Today’s photo was taken during the 1960 preseason, when the Packers met the Cardinals (who had just moved to St. Louis from Chicago’s South side) in Green Bay on September 5th. Governor Gaylord Nelson (the father of “Earth Day”) is seen posing with Packers’ head coach Vince Lombardi and WR Boyd Dowler. He was congratulating Lombardi for being selected Coach of the Year for 1959, and Dowler for being selected N.F.L. Rookie of the Year for 1959. As the photo caption states, the Packers won the exhibition game by a score of 35-14. We would like to see a similar score tomorrow night when the two teams meet in Lambeau Field. We will be at the game, so there will be no update tomorrow night, but we might put up a few Tweets, so stay tuned...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Some Rewards for ’59
Today’s photo was taken during the 1960 preseason, when the Packers met the Cardinals (who had just moved to St. Louis from Chicago’s South side) in Green Bay on September 5th. Governor Gaylord Nelson (the father of “Earth Day”) is seen posing with Packers’ head coach Vince Lombardi and WR Boyd Dowler. He was congratulating Lombardi for being selected Coach of the Year for 1959, and Dowler for being selected N.F.L. Rookie of the Year for 1959. As the photo caption states, the Packers won the exhibition game by a score of 35-14. We would like to see a similar score tomorrow night when the two teams meet in Lambeau Field. We will be at the game, so there will be no update tomorrow night, but we might put up a few Tweets, so stay tuned...