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<blockquote data-quote="yooperfan" data-source="post: 49490" data-attributes="member: 15"><p>It started in 1956.</p><p>My best friends parents had Packer season tickets and when they came back from Green Bay always talked about the Packers. Plus they had the only TV in the neighborhood and the Packers were the only team that were on on Sundays. Everyone went to their house to watch the away games and they threw quite a party.</p><p>Everyone in Ishpeming was a Packer fan because when they were having financial difficulties, the big banker in town forced all the business men to buy Packer stock and season tickets. Ishpeming has been awash in tickets ever since. It would be a rare time when you couldn't get a ticket.</p><p>From 1968-1973 my buddies and I went to every Packer home game whether it was in Milwaukee or Green Bay.</p><p>We used to cram 10 guys into one room at the old Northland Hotel. That was where the opposing teams stayed also so we got to meet alot of the opposing players and coaches.</p><p>My favorite opposing coach during that time was Abe Gibron of the Chicago Bears.</p><p>He was very entertaining and always had a following of georgeous young women around him.</p><p></p><p>My wife (who didn't know a football from a golf ball when we got married) and my 3 kids are all now die hard Packer fans. I think even my dog is secretly a Packer fan.</p><p></p><p>Green Bay is only 3 hours away so we always get down there for training camp, family night and a pre season game or a regular season game.</p><p></p><p>I could have tickets for almost every home game but it is prohibitively expensive to do that with the whole family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yooperfan, post: 49490, member: 15"] It started in 1956. My best friends parents had Packer season tickets and when they came back from Green Bay always talked about the Packers. Plus they had the only TV in the neighborhood and the Packers were the only team that were on on Sundays. Everyone went to their house to watch the away games and they threw quite a party. Everyone in Ishpeming was a Packer fan because when they were having financial difficulties, the big banker in town forced all the business men to buy Packer stock and season tickets. Ishpeming has been awash in tickets ever since. It would be a rare time when you couldn't get a ticket. From 1968-1973 my buddies and I went to every Packer home game whether it was in Milwaukee or Green Bay. We used to cram 10 guys into one room at the old Northland Hotel. That was where the opposing teams stayed also so we got to meet alot of the opposing players and coaches. My favorite opposing coach during that time was Abe Gibron of the Chicago Bears. He was very entertaining and always had a following of georgeous young women around him. My wife (who didn't know a football from a golf ball when we got married) and my 3 kids are all now die hard Packer fans. I think even my dog is secretly a Packer fan. Green Bay is only 3 hours away so we always get down there for training camp, family night and a pre season game or a regular season game. I could have tickets for almost every home game but it is prohibitively expensive to do that with the whole family. [/QUOTE]
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