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1=The NFL was originally named the American Professional Football Association (APFA) from 1920-1922.. Thomas Falkner, a Jesuit who resided near forty years in those parts, published his Description of Patagonia (Hereford, 1774); Francesco Viedma founded El Carmen, and Antonio advanced inland to the Andes (1782); and Basilio Villarino ascended the Rio Negro (1782). Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties. In the second half of the 18th century knowledge of Patagonia was further augmented by the voyages of the previously-mentioned John Byron (1764–1765), Samuel Wallis (1766, in the same HMS Dolphin which Byron had earlier sailed in) and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1766). Interceptions: Al Harris, 3 Interceptions. Interest soon subsided, although awareness of and belief in the myth persisted in some quarters even up into the 20th century¹. Sacks: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, 8.0 Sacks. In this publication, drawn from their official logs, it became clear that the people Byron's expedition had encountered were no taller than 6 foot 6 inches, tall perhaps but by no means giants.

Tackles: Nick Barnett, 91 Tackles. In 1773 John Hawkesworth published on behalf of the Admiralty a compendium of noted English southern-hemisphere explorers' journals, including that of James Cook and John Byron. Punt Return Yards: Antonio Chatman, 381 Yards. However, the Patagonian giant frenzy was to die down substantially only a few years later, when some more sober and analytical accounts were published. Kickoff Return Yards: Ahmad Carroll, 390 Yards. Byron and crew had spent some time along the coast, and the publication (Voyage Round the World in His Majesty’s Ship the Dolphin) seemed to give proof positive of their existence; the publication became an overnight best-seller, thousands of extra copies were to be sold to a willing public, and other prior accounts of the region were hastily re-published (even those in which giant-like folk were not mentioned at all). Points: Ryan Longwell, 90 points. The concept and general belief persisted for a further 250 years, and was to be sensationally re-ignited in 1767 when an "official" (but anonymous) account was published of Commodore John Byron's recent voyage of global circumnavigation in HMS Dolphin.

Receiving Touchdowns: Donald Driver, 5 TD. By 1611 the Patagonian god Setebos (Settaboth in Pigafetta) was familiar to the hearers of the Tempest. Receiving Yards: Donald Driver, 1221 Yards. Early charts of the New World sometimes added the legend regio gigantum ("region of the giants") to the Patagonian area. Rushing Touchdowns: Samkon Gado, 6 TD. This supposed race of Patagonian giants or Patagones entered into the common European perception of this little-known and distant area, to be further fuelled by subsequent reports of other expeditions and famous-name travellers like Sir Francis Drake, which seemed to confirm these accounts. Rushing Yards: Samkon Gado, 582 Yards. The main interest in the region sparked by Pigafetta's account came from his reports of their meeting with the local inhabitants, who they claimed to measure some nine to twelve feet in height —"...so tall that we reached only to his waist"—, and hence the later idea that Patagonia meant "big feet".

QB Rating: Brett Favre, 70.9. However, this etymology is questionable. Passing Touchdowns Brett Favre 20 TD. Although Pigafetta's account does not describe how this name came about, subsequent popular interpretations gave credence to a derivation meaning 'land of the big feet'. Passing Yards Brett Favre 3881 Yards. According to Antonio Pigafetta, one of the Magellan expedition's few survivors and its published chronicler, Magellan bestowed the name "Patagão" (or Patagoni) on the inhabitants they encountered there, and the name "Patagonia" for the region. As a result of their dismal season, the Packers ended up with the fifth overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, which is to be held April 29-30 in New York City. The district in the neighbourhood of Puerto Deseado, explored by John Davis about the same period, was taken possession of by Sir John Narborough in the name of King Charles II of England in 1669.

