Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Green Bay Packer's First Superbowl Won


The Green bay Packers were the first team to win the first two Super bowls, the years were 1967 and 1968. It took them 30 years to win the Super bowl again.

Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Green Bay Packers have won 13 league championships (more than any other team in the NFL), including nine NFL championships prior to the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowl victories—in 1967 (Super Bowl I), 1968 (Super Bowl II), 1997 (Super Bowl XXXI) and 2011 (Super Bowl XLV).[6] The Packers have long-standing, bitter rivalries with their NFC North (formerly the NFC Central) opponents, theChicago BearsMinnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions. The Bears-Packers rivalryis one of the oldest rivalries in NFL history, dating back to 1921.

Curly Lambeau

Curly Lambeau
The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau(hence the name Lambeau Field on which the team plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to what is known today as the National Football League (NFL). Although Green Bay is the last NFL "small town" team, its local fan base and media extends into nearby Milwaukee; the team also played selected home games there between 1933 and 1994.