Part III of our “50 Years of Pro Football” publication covers what has been sometimes called “the shameful years.” This is the time between their 1944 N.F.L. championship and the beginning of the Lombardi era in 1959. These pages will introduce you to those teams and individual players that, try as they might, couldn’t match the rest of the league in talent and success.
Part IV will bring us through the “Glory Years” of the 1960’s and all the success that resurrected the franchise.
The next section in our presentation of the Green Bay Packers Alumni publication “50 Years of Professional Football” (1969) covers the years which contained the team’s first championship — 1929 — through their last prior to the Lombardi era — in 1944. Hope you enjoy seeing the teams and learning of Green Bay’s early years.
Today we embark on a journey back to 1969, when this fine historical publication was produced by the Green Bay Packers Alumni Association. The Lombardi years had ended, and in fact, the former coach was off to take the reigns of the Washington Redskins at the time. It was decided that a commemoration of 50 years of Packers football was needed, so this booklet was put together to spotlight the teams of yesteryear. The Green Bay teams of the Lambeau era don’t get much attention anymore, a casualty of the passing years and the current generations who have no link to that time. We’re as guilty as anyone, since our collection is heavily based from the late 1950’s onward to today. So, this is a good chance for us to shed some light on those teams from long ago. We’ll let the publication speak for itself, adding comments only where needed. Enjoy.
Join us for Part II tomorrow.
