What's the history behind the name "Packers" for Green Bay?

Answer 1

In 1919, Curly Lambeau received $500 from his employer, the Indian Packing Company, for uniforms and equipment, and for use of the company's lot for practice. In exchange, Lambeau and another co-owner agreed to call the team Packers.

Answer 2

On Aug. 11, 1919, a score or more husky young athletes, called together by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun, gathered in the dingy editorial room of the old Green Bay Press-Gazette building on Cherry Street and organized a football team. They didn't know it, but that was the beginning of the incredible saga of the Green Bay Packers.

Lambeau and Calhoun struck the initial spark a few weeks before, during a casual street-corner conversation. It was apparently a "Why not get up a football team?" remark, but once they were interested they wasted no time.

First they talked Lambeau's employer -- a war-time industry called the Indian Packing Company, where he worked as a shipping clerk for $250/month -- into putting up money for jerseys.

Because the company provided jerseys and permitted the use of its athletic field for practice, the club was identified in its early publicity as a project of the company. With this tie-in the name "Packers" was a natural, and Packers they have been ever since, although the Indian Packing Company had practically faded out of the picture before that first season was half over.

Answer 3

They got the upstart money from the Acme Meat Packing Plant.
ok honestly couldn't remember what the packing plant was and too lazy to look it up.
Ok what does being the first Superbowl winner have to do with THE NAME, considering they were around BEFORE the Superbowl and one of the first NFL teams.

Answer 4

First Super Bowl Winners.

Answer 5

this should give you the info you're looking for http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/gb/packers.html