This included four straight playoff appearances and three straight NFC North division titles, both of which came to an end in 2005. The settlement which he founded at Nombre de Dios and San Felipe were neglected by the Spanish government, and the latter was in such a miserable state when Thomas Cavendish visited it in 1587 that he called it Port Famine. Sherman compiled records of 9-7, 12-4, 12-4, 10-6, 10-6 and 4-12. Alonzo de Camargo (1539), Juan Ladrilleros (1557) and Hurtado de Mendoza (1558) helped to make known the western coasts, and Sir Francis Drake's voyage in 1577 down the eastern coast through the strait and northward by Chile and Peru was memorable for several reasons; but the geography of Patagonia owes more to Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1579–1580), who, devoting himself especially to the south-west region, made careful and accurate surveys. One day after the conclusion of the regular season, Packers General Manager Ted Thompson announced the firing of head coach Mike Sherman, who'd enjoyed six years at the helm of the team. Pedro de Mendoza, on whom the country was next bestowed, lived to found Buenos Aires, but not to carry his explorations to the south. Also hampered by injuries yet remaining in the line-up are linebacker Na'il Diggs and Favre, who has suffered repeated ailments to his throwing hand. Rodrigo de Isla, despatched inland in 1535 from San Matias by Alcazava Sotomayor (on whom western Patagonia had been conferred by the king of Spain), was the first European to traverse the great Patagonian plain, and, but for the mutiny of his men, he may have been able to strike across the Andes to reach the Chilean side.

For example, wide receiver Javon Walker and running backs Ahman Green, Najeh Davenport, and Samkon Gado have all suffered major injuries. However, it is also possible that earlier navigators such as Amerigo Vespucci had reached the area (his own account of 1502 has it that he reached its latitudes), however his failure to accurately describe the main geographical features of the region such as the Rio de la Plata casts some doubt on whether he really did so. The team's offensive roster has been devastated by injuries, including notable 2005 starters or backups. The region of Patagonia was to be first noted in European accounts in 1520 by the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan, who on his passage along the coast named many of the more striking features -- Gulf of San Matias, Cape of 11,000 Virgins (now simply Cape Virgenes), and others. The Packers' November 27 loss to the Eagles assured the Packers their first losing season since 1991 and Brett Favre's first losing season in his career. The indigenous peoples of the region included the Tehuelches, whose numbers and society were reduced to near extinction not long after the first contacts with Europeans. The Packers finished their season at 4-12, in last place in the NFC North division (one game behind the third-place Detroit Lions). The region seems to have been inhabited continuously since that time, by various cultures and alternating waves of migration, the details of which are as yet poorly understood.

[3]. Human habitation of the region dates back thousands of years, with some early archaeological findings in the southern part of the area dated to the 10th millennium BCE, although later dates of around the 8th millennium BCE are more securely recognised. Among the suggestions were "Pickers" refering to vegetable farmers, and "Six-Packers" in reference to the famous Wisconsin brewing industry. Of the many kinds of water-fowl it is enough to mention the flamingo, the upland goose, and in the strait the remarkable steamer duck. Due to the fact that "Packer" refers to "meat-packing," the animal rights organization PETA asked the team in in 2000 to change its name to a more "peaceful" name. The carancho or carrion-hawk (Polyborus tharus) is one of the characteristic objects of a Patagonian landscape; the presence of long-tailed green parakeets (Conurus cyanolysius) as far south as the shores of the strait attracted the attention of the earlier navigators; and hummingbirds may be seen flying amidst the falling snow. This color scheme yields the common Packers nickname, "The Green and Gold". Bird-life is often wonderfully abundant.

In 1959, new head coach Vince Lombardi changed the colors to the current hunter green and athletic gold/yellow (navy blue was kept as a secondary color, but it was not actually used and quietly was dropped from the team colors list on all official materials shortly thereafter). The guanaco roam in herds over the country and form with the rhea (Rhea americana, and more rarely Rhea darwinii) the chief means of subsistence for the natives, who hunt them on horseback with dogs and bolas. In the 1930s, the Packers briefly experimented with green and gold, although they always returned to the traditional navy. The guanaco, the puma, the zorro or Brazilian fox (Canis azarae), the zorrino or Mephitis patagonica (a kind of skunk), and the tuco-tuco or Ctenomys niagellanicus (a rodent) are the most characteristic mammals of the Patagonian plains. Lambeau, a Notre Dame alumnus, chose the team's colors of blue and gold/yellow from his alma mater. At Punta Arenas it is 560 mm (22 inches). Acme continued its support of Lambeau's team, and in its first season in the NFL the team wore jerseys with the words "ACME PACKERS" emblazoned on the chest. The prevailing winds are westerly, and the westward slope has a much heavier precipitation than the eastern; thus at Puerto Montt the mean annual precipitation is 2.46 m (97 inches), but at Bahia Blanca it is 480 mm (19 inches).

