Packers Experience: A Year-By-Year Chronicle of the Green Bay Packers

by Freedman, Lew

• ISBN13: 9780760344507
• ISBN10: 0760344507
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-09-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Since its establishment in 1919, the Green Bay Packers football organization has stood proudly as the United States' only community-owned professional sports team. Its fans are renowned for their unrivaled die-hard dedication, with Lambeau Field season tickets sold out since 1960 and a waiting list stretching decades into the future-tickets so coveted, they are often bequeathed in family wills. These are not quiet fans. Fortunately, The Packers Chronicleis not a quiet book. The ultimate guide to the Green Bay Packers, The Packers Chronicletakes readers year by year through every single season of the franchise's storied history. Award-winning sportswriter Lew Freedman describes each season's key moments, and his stories are accompanied by detailed stats and glorious images. Additional feature articles highlight the legendary players and coaches who have made the Packers one of the most successful organizations in the NFL: Curley Lambeau, Don Hutson, Paul Hornung, Bart Starr, Ray Nitschke, Vince Lombardi, Willie Davis, Herb Adderley, James Lofton, LeRoy Butler, Reggie White, Brett Favre, Donald Driver, Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, and many others. Photos from the team's history are accompanied by rare memorabilia and mementos, and specially commissioned illustrations highlight the greatest plays in franchise history. This premier-quality book is the perfect keepsake for Packers fans of all generations-an essential addition to the Packers library and as timeless as that indomitable Packer pride.