Packers why green and gold

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Bingo,,,for the record!! And why Ron Wolf wanted to change it to an actual Gold color. Still, the Packers call it Gold, good enough for me. I bleed green and gold like LTF said.

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Over the course of the team's history, the team has maintained the same logo while wearing virtually the same uniforms over the years, with subtle changes made to give the uniforms an updated look. Yet none have been successful. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company.

Today " Green Bay Packers " is the oldest team-name still in use in the National Football League NFL , both by its nickname and by virtue of remaining in its original city. Lambeau, who had attended the University of Notre Dame, borrowed the team's colors of navy blue and gold from the Fighting Irish, much as George Halas borrowed team colors from his alma mater Illinois for the Chicago Bears.

And like the Irish in the s and s, the Packers sometimes used green and gold before returning to the traditional blue and gold. In the early days, the Packers were often referred to as the "Bays" or the "Blues" and sometimes were even nicknamed as "the Big Bay Blues".

These never were official nicknames, although Lambeau did consider replacing "Packers" with "Blues" in the s. In , Lambeau was forced to resign from the team and the Packers colors would be changed. Navy blue was kept as a secondary color, seen primarily on sideline capes, but it was quietly dropped from the team colors list on all official materials shortly thereafter.

After Lambeau's exit, the "New Packers" introduced their first official logo, featuring a green "Packers" script with a football in between two goal posts.

The logo would also be present on stock certificates. During the next four years, the colors would change as the team experimented with several uniform combinations. The color scheme yields the common Packer nickname, "The Green and Gold. In , the Packers looked for a different look with new coach Lisle Blackbourn.