Throwback photos: Explore images from the Green Bay Packers' early years
With a legacy that stretches back 100 years, the Green Bay Packers have given football fans plenty to cheer about through the decades.Â
See how the Packers' storied history was shaped in the early years of the franchise with these photos from the 1920s to the 1940s.Â
Battling Giants at Polo Grounds in 1929
Benjamin Friedman of the New York Giants is stopped after making a 10-yard gain against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 24, 1929, at the Polo Grounds in New York City.Â
'Curly' stops for a picture in 1931
Green Bay Packers coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau poses for a photo at an unknown location in 1931. Lambeau led the Packers to a 12-2 record and a championship in the 1931 season.Â
Heading to Honolulu in 1932
Green Bay Packers captain John "Johnny Blood" McNally (from left), manager and coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau, and Paul Burke, then reportedly the Packers' most faithful fan, pose for a photo on Dec. 19, 1932, aboard the SS Mariposa while en route from Los Angeles to Honolulu where Green Bay was to play two charity games.
Having fun in Los Angeles in 1933
Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Cal Hubbard, 280 pounds, carries 180-pound halfback Roger Grove in his arms in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 1933.Â
Galloping off into the sunset in 1933
Harold "Red" Grange, wearing helmet at right, watches what was said to be his last pro football game in 1933 in Los Angeles, California. Grange, the "Galloping Ghost," is seated with coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau, left, and film actress Merna Kennedy as the Packers defeated a team comprised of former Southern California stars in an exhibition game. Grange played professional football for the Chicago Bears and the short-lived New York Yankees football club.Â
Hutson poses in 1934
Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers is pictured on the field in December 1934. Hutson, the original wacky wideout, was by far the best receiver of the NFL's Paleozoic Era. His 488 receptions in an 11-season career that ended in 1945 were 200 more than anyone else in that era, and he invented routes that are still used today, including the out-and-up. But he wasn't your conventional football player.
Flying high in 1938
Green Bay Packers fullback Clark Hinkle practices with his teammates on Nov. 15, 1938, at the New York Athletic Club at Travis Island as Green Bay prepares for its clash the New York Giants a few days later. The Packers lost to the Giants 15-3 in the regular-season finale on Nov. 20, 1938, to finish the season with an 8-3 record.Â
Muddy defeat at Polo Grounds in 1938
The New York Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers, 15-3, in a muddy NFL game at the Polo Grounds in New York on Nov. 20, 1938. Green Bay's Ed Jankowski gains 4 yards on a reverse in the first quarter after taking the handoff from Cecil Isbell. Giants guard Ken Lunday (5) attempts to tackle Jankowski with Henry Bruder (5) running interference for his Green Bay teammate.Â
Coming up short in 1938
Only two feet short of a touchdown, Green Bay's Clarke Hinkle is halted by the New York Giants in the second quarter of the Packers' 23-17 loss to the Giants in their championship matchup in New York on Dec. 11, 1938.
An unusual catch in 1939
This unusual action picture from the Green Bay Packers' 26-7 win over the Detroit Lions in Green Bay on Oct. 22, 1939, can be turned into a guessing game. Did Don Hutson (14) really catch the ball? Hutson scored a touchdown from the Lions' 40-yard line. There are three players in the picture. The third man's body is hidden, but six legs are shown.
Bench offers support in 1939
These expressive faces are those of Green Bay Packers shouting encouragement and applause from the bench to their mates on the field during the Packers' 24-14 conquest of Washington in Milwaukee on Oct. 29, 1939. Shown at left is halfback Richard Weisgerber, while the player at right is unidentified. Green Bay finished the 1939 regular season with a 9-2 record.Â
Taking the title in 1939
Green Bay Packers quarterback Cecil Isbell is stopped by Frank Cope of the New York Giants after a 2-yard gain in an NFL title game at the State Fair Grounds in Milwaukee on Dec. 11, 1939. The Packers won 27-0 before a crowd of 32,000 for the National Football League championship.Â
Breaking through in 1940
Andy Uram of the Green Bay Packers cracks through a hole in the center of the line to run smack into New York Giants center Mel Hein (7) in the first quarter of the Packers' 7-3 loss to the Giants in New York City on Nov. 17, 1940. Green Bay finished the 1940 regular season with a 6-4-1 record.Â
Ready to brawl with Bears in 1941
The crack passing combination of Cecil Isbell (left) and Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers threatens to cause the Chicago Bears plenty of trouble when the two teams meet on Dec. 14, 1941, in Chicago in the Western Division playoff. The two conditioned themselves for any weather as they practiced their famous tricks on a snow-covered field in Green Bay. The Packers, who had gone 10-1 during the 1941 season, went on to lose to the Bears 33-14.Â
Faltering in Chicago in 1941
Hugh Gallarneau (8) of the Chicago Bears stumbles but keeps on going as a Green Bay Packers player makes a flying grab at his feet during the Packers' 33-14 playoff loss to the Bears in Chicago on Dec. 14, 1941.Â
Hutson snags ball one-handed in 1942
Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson is pictured in 1942. Hutson played all 11 seasons of his professional football career in Green Bay, catching 488 passes for 7,991 yards and 99 receiving touchdowns during his time with the Packers.Â
Hutson extends for catch in 1943
Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers reaches up to snare a pass on Jan. 27, 1943. During the 1942 season, Hutson caught 74 passes for 1,211 yards and 17 touchdowns on his way to being named a first-team all-pro.Â
Hutson tests out new role in 1943
Don Hutson (left), the Green Bay Packers end who befuddled pass defenses by pretending to let the whole thing go and then starting a winning sprint for the pigskin, wields the pen that stops one job and starts another for him in Green Bay on Dec. 11, 1943, as he signs a contract to become a full-time assistant to Packers head coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau (right).
Hutson would change his mind later in the offseason and un-retire to return to the field for Green Bay, going on to play two more seasons for the Packers.Â
'Curly' shares wisdom in 1944
Green Bay Packers players Don Hutson, left, and Irv Comp, right, receive instructions from coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau during practice in Bear Mountain, New York, on Nov. 15, 1944. The Packers were shut out 24-0 by the New York Giants a few days later at the Polo Grounds to fall to 7-2 on the season.Â
Celebrating on the road in 1944
Members of the Green Bay Packers hold a victory celebration in their dressing room after a 14-7 win over the New York Giants in the National Football League Championship game in New York on Dec. 17, 1944. The teammates carry Ted Fritsch, who scored the Packers' two touchdowns, and coach Earl "Curly" Lambeau, right center.
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