SMART BOOKS FOR YOUNG FANS THE GREEN BAY THE GREEN BAY PACKERS PACKERS BY MARK STEWART NORWOODHOUSE PRESS CHICAGO ILLINOIS
Meet the Packers W hen people say that football has become a global sport they mean that the top teams and players have fans all over the world That explains why Green Bay a town in Wisconsin with just over 100,000 people is known to hundreds of millions in every corner of the planet Green Bay is where the Packers play and no team has done more to make football popular The Packers have been a championship club since the 1920s They play for the sport’s most demanding owners their fans Other teams are owned by companies or a small group of business people The Packers are different Over the years thousands of people have bought small parts of the team and own it together This book tells the story of the Packers They win the old fashioned way with speed power and toughness They don’t have much choice Whenever the players look into the stands they know their bosses are watching Clay Matthews strikes his famous Predator pose Green Bay fans love to cheer for players with his passion for the game 5
