On this date in 1921, the American Professional Football Association – renamed the NFL in 1922 – granted J.E. Clair of Acme Packing Company a franchise for the Green Bay Packers. Although he would turn over the franchise a year later to a different ownership, Clair gave birth to a 13-time World Championship franchise – the most in NFL history.
Here’s a look back at the beginnings of the Green Bay Packers, as originally presented in History of Green Bay Packers.
