If ever a sports franchise could afford to run on cruise control, the Green Bay Packers could, with their guaranteed sellouts and 65,000-person season ticket waiting list. But Bob Harlan never let that happen. Harlan joined the team in 1971, was elected as its president in 1989 and became the single biggest force in re-establishing the Packers as an elite NFL organization both competitively and financially. In the 18 years that Harlan was in charge, the Packers went to the playoffs ten times, played in two Super Bowls, won one of them and lived through only three losing seasons an incredible feat in the era of salary caps and free agency. Perhaps Harlan s greatest moment as chief executive came in 2000 when he was widely recognized as the driving force behind the passing of a local referendum allowing for the renovation of historic Lambeau Field. In his autobiography Green and Golden Moments Harlan invites Packers fans to reminisce with him about the highs and lows of a career spent in sports. From his time at Marquette University with legendary coach Al McGuire to winning a World Championship with Stan Musial and the St. Louis Cardinals to his 36 years with the Green & Gold, Harlan shares his stories and offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest franchises in professional sports: the Green Bay Packers. This is the story of how a kid from Iowa who wanted to be a sports writer built a career, in his own low key, unassuming way, as one of the most effective executives in any game in America.

Green And Golden Moments: Bob Harlan And The Green Bay Packers

Dale Hofmann

Bob Harlan

KCI Sports Publishing

Naturally, the Green Bay Packers beat the hated Chicago Bears in the first game ever played at Lambeau Field. How else could the National Football League s most storied stadium possibly begin? In the half century since Gary Knafelc caught Babe Parilli s fourth-quarter touchdown pass to stun the heavily favored Bears, Lambeau Field has been the scene of countless thrills for fans from coast to coast. Brett Favre to Kittrick Taylor for 35 yards and the first touchdown in a Hall of Fame quarterback s unparalleled career; the Packers and the Washington Redskins trading punches in a record shattering 48-47 Monday Night slugfest; Vince Lombardi being carried off the field after his first heart stopping victory as a head coach; Ron Wolf near tears in the end zone as the Packers return to glory; and of course, Bart Starr plunging over the goal line to end the historic Ice Bowl. The place they called City Stadium when it was built for the princely sum of $967,000 is celebrating its 50th birthday, and ranking its most golden memories is a daunting task. But Cliff Christl and Dale Hofmann have taken it on and relived them all in The 25 Greatest Moments in Lambeau Field History. Their painstaking research, first hand accounts from players and coaches and a dramatic collection of color and black and white photos put the reader right back in the stands. Nothing has been overlooked in this inside account of the best Lambeau Field has to offer. It s a keepsake that all true Packer fans will want for their libraries.

The 25 Greatest Moments In Lambeau Field History

Cliff Christl

<p>Something exceptional happens every day on Wisconsin s incredibly rich sports scene whether everyone knows about it or not. It could be a playoff game at Lambeau Field or a storied high school rivalry or an Olympic event involving a local athlete halfway around the world. There are thousands of fascinating tales, and Cliff Christl and Dale Hofmann have chosen the most intriguing of them for their book 365: The Best Wisconsin Sports Stories Day by Day. Christl and Hofmann bring more than 70 years of combined Wisconsin daily newspaper experience to the job of finding the No. 1 story fore each calendar day. Whether it s as recent as Brett Favre s return to Green Bay as a Minnesota Viking or as historical as Borchert Field opening in Milwaukee in 1889, it s all Wisconsin, and it s all there in 365.</p>

365 The Best Wisconsin Sports Stories Day By Day

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Green And Golden Moments: Bob Harlan And The Green Bay Packers

The 25 Greatest Moments In Lambeau Field History

365 The Best Wisconsin Sports Stories Day By Day