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Daily Bread for 8.11.11

Good morning.

It’s a sunny day in store for Whitewater, with a high temperature of eighty-two.

Today’s a memorable day for Wisconsin sports, as the Wisconsin Historical Society notes that in on this day in 1919

the Green Bay Packers professional football team was founded during a meeting in the editorial rooms of Green Bay Press-Gazette. On this evening, a score or more of young athletes, called together by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun, gathered in the editorial room on Cherry Street and organized a football the team. [Source: Packers.com]

They started impressively, with a 10-1 season.



Packers 1919 team photo via Wikipedia.

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