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<blockquote data-quote="Terre Haute Cheesehead" data-source="post: 318401" data-attributes="member: 3410"><p>Well, I have a couple reasons as to why I selected the Packers to be my favorite team. The Green Bay Packers has always had the "small town" blue collar franchise label attached to it which makes it the legitimate team that should be referred to as "America's" team, not Dallas. And I could relate to that "small town" feel because I grew up during the '50's and '60's in a tiny town in west central Indiana just across the Wabash River from Terre Haute and only four miles from the Illinois state line which of course placed me in an area heavily populated with die hard Bear fans, but I refused to follow suit and support the Bears. In those days, football replica jerseys or even team name sweatshirts were non-existent, so a few of my childhood Bear worshipping buddies would arrive on the sandlots donning white sweatshirts with ********* magic marker numbers drawn on the front and back with orange striping on their sleeves {looked pretty good, too, so their Dad's may have done the art work, vbg}. A few kids had plastic helmets, as well, and again, my buddies this time had no alternative other than to resort to painting the entire helmet black {and that didn't look so good}. But as a result, their goal was achieved because there were enough #9's {Billy Wade}, #28's {Willie Gallimore} and #35's {Rick Casares} to represent. There were also a couple of kids who idolized Johnny Unitas and broke out the blue magic marker to display the #19 with a futile attempt at drawing on the horseshoe representing the "then" Baltimore Colts. So, when I proudly trotted out wearing the green and yellow trimmed number "5," everyone knew WHO I was "supposed" to be and WHAT team I "played" for, however, I still got NO respect! LOL. I was the ONLY Packer fan in our neighborhood, yet, I was smart enough to not drink of the Bear "kool aid!" Those were some great memories and they got even better during the seasons of '66 and '67 "IF" you were that ONLY Packer fan, as was I, so I remember getting those last back to back laughs. But my most memorable primary reason for becoming a Packer fan was attributed to my Dad. He was a huge Green Bay fan, so out of respect for him and always believing that he could do NO wrong and his choices, therefore, would be the correct ones to follow, like Father, like Son, I too, became a loyal fan at the age of 9 which happened to be "52" years ago. My Dad passed away when I was a junior in high school in April, 1966 and of course, never got to see his beloved Packers win the very first Super Bowl. I miss him dearly, especially during this Holiday Season. If he were alive, in a couple of days he would have been celebrating his 99th birthday and I know if it was at all possible for him to watch his Packers play, he would be doing so. God bless you, Dad, and thanks for inspiring me to be a Green Bay Packer fan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terre Haute Cheesehead, post: 318401, member: 3410"] Well, I have a couple reasons as to why I selected the Packers to be my favorite team. The Green Bay Packers has always had the "small town" blue collar franchise label attached to it which makes it the legitimate team that should be referred to as "America's" team, not Dallas. And I could relate to that "small town" feel because I grew up during the '50's and '60's in a tiny town in west central Indiana just across the Wabash River from Terre Haute and only four miles from the Illinois state line which of course placed me in an area heavily populated with die hard Bear fans, but I refused to follow suit and support the Bears. In those days, football replica jerseys or even team name sweatshirts were non-existent, so a few of my childhood Bear worshipping buddies would arrive on the sandlots donning white sweatshirts with ********* magic marker numbers drawn on the front and back with orange striping on their sleeves {looked pretty good, too, so their Dad's may have done the art work, vbg}. A few kids had plastic helmets, as well, and again, my buddies this time had no alternative other than to resort to painting the entire helmet black {and that didn't look so good}. But as a result, their goal was achieved because there were enough #9's {Billy Wade}, #28's {Willie Gallimore} and #35's {Rick Casares} to represent. There were also a couple of kids who idolized Johnny Unitas and broke out the blue magic marker to display the #19 with a futile attempt at drawing on the horseshoe representing the "then" Baltimore Colts. So, when I proudly trotted out wearing the green and yellow trimmed number "5," everyone knew WHO I was "supposed" to be and WHAT team I "played" for, however, I still got NO respect! LOL. I was the ONLY Packer fan in our neighborhood, yet, I was smart enough to not drink of the Bear "kool aid!" Those were some great memories and they got even better during the seasons of '66 and '67 "IF" you were that ONLY Packer fan, as was I, so I remember getting those last back to back laughs. But my most memorable primary reason for becoming a Packer fan was attributed to my Dad. He was a huge Green Bay fan, so out of respect for him and always believing that he could do NO wrong and his choices, therefore, would be the correct ones to follow, like Father, like Son, I too, became a loyal fan at the age of 9 which happened to be "52" years ago. My Dad passed away when I was a junior in high school in April, 1966 and of course, never got to see his beloved Packers win the very first Super Bowl. I miss him dearly, especially during this Holiday Season. If he were alive, in a couple of days he would have been celebrating his 99th birthday and I know if it was at all possible for him to watch his Packers play, he would be doing so. God bless you, Dad, and thanks for inspiring me to be a Green Bay Packer fan. [/QUOTE]
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