User:Gonzo fan2007/Indian Packing Company

The Indian Packing Company was an American canned meat company that operated between 1919 and 1921. It was founded in Delaware and had various facilities across the country, including Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was purchased by the Acme Packing Company, which shut down in 1943 due to supply shortages related to World War II. The company is notable due to its connection to the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Curly Lambeau, one of the co-founders of the Packers, worked as a shipping clerk in 1919 for the Indian Packing Company. In return for use of the company's athletic field and money for sports equipment, the team took on the name "Packers". Although the company quickly faded from the picture, its name stuck and is still in use today.

History

 * Incorporation/formation
 * Plant locations
 * WWI
 * Product details/slogan
 * Frank Peck

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36945522/indian_packing_co_council_meats_ad/

https://books.google.com/books?id=GLJJAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA62&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/46741862.html/

Merger

 * Info about merging with Acme Packing Co.
 * Closing of Acme Packing during WWII

Green Bay Packers
In 1919, Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun worked together to form a local football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lambeau, who had recently started a job as a shipping clerk for the Indian Packing Company, reached out to his employer for funding to support the new team. The company put up funding to purchase equipment and allowed the team to use a field next to the packing plant for practices. Since there was no formal affiliation with any football league (the precursor to the National Football League (NFL), the American Professional Football Conference, was not formed until 1920), the team was originally identified as an extension of the Indian Packing Company. As such, the team became known as the "Packers". Even though other nicknames, such as the Bays, the Indians, and the Blues, were used in the newspaper or by team officials, the "Packers" ended up sticking. The Acme Packing Company took over the Indian Packing Company during the team's first season, but they continued sponsoring the team. The team was known as the Acme Packers until they entered the NFL in 1921 as the "Green Bay Packers".