Green Bay Writer "Live Tweets" 50th Anniversary of Packers Dynasty Stories

As just about anyone who’s ever watched pro football can attest, the Lombardi-helmed Packers won three consecutive NFL championships from 1965-1967, an era which included the first two Super Bowls. While these teams have been covered extensively, they remain quite interesting in football lore through the depth of their talent and personalities. As such, Jeff Ash, who’s spent over 25 years at the Green Bay Press Gazette, has independently embarked on a project where he’s poring through microfilm and tweeting out quotes, stories, and other tidbits on the fiftieth anniversary of their dates.

“I wanted to explore telling old stories in a new way, via Twitter, with the insight and perspective gained from 50 years having passed since the Packers’ back-to-back-to-back championship seasons,” Ash tells TBL. “Last fall, the National Weather Service in Marquette, Mich., live-tweeted the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in a fierce November storm, 39 years after it happened. I thought I could do something similar with Packers history, thus @packers656667.”

“Right now”, the team is in training camp in 1965, and a series of Vince Lombardi quotes feel prophetic in retrospect:

The man has a way with words. The trials and tribulations should be a fun follow for the next few years.