1. Lee Remmel was known for working 62 years with the Green Bay Packers as a sportswriter and later a team employee.
14 Facts About Lee Remmel
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Lee Remmel began writing as a freshman at Shawano High School and went to his first Packers game on September 24,1944.
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On October 7,1945, Lee Remmel started covering the Green Bay Packers as a sportswriter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
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Lee Remmel was the only sportswriter who had covered all of the Packers coaches from the team's first coach Curly Lambeau to Bart Starr.
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Lee Remmel was hired to work in the Packers front office in 1974 as the teams public relations director and spokesman.
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In February 2004, Lee Remmel was named the first historian for the Green Bay Packers, a role he served until his retirement in December 2007 at age 83.
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Lee Remmel remained on the board of directors for the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
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Lee Remmel represented the Press Gazette at the first eight, 22 as NFL auxiliary media relations staff, two years for the Green Bay Packers, and another eight with the NFL.
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Lee Remmel was one of twelve people honored by the NFL for their association with the first forty Super Bowls.
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Lee Remmel has served on NFL committees on statistics and NFL Films, and participated in the NFL public relations directors' Professional Football Writers of America liaison.
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Lee Remmel is known for his in-depth knowledge of Packer's history, especially about the team's rivalry with the Chicago Bears.
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Lee Remmel was named Wisconsin's Sports Writer of the year in 1967.
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Lee Remmel was inducted in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame on March 30,1996.
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Lee Remmel married Margaret "Noreen" Berg in 1948, predeceasing Lee Remmel on April 27,2012, after a brief illness.