In the 1919 and '20 seasons, he started 20 of 22 games, including 18 at right halfback. Born April 9, 1898, in Green Bay. Given name Earl Louis Lambeau. Graduated in 1917 from Green Bay East High...

Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was the co-founder of the Green Bay Packers, and served as a player, head coach, and vice president. In 1965 after his death, the Packers renamed City Stadium to Lambeau Field in his honor. In 1919, Lambeau co-founded the Packers and is credited with keeping football alive in Green Bay.

Actually, when Lambeau was coach, other than when the Packers lived at Rockwood Lodge in the late 1940s, he'd tell his players, especially the rookies, to report to the Astor when they arrived in...

Bill Kelley played just one season for the Packers, but it was Curly Lambeau's last and one of the most tumultuous in team history. An end, Kelley was drafted in the 23rd round of the 1949 NFL ...

Curly Lambeau founded, played and coached the Green Bay Packers starting in 1919, two years before the NFL came into existence. He shares this distinction with George Halas who founded the Bears that same year. Lambeau started his football career as a star at Green Bay East High School where he was the captain of the team his senior year.

Curly Lambeau, who founded the Packers in 1919 and was also the team's first captain and winningest head coach, died on June 1, 1965. Take a look back at these memorable photos from his career.

Curly Lambeau and his second wife were married in 1935. Sue Lambeau went with him later that year to Rhinelander, where the Packers held their first out-of-town training camp, although it lasted ...

Packers coach and general manager Curly Lambeau poses at his desk during the 1940s. When gas rationing was enacted during World War II, it restricted travel in the United States.

FOR NEARLY THREE decades, Curly Lambeau had played the role of hometown hero to perfection. After starring at halfback for Green Bay's East High, he went on to play for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.