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The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Green Bay is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, having been organized and playing in 1919. The Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.
The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau (hence the name Lambeau Field on which the team plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to what is known today as the National Football League (NFL). Although Green Bay is the last NFL "small town" team, its local fan base and media extends into nearby Milwaukee; the team also played selected home games there between 1933 and 1994.
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Actors: Groucho Marx (actor), John Phillip Law (actor), Peter Lawford (actor), Fred Clark (actor), Richard Kiel (actor), Phil Arnold (actor), George Cisar (actor), Frankie Avalon (actor), Robert Donner (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Michael Constantine (actor), Jackie Gleason (actor), Frank Gorshin (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor),
Plot: Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
Keywords: 1960s, absurd-humor, body-painting, box-office-flop, counter-culture, cult, drug-abuse, escape, friendship, gangsterThis sacred patch of ground, one hundred yards of earth
Three hundred feet to test our hearts and prove our worth
And every ounce of pride we've ever held inside
Will give us strength when we are face down in the dirt
So let the snow fall down; let it freeze this battleground
Feel the chill, share the thrill; we're the clay that shapes this town
Chorus
So bring on the heroes; bring on the fight
Turn up the action; shine down the lights
Bring on the heroes; let's keep this dream alive
Bring on the heroes; these are the heroes of our lives
It’s Packer pride!
Verse 2
We can bridge the great divide, carry on the flame
With a heart so bold, green and gold runs through our veins
When the clock is running down, we make every second count
We pull as one with the force to move these chains
Where no one stands alone, a single wall of stone
We’ll take the heat, turn defeat into a victory of its own
Chorus
Bridge
Never going down, never going under
Red zone coming, no time to wonder
Crowd is building up to a roaring thunder
It’s a battle of wills on the frozen tundra