In 1920, the Indian Packing Company was purchased by the Acme Packing Company. At Punta Arenas, in the extreme south, the mean temperature is 6 °C (43 °F) and the average extremes 24.5 °C (76 °F) and −2 °C (28 °F). These never were official nicknames, although Lambeau did consider replacing "Packers" with "Blues" in the 1920s. the mean annual temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) and the average extremes 25.5 °C (78 °F) and −1.5 °C (29.5 °F), whereas at Bahia Blanca near the Atlantic coast and just outside the northern confines of Patagonia the annual temperature is 15 °C (59 °F) and the range much greater. In the early days, the Packers also were referred to as the "Bays" and the "Blues" (and even occasionally as "the Big Bay Blues"). At Puerto Montt, on the inlet behind Chiloé Island. The new Green Bay team was referred to as "the Indians" in one of the earliest newspaper articles about the new squad, but by the time they played their first game they had adopted the name "Packers.". The east slope is warmer than the west, especially in summer, as a branch of the southern equatorial current reaches its shores, whereas the west coast is washed by a cold current.

He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor (this is similar to what would happen the following year with the Decatur Staleys, who would become the Chicago Bears). The climate is less severe than was supposed by early travellers. Curly Lambeau, the team's founder, solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. It consist of the 47,992 km² of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, and several minor islands. To poke fun at this nickname, they wear foam triangles made to look like cheese on their heads, which further reinforces the "cheesehead" designation. Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of Patagonia, divided between Argentina and Chile. Packer fans are commonly known as "cheeseheads," a derogatory nickname for people from Wisconsin, as the state is known for its cheese production among a variety of other items. But the colonization of the western (Chilean) coast has generally failed, principally owing to the adverse climatic conditions of the Cordillera in those latitudes.

The Packers also draw the largest national TV audiences for the NFL's Monday Night Football telecasts. Its population in 1911 numbered about 4000. For this reason, it is not unusual for fans to designate a recipient of their season tickets in their wills. Owing to the produce of the cattle farms established there, the working of coal in the neighbourhood, and the export of timber from the surrounding forests, the town of Punta Arenas is in a flourishing condition. The current wait time for season tickets is approximately 35 years. Puerto Gallegos itself is an important business center, which bids fair to rival the Chilean colony of Punta Arenas, on the Straits of Magellan. The Packers have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets in professional sports. But the present cattle region par excellence of Patagonia is the department of Rio Gallegos, the farms extending from the Atlantic to the Cordillera.

The Packers' fan base is notoriously dedicated: No matter how the team performs, Lambeau Field has been sold out every game since 1960. In Santa Cruz bay an important trade centre has been established. The Super Bowl trophy was ultimately named the Vince Lombardi Trophy in recognition of his and his team's accomplishment. The Rio Santa Cruz, originally explored by Captain Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin during the Voyage of the Beagle, is an important artery of communication between the regions bordering upon the Cordillera and the Atlantic. Green Bay won the first two Super Bowls. In the Cretaceous hills which flank the Cordillera important lignite beds and deposits of mineral oils have been discovered. Coach Vince Lombardi took over a last-place team and built it into a juggernaut, winning five league championships over a seven-year span. The valleys of the Rio Chico throughout their whole extent, as well as those of Lake Shehuen, afford excellent grazing, and around Lakes Belgrano, Burmeister and Rio Mayer and San Martin there are spots suitable for cultivation.

The Packers of the 1960s were one of the most dominant NFL teams of all time. San Julian on Puerto San Julian, where Ferdinand Magellan wintered, was the centre of a cattle farming colony, and colonists have pushed into the interior up the valley of a now extinct river which in comparatively recent times carried down to Puerto San Julian the waters of Lakes Volcan, Beigrano, Azara, Nansen, and some other lakes which now drain into the river Mayer and so into Lake San Martin. They are also the only American professional football team to win three straight titles, which they did twice (1929-1931 and 1965-67). Lake Buenos Aires, the largest lake in Patagonia, measuring 120 kilometers (75 miles) in length, poured its waters into the Atlantic even in post-Glacial times by means of the river Deseado; and it is so depicted on the maps of the 17th and 18th centuries; and so too did Lake Pueyrredon, which, through the action of erosion, now empties itself westward, through the river Las Heras, into the Calen inlet of the Pacific, in 48°S. The Packers have won more league championships (12, including three Super Bowls) than any other American professional football team. Into this inlet there flowed at the time of the conquest a voluminous river, which subsequently disappeared, but returned again to its ancient bed, owing to the river Fenix, one of its affluents, which had deviated to the west, regaining its original direction. The balance of the committee is sitting "gratis.". Puerto Deseado is the outlet for the produce of the Andean region situated between Lakes Buenos Aires and Pueyrredon.

