Baptism By Football: The Year Green Bay and the Packers Forged

Baptism By Football: The Year Green Bay and the Packers Forged Their Futures

The year was 1922, and residents of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were navigating through a quickly changing post-war world that included automobiles, Prohibition, and a fledgling professional football team called the Green Bay Packers. Struggling to merely survive, the Packers took a back seat in the public consciousness to other major happenings in what would turn out to be a pivotal year in the cityâ€™s history. A new YMCA building, a family amusement park known as Bay Beach, and dozens of other developments that remain part of the cityâ€™s landscape a century later were just gaining traction. Little did the cityâ€™s residents know, but this ragtag group of football pioneers and their dedicated supporters were laying the foundation for one of the nationâ€™s great sports franchises. And with it, the small town at the base of Wisconsinâ€™s thumb would grow to become a vibrant city known by football fans around the world.

Baptism By Football: The Year Green Bay and the Packers Forged Their Futures