1960’s Green Bay Packers The green bay packers are a professional football league from Green Bay Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. The Packers have won 13 league championships, more than any other American professional football team. Over 50 million people watched the Green Bay Packers play the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967 at the first superbowl. On August 11, 1919 the Green Bay Packers were founded by two men, Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. The Green Bay Packers have had many great coaches over the years. Two of the greatest coaches on the Green Bay Packers team was Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi.The Green Bay Packers have won 13 NFL championships and 5 super bowls. They hosted Super Bowl I against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers won 35 to 10. The packers most successful period was in the 60’s with the legendary coach Vince Lombardi. Lombardi’s Packer teams in the ’60s were stocked with talent, boasting future Hall of Fame players on offense and defense: quarterback Bart Starr, fullback Jim Taylor, halfback Paul Hornung, tackle Forrest Gregg, linebacker Ray Nitschke, end Willie Davis, tackle Henry Jordan, cornerback Herb Adderley, and safety Willie Wood. They won championships in 1961 and 1962 and followed with three straight championships starting …show more content…
In 1935 the team added Don Hutson, who proceeded to redefine the wide receiver position and helped the Packers win championships in 1936, 1939, and 1944. Lambeau—who stopped playing for the team in 1929—stepped away from head coaching duties in 1949, and the team struggled for wins throughout the next decade: the Packers posted a losing record seven times between 1950 and