Curly Lambeau

Earl “Curly” Lambeau was an American football player and coach who co-founded the Green Bay Packers in 1919 and served as their first coach.

George Calhoun: A Green Bay newspaper editor who helped Curly Lambeau organize the team that became the Packers. Calhoun joined Lambeau in organizing the Packers in 1919.
Green Bay Packers: A professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, founded in 1919. Lambeau co-founded the team and coached it for nearly three decades.
Green Bay Packers championships: The league titles and Super Bowl victories won by the Green Bay Packers. Lambeau coached the Packers to six league championships, including the first three NFL title games.
T formation: An American football offensive formation with a quarterback behind the center and three backs aligned behind him. Lambeau’s Notre Dame Box gave way to the T formation as professional offenses changed.
Andrew B. Turnbull: A Green Bay Press-Gazette publisher who helped sustain the Green Bay Packers financially and organizationally. Turnbull backed the young Packers when their survival was uncertain.
Indian Packing Company: A Green Bay meat-packing company that sponsored the football team formed by Lambeau and George Calhoun. Its name supplied the original “Packers” identity and its early financial backing.
1936 NFL Championship Game: The first NFL Championship Game, won by the Green Bay Packers over the Boston Redskins. Lambeau’s Packers won the inaugural title game, 21–6.
Notre Dame Box: An unbalanced offensive formation used by Notre Dame and early Green Bay Packers teams. Lambeau adapted this formation into the offense associated with his Packers.
John McNally: An American football halfback who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1936. McNally was one of the stars Lambeau coached during the Packers’ rise.
Green Bay: A city in northeastern Wisconsin on the shore of Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. The city’s local support sustained a team competing against larger-market clubs.

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