The president is the only officer who receives compensation. With the exception of certain valleys at Puerto Deseado (Port Desire) and in the transverse basins which occur as far south as Puerto San Julian, and which contain several cattle farms, few spots are capable of cultivation, the pastures being poor, water insufficient and salt lagoons fairly numerous. The board of directors in turn elect a seven-member Executive Committee (officers) of the corporation, consisting of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and three members-at-large. The territory of Santa Cruz is arid along the Atlantic coast and in the central portion between 46° and 50°S. As a means of running the corporation, a board of directors is elected by the stockholders. miles). No shareholder is allowed to own more than 200,000 shares, a safeguard to ensure that no one individual is able to assume control of the club. parallel, as far south as the dividing line with Chile, and between Point Dungeness and the watershed of the Cordillera, has an area of 243,943 km² (94,186 sq.

Shares of stock include voting rights, but the redemption price is minimal, no dividends are ever paid, the stock cannot appreciate in value, and there are no season ticket privileges associated with stock ownership. Santa Cruz, which stretches from the 46° to the 50°S. As of June 8, 2005, 111,921 people (representing 4,749,925 shares) can lay claim to a franchise ownership interest. Every year thousands of fly fishermen flock there for the hope of catching "the big one". Priced at $200 per share, fans bought 120,010 shares during the 17-week sale, which ended March 16, 1998. In addition it is one of the highest critically acclaimed group of rivers in the the world for fly fishing. It added 105,989 new shareholders and raised more than $24 million, money utilized for the Lambeau Field redevelopment project. Colonies have also been formed in the basin of Lakes Musters and Colhué Huapi; and on the coasts near the Atlantic, along Bahia Camarones and the Gulf of San Jorge, there are extensive farms.

Another stock sale occurred late in 1997 and early in 1998. The streams which form the rivers Mayo and Chalia join the tributaries of the Rio Aisen, which flows into the Pacific, watering in its course extensive and valuable districts where colonization has been initiated by Argentine settlers. In 1956, area voters approved the construction of a new stadium, which in 1963 became Lambeau Field. At Lake Fontana there are auriferous drifts and lignite deposits which abound in fossil plants of the Cretaceous age. In 1950, the Packers held a stock sale to again raise money to support the team. This region contains auriferous drifts, but these, like the auriferous deposits, veins of galena and lignite in the mountains farther west which flank the Cordillera, have not been properly investigated. At the November 1997 annual meeting, shareholders voted to change the beneficiary from the Sullivan-Wallen Post to the Green Bay Packers Foundation. Rio Pico, an affluent of the same river, receives nearly the whole of the waters of the extensive undulating plain which lies between the Rio Tecka and the Rio Senguerr to the east of the Cordillera, while the remainder are carried away by the affluents of Rio Jehua: the Cherque, Omkel, and Appeleg.

Based on the original "Articles of Incorporation for the (then) Green Bay Football Corporation" put into place in 1923, if the Packers franchise was sold, after the payment of all expenses, any remaining monies would go to the Sullivan-Wallen Post of the American Legion in order to build "a proper soldier's memorial." This stipulation was enacted to ensure the club remained in Green Bay and that there could never be any financial enhancement for the shareholders. The principal affluent of the Palena, the Carrenleufu, carries off the waters of Lake General Paz, situated on the eastern slope of the Cordillera. The Packers did not move their entire home schedule to Green Bay until 1995. Other rivers in this territory flow into the Pacific through breaches in the Cordillera, e.g. the upper affluents of the Futaleufú River, Palena and Rio Cisnes. However, the Packers have long had a large following throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest; in fact, for decades, the Packers played four (one pre-season, three regular-season) home games each year in Milwaukee. The chief of these colonies is that of 16 de Octubre, formed in 1886, mainly by the inhabitants of Chubut colony, in the longitudinal valley which extends to the eastern foot of the Cordillera. By comparison, the typical NFL football city usually is populated in the millions. Between the Chubut and the Senguerr there are vast stretches of fertile land, spreading over the Andean region to the foot of the Cordillera and the lateral ridges of the Pre-Cordillera, and filling the basins of some desiccated lakes, which have been occupied since 1885, and farms and colonies founded upon them.

