Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History [Hardcover]

Don Gulbrandsen (Author), LeRoy Butler (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2008

Fully updated with a 2007 season recap and a tribute to the legendary career of Brett Favre.
          Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History is a lavishly illustrated treatment of this iconic sports team. It includes more than 200 photographs, as well as chalkboard diagrams of the key moments and plays from the team’s history. With detailed profiles and stats, the volume explores the players and teams that have defined the Packer legacy over more than eight decades.

          This fully updated edition highlights the on-the-field triumphs of the division-championship season of 2007, chroncles the dramatic postseason victories and heartbreaking defeat, and features a special tribute to the career of the legendary Brett Favre—from his debut season in 1992 to his tearful retirement announcement in March of 2008.

          It is a book that no Packer fan will want to be without.

 

Editorial Reviews

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Wisconsin BookWatch, September 2007

“A must-read and a must-have for all dedicated Packer fans.”

Publishers Weekly, Oct. 1, 2007

“Even the most devoted cheeseheads will find something new and fascinating in this book.”

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Book Description

One of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, the Green Bay Packers have featured some of football's greatest players, from Bart Starr and Ray Nitschke, to Reggie White and Brett Favre. Even the Super Bowl trophy--which they’ve won three times--has taken its name from their legendary coach, Vince Lombardi. This is a lavishly illustrated treatment of this iconic sports team, including photographs and drawings of stadium plans and maps and chalkboard illustrations of key moments and plays from the team's history. With detailed profiles and stats of stellar players and teams over more than eight decades, it is a book no Packer fan can be without.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: MVP Books; Revised edition (June 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760335052
• ISBN-13: 978-0760335055
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #846,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paul S, December 19, 2007

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My 88-year-old father grew up in Wisconsin. He's a lifelong Packer fan. I haven't seen or read the book, but he's absolutely enthralled by it. We talk frequently, and he brings the book up often. Every page has a memory for him.

So, don't take my word for it: take the word of a man who watched Don Hutson catch passes on blustery Green Bay Sundays.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History, December 12, 2007

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I purchased this book for my brother as a Christmas present. Upon receiving the book I shared it with several fans and they were so excited. I thought it was a great book and know that my brother is going to Love It!!!! We have been Packer fans since the 60's.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 'must have' for all dedicated 'Packer' fans., September 1, 2007

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Simply stated at the outset, "Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History" should be considered a compulsory acquisition by every highschool and community library in the Badger State. Profusely illustrated throughout, Don Gulbrandsen's definitive history of Wisconsin's preeminent professional football team is a superbly written, informed and informative sports history that will entertain and educate readers with its many biographical vignettes of the men who played, coached and managed one of the truly great all time American football teams from its inception down to the present day. "Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History" is a 'must read' and a 'must have' for all dedicated 'Packer' fans.