to be the case previously, they often wore old-style helmets without face masks. So we’ll stick with our guess until a better suggestion comes along.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
A Day at Practice
Today we have a photo of an ordinary day on the Green Bay Packers’ practice field, in what must be either 1959 or 1960 — coach Vince Lombardi’s first two seasons at the helm of the organization. We are narrowing this down thusly because there wouldn’t have been much reason for LIFE magazine to be there prior to 1959, and there are no "G" logos on the helmets, which came in 1961. It’s possible, of course, that they did not wear game helmets in practice, but when we’ve seen that to be the case previously, they often wore old-style helmets without face masks. So we’ll stick with our guess until a better suggestion comes along.