Typically, a team is owned by one person, partnership, or corporate entity; thus, a "team owner." It has been speculated that this is one of the reasons the Green Bay Packers have never been moved from the city of Green Bay, a city of just over 100,000 people. The valley has been irrigated and cultivated, and produces the best wheat of the Argentine Republic. The Packers are now the only publicly owned company with a board of directors in American professional sports. Here is the seat of the governor of the territory, and by 1895 the inhabitants of this part of the territory, composed principally of Argentines, Welsh and Italians, numbered 2585. The financial backers, known as the "Hungry Five," formed the Green Bay Football Corporation. The town was founded in 1865 by a group of colonists from Wales, assisted by the Argentine government; and its prosperity has led to the foundation of other important centres in the valley, such as Trelew and Gaiman, which is connected by railway with Puerto Madryn on Bahia Nueva. The Packers found new backers the next year and regained the franchise. Rawson, the capital, is situated at the mouth of the river Chubut on the Atlantic (42°30'S).

Financial troubles plagued the team and the franchise was lost the same year. Chubut territory presents the same characteristics as the Río Negro territory. The Packers became a professional franchise in 1921. miles), embracing the region between 42° and 46°S;. He was given $500 for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor. Chubut, covers 224,686 km² (86,751 sq. Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. In 42°S there is a third broad transverse depression, apparently the bed of another great river, now perished, which carried to the Atlantic the waters of a portion of the eastern slope of the Andes, between 41° and 42°30;S.

The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919 by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. To the south of the Rio Negro the Patagonian plateau is intersected by the depressions of the Gualicho and Maquinchao, which in former times directed the waters of two great rivers (now disappeared) to the gulf of San Matias, the first-named depression draining the network of the Collon Cura and the second the Nahuel Huapi lake system. . In this depression are several settlements, among them Viedma, the capital of the Rio Negro territory, Pringles, General Conesa, Choele Choel and General Roca. [2]. the middle part of which is followed by the railway which runs to the settlement of Neuquen at the confluence of the rivers Limay and Neuquen. Currently, a total of 4,749,925 shares are owned by 111,921 stockholders - none of whom receives any dividend. The Río Negro River runs along a wide transverse depression.

The Packers are currently the only publicly owned major league level professional sports team in the United States (although other teams, such as the Atlanta Braves, the Chicago Cubs, and the New York Rangers are directly owned by publicly traded companies). miles), extending from the Atlantic to the Cordillera of the Andes, to the north of 42°S. The team also holds the distinction of winning the first two AFL-NFL Championship Games that were held before the AFL-NFL Merger, later referred to as Super Bowl I and II. Río Negro covers 203,013 km² (78,383 sq. The team currently holds the record for the most NFL league championships with 12: nine NFL Championships prior to the Super Bowl era, Super Bowl I, Super Bowl II, and Super Bowl XXXI. Lake Lacar is now a contributary of the Pacific, its outlet having been changed to the west, owing to a passage having been opened through the Cordillera. Founded in 1919, the Packers joined the NFL in 1921 during the league's second season. These regions are drained by the river Collon Cura, the principal affluent of the river Limay.

Green Bay is by far the smallest media market to be the home of a North American major professional sports league (though their fanbase includes Milwaukee, the rest of Wisconsin, and beyond). Close to these are the famous apple orchards supposed to have been planted by the Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Packers are the last remaining example of the "small town teams" that comprised a majority of the NFL during the 1920s. The wide valleys occur near Rio Malleo, Lake Huechulafquen, the river Chimehuin, and Vega de Chapelco, near Lake Lacar, where are situated villages of some importance, such as Junin de los Andes and San Martin de los Andes. The team is sometimes affectionately referred to as simply 'The Pack'. In the centre of the territory, also in the neighborhood of the mining districts, are the valleys of Norquin and Las Lajas, the general camp of the Argentine army in Patagonia, with excellent timber in the forest on the Andean slope. They currently belong to the Northern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). More to the west is the mining region, in great part unexplored, but containing deposits of gold, silver, copper and lignite.

