How did the Green Bay Packers get their name?
The third-oldest team in pro football got its name from a World War I era company whose involvement with the team was over almost before it began. According to the Packers official site, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, and numerous fan sites, the team was named for the Indian Packing Company in 1919. This company happened to employ Earl “Curly” Lambeau, one of the founding athletes of the team, who would later become the team’s head coach. In 1965, the team’s stadium was also renamed to honor Lambeau. Lambeau convinced his boss Frank Peck to put up money for the fledgling team’s jerseys and allow the team to use the company’s athletic field for practices. Initially, the team was called “the Indians,” after the Indian Packing Company. But by the end of its fir
