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| Most Unique Team In Sports |
- No owner (last remaining publicly owned pro sports team, 4,750,934 shares, 112,015 stockholders, none of whom receive dividend on initial investment).
- Team plays in major sports' smallest TV market -- 69th (Jacksonville, 52, is closest).
uPackers have 10 playoff appearances in last 13 years, and won most NFL titles (12).
- Green Bay has 21 Pro Hall of Famers, second-most in league.
- Team has averted four financial collapses: 1921, 1922, 1934 and 1950, each time gaining monetary support from community.
- In a century of franchise movement, only 10 other pro sports teams -- none in football -- have held same moniker in same location longer (nine baseball, one hockey).
- Only two other pro sports venues have been in continuous use longer than Lambeau Field (1957) -- Boston's Fenway Park (1912) and Chicago's Wrigley Field (1916).
- With season-ticket holders from all 50 states, as well as Washington D.C., Canada, Japan and Australia, the team's waiting list has more than 74,000 names. People who were recently awarded season tickets put their names on the waiting list in mid 1970s.
- Packers have most fans in league based on recent Harris polls, merchandise sales and Web site attraction. Plus, team sells every available seat at Lambeau Field for intra-squad scrimmage, "Family Night."
- Before radio, when Packers played on the road, as many as 500 fans turned out at Legion Park to "watch" game on Playograph board (telegraph reports from press box re-created game on screen, complete with PA).
- Packers were first to open hall of fame and museum (1967).
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Last Updated: 12/31/07
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