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Why are the packers named the packers?
Because of the meat-packing industry in Green Bay.
Why were the Green Bay Packers called the ACME Packers?
Curly Lambeau founded the Packers and built his team around the ACME meat packing company he worked for.
What are the Green Bay Packers were called?
If this question can be answered, the Packers were orignally called the Indians, for part of the 1919 season after the Indian Meat Packing Company in Green Bay that put up the money for equipment and uniforms. Later in the same season Lambeau (an employee of the meat packing company) called his team the Packers. It has been the Packers ever since.
What did the Green Bay Packers pack?
The team was originally sponsored by a meat packing company.
What is the Indian Packing Company?
The Indian Packing Company was a meat packing company, the employer of Curly Lambeau (one of the original founders of the Green Bay Packers), and the namesake of the Packers. Diane
Is a packer a cheese packer or a meat packer?
The Packers were named after meat packers, the whole thing with the cheese is just because of Wisconsin.
Did the packers have another name?
No. They got the name packers from a meat packaging company that donated money to them when the NFL was starting.
What does the name packers come from?
In 1919, Curley Lambeau asked his employer, the Indian Packing Company, for money to buy uniforms. They gave him $500 on the condition that the team be named after the company. Lambeau named the team the 'Packers'.
What did acme packers pack in the 1920's?
meat
What was the Green Bay Packers named after?
The correct answer is The Indian Packing Company Indians. The team was sponsored by Coach Curly Lambeau's employer : the Indian Packing Company. Although originally called the Indians, by the end of the first year, the local newspapers were already calling them the Packers. The Indian Packing Company Packers then became the Acme Packers when the Acme Packing Company bought out the Indian Packing company. When the Acme Packing Company stopped sponsoring the team, they became the Green Bay Packers. They have been nicknamed the Bays, the Blues, the Big Bay blues, The Pack and the Green and Gold. But none of these nicknames has ever been the offical name of the team.
How much money did meat packers earn in the 1900s?
$0.000000212
When was the First Green bay packer team?
There was a town team in Green Bay dating back to the late 19th century. The first time they were called the Packers was in 1919, when Curly Lambeau got a sponsorship from a local meat-packing company. The Packers went on to join the NFL in 1921.