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Chos Malal, the capital of the territory, is situated in one of these valleys. Split games between Milwaukee and Green Bay (1933-1994). As the Cordillera is approached the soil becomes more fertile, and suitable districts for the rearing of cattle and other agricultural purposes exist between the regions which surround the Tromen volcano and the first ridges of the Andes. Independent (1919-1920)
National Football League (1921-present). The Neuquen river is not navigable, but as its waters are capable of being easily dammed in places, large stretches of land in its valley are utilized; but the lands on each side of its lower part are of little commercial value. Note: Basketball teams from Chicago and Anderson once used the name Packers as well.. On the upper plains of Neuquen territory thousands of cattle can be fed, and the forests around Lakes Tiaful and Nahuel-Huapi yield large quantities of valuable timber.

Brandon Johnson - Strength & conditioning assistant. miles), including the triangle between the Limay River and Neuquén River, which extends southward to the northern shore of Lake Nahuel-Huapi (41°S) and northward to the Rio Colorado. Mark Lovat - Strength & conditioning assistant. Neuquén covers 94,078 km² (36,324 sq. Rock Gullickson - Strength & conditioning. Population = 1,740,000 (2001 census).
Land Area = 787,000 km²
Population Density = 2.21 / km²
. Brad Miller - Special teams assistant. With the exception of the discoveries at the inlet of Ultima Esperanza, which is in close communication with the Atlantic valley of Río Gallegos, none of these remains have been discovered in the Andean regions.

Mike Stock - Special teams coordinator. The animals undoubtedly reached these localities from the east; it is not at all probable that they advanced from the north southwards across the plateau intersected at that cime by great rivers and covered by the ice-sheet. Shawn Slocum - Defensive assistant. One fact, however, which apparently demonstrates with greater certainty the existence in recent times of land that is now lost, is the presence of remains of pampean mammals in Pleistocene deposits in the bay of Puerto San Julian and in Santa Cruz. Lionel Washington - Defensive nickel package. There are besides, in the neighborhood of the present coast, deposits of volcanic ashes, and the ocean throws up on its shores blocks of basaltic lava, which in all probability proceed from eruptions of submerged volcanoes now extinct. Carl Hairston - Defensive ends. From an examination of the pampean formation it is evident that in recent times the land of the province of Buenos Aires extended farther to the east, and that the advance of the sea, and the salt-water deposits left by it when it retired, forming some of the lowlands which occur on the littoral and in the interior of the pampas, are much more recent phenomena; and certain caps of shingle, derived from rocks of a different class from those of the neighboring hills, which are observed on the Atlantic coasts of the same province, and increase in quantity and size towards the south, seem to indicate that the caps of shingle which now cover such a great part of the Patagonian territory recently extended farther to the east, over land which has now disappeared beneath the sea, while other marine deposits along the same coasts became converted into bays during the subsequent advance of the sea.

Robert Nunn - Defensive tackles. They are composed of caps of shingle, with great, more or less rounded boulders, sand and volcanic ashes, precisely of the same form as occurs on the Patagonian plateau. Winston Moss - Linebackers. Some of the promontories of Chiloé are still called huapi, the Araucanian equivalent for "islands"; and this may perhaps be accepted as perpetuating the recollection of the time when they actually were islands. Kurt Schottenheimer - Defensive backs. In so far as its main characteristics are concerned, Patagonia seems to be a portion of the Antarctic continent, the permanence of which dates from very recent times, as is evidenced by the apparent recent emergence of the islets around Chiloé, and by the general character of the pampean formation. Bob Sanders - Defensive coordinator. Several of the high peaks are still active volcanoes.

Ben McAdoo - Tight ends. These ice-sheets, which scooped out the greater part of the longitudinal depressions, and appear to have rapidly retreated to the point where the glaciers now exist, did not, however, in their retirement fill up with their detritus the fjords of the Cordillera, for these are now occupied by deep lakes on the east, and on the west by the Pacific channels, some of which are as much as 250 fathoms (460 m) in depth, and soundings taken in them show that the fjords are as usual deeper in the vicinity of the mountains than to the west of the islands. Jimmy Robinson - Wide receivers. In Patagonia an immense ice-sheet extended to the east of the present Atlantic coast during the first ice age, at the close of the Tertiary epoch, while, during the second glacial age in modern times, the terminal moraines have generally stopped, 30 miles (50 km) in the north and 50 miles (80 km) in the south, east of the summit of the Cordillera. Ty Knott - Offensive quality control. Glaciers occupy the valleys of the main chain and some of the lateral ridges of the Cordillera, and descend to lakes San Martín Lake, Viedma Lake, Argentino Lake and others in the same locality, strewing them with icebergs. James Campen - Offensive line assistant. It would not be surprising if this latter animal were still in existence, for footprints, which may be attributed to it, have been observed on the borders of the rivers Tamangoand Pista, affluents of the Las Hefas, which run through the eastern foot-hills of the Cordillera in 47°S.

