The Green Bay Packers are still the only publicly-held NFL franchise - thriving in a city much smalled than most professional sports teams - and their origins are just a modest.
The team was conceived by a couple of ordinary guys - George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau in 1919.
Lambeau, then a shipping clerk for the Indian Packing Company, convinced his employer to sponsor some basic equipment for the team. In a tribute to that donation they called their team the Packers. When the Packers were franchised into the American Professional Football Association they also received financial backing from another packing company - the Acme Packing Company.
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