In 1946, the Packers purchased a picturesque 53-acre compound built in 1937 for the Green Bay-area Norbertine order. The $32,000 purchase was approved by the board of directors in May as a …
Over the following days, while Ted Fritsch spent time at the Browns training camp, newspapers quoted Packers Head Coach Curly Lambeau saying that there was a 50-50 chance that Fritsch would end up …
GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers saw a brutal 35-14 loss at Lambeau Field on Thursday, Sept. 24, to the Atlanta Falcons. According to Packers Safety Evan Williams, each player needs to …
“The All-America League has lured its first player from the Green Bay Packers of the rival National League, the star fullback Ted Fritsch, who will do his place kicking and line plunging with the …
In April 1945, Ted Fritsch tried out for a spot with the Toledo Mud Hens baseball team, a farm team for the St. Louis Browns in the American Association; but that summer, he was back playing with …
That winter, Ted played guard for the Oshkosh All-Stars. The Oshkosh All-Stars were an American professional basketball team based in Oshkosh that played from 1929 to 1949. They became a …
Continued from previous week “Another football player from a small college has clicked as a professional,” The Journal Times stated that fall. “Young Ted Fritsch, stubby fullback brought …
Continued from previous week In January of 1942, Green Bay Packers Coach Curly Lambeau took a trip to Chicago, where he met with Elmer Layden, National Football League commissioner at the time. …
Continued from last week The front page of the Oct. 15, 1969, Green Bay Press-Gazette heralded the news of Arnie Herber’s death. A day earlier, Herber lost his battle with cancer at a …
Continued from last week On Aug. 27, 1941, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported that Arnie Herber, whose contract called for “regular appearances below the 200-pound mark,” was “shaving …
Continued from last week After leaving UW-Madison, Arnie Herber headed back to Green Bay, taking a job with the railroad. “A prominent family in town persuaded him to go to St. Regis …