Edgar Bennett - Running backs. With the remains of Grypotherium have been found those of the horse (Onoshippidium), which are known only from the lower pampas mud, and of the Arciotherium, which is found, although not in abundance, in even the most modern Pleistocene deposits in the pampas of Buenos Aires. Joe Philbin - Offensive line. In deposits of much later date, formed when the physiognomy of the country did not differ materially from that of the present time, there have been discovered remains of pampean mammals, such as Glyptodon and Macrauchenia, and in a cave near Last Hope Inlet, a gigantic ground sloth (Grypoiherium listai), an animal which lived contemporaneously with man, and whose skin, well preserved, showed that its extermination was undoubtedly very recent. Tom Clements - Quarterbacks. In the Tertiary marine formation a considerable number of cetaceans has been discovered. Jeff Jagodzinski - Offensive coordinator. Other specimens of the interesting fauna of Patagonia, belonging to the Middle Tertiary, are the gigantic wingless birds, exceeding in size any hitherto known, and the singular mammal Pyrotherium, also of very large dimensions.

Mike McCarthy. The Patagonian Myolania belongs to the Upper Chalk, having been found associated with remains of Dinosauria. 2006 To be announced (5th overall pick). This, together with the discovery of the perfect cranium of a chelonian of the genus Myolania, which may be said to be almost identical with Myolania oweni of the Pleistocene age in Queensland, forms an evident proof of the connection between the Australian and South American continents. 2005 Aaron Rodgers. The Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits have revealed a most interesting vertebrate fauna. 2004 Ahmad Carroll. They are divided by Wilckensi into the following series (in ascending order):.

2003 Nick Barnett. The Tertiary deposits are greatly varied in character, and there is considerable difference of opinion concerning the succession and correlation of the beds. 2002 Javon Walker. Porphyritic rocks occur between the schists and the quartzites. 2001 Jamal Reynolds. First come Lower Cretaceous hills, raised by granite and dioritic rocks, undoubtedly of Tertiary origin, as in some cases these rocks have broken across the Tertiary beds, so rich in mammal remains; then follow, on the west, metamorphic schists of uncertain age; then quartzites appear, resting directly on the primitive granite and gneiss which form the axis of the Cordillera. 2000 Bubba Franks. The Tertiary plateau, flat on the east, gradually rising on the west, shows Upper Cretaceous caps at its base.

1999 Antuan Edwards. The geological constitution is in accordance with the orographic physiognomy. 1998 Vonnie Holliday. This latter depression contains the richest and most fertile land of Patagonia. 1997 Ross Verba. There, in contact with folded Cretaceous rocks, uplifted by the Tertiary granite, erosion, caused principally by the sudden melting and retreat of the ice, aided by tectonic changes, has scooped out a deep longitudinal depression, which generally separates the plateau from the first lofty hills, the ridges generally called the pre-Cordillera, while on the west of these there is a similar longitudinal depression all along the foot of the snowy Andean Cordillera. 1996 John Michels. In the central region volcanic eruptions, which have taken part in the formation of the plateau from the Tertiary period down to the present era, cover a large part with basaltic lava-caps; and in the western third more recent glacial deposits appear above the lava.

1995 Craig Newsome. Besides these transverse depressions (some of them marking lines of ancient inter-oceanic communication), there are others which were occupied by more or less extensive lakes, such as the Yagagtoo, Musters, and Colhue Huapi, and others situated to the south of Puerto Deseado, in the centre of the country. 1994 Aaron Taylor. Among the depressions by which the plateau is intersected transversely, the principal are the Gualichu, south of the Rio Negro, the Maquinchao and Valcheta (through which previously flowed the waters of lake Nahuel Huapi, which