subject: The Team Inside Green Bay Packers [print this page] Will you ever think of it? Green Bay is simply just a tiny city having 250,000 of people, but they do boast up professional football team in the National Football League. Though Green Bay Packers are only packed with small number of population, they still have a good number of fans who aren't missing up any chance of boosting the moral of their team whenever they have an away game. In fact, it is funny to see more Green Bay Packers supporters that the local team at times, and this proves that there is no dearth of support for this fantastic team that plays for the north division of NFC in National Football League. If you believe it is hard to find high quality players from such a small population, think otherwise as it is Green Bay Packers that is the current NFL champion.
In fact, Packers are not professional in the true sense of the term as they are non-profit organization that is owned by the community. Packers have an enviable record in NFL having won it 13 times (9 before the Super Bowl era and 4 after that). Minnesota and Chicago have a great rivalry with Packers with packers having an edge over these two great teams of the championship. There was about of 27 Packers being introduced into the Hall of Fame of NFL proving that the players are good and did a great job for winning their games.
Green bay Packers are the third oldest franchise in the history of NFL having been founded in 1919. The Green Bay Packers are actually the third and the oldest franchise in NFL history, as it is found in 1919. Curly Lambeau, the founder of the team was an employee of Indian Packing Company that agreed to sponsor the team if its name was included in the name of the team, and this is why Green Bay are still packers in honor of the company that paid $500 for the uniforms and logos of the players in 1919.
However, Green Bay Packers have been experiencing a slide in their fortunes in the championship since 2001 and have not won it since then. However, the matches involved for this team have becoming super thrilling. This is why Packers matches are mostly sellouts and it is hard to find a ticket for oneself on the eve of the match. The accomplishments of Packers for the championship is considered as their nature, making them one of the best and thrilling teams in NFL.
Avid fans of packers are privately known as the cheese heads within the country, and they happens to be a loyal as well as enthusiastic fans in the league. These fans travel to all parts of the country to boost the morale of their team against other teams and you would never find a Packer fan without his team jersey. One record that will always stand in Packers name is that regardless of winning or losing, every single game that the team has played at Lambeau field since 1960 has been a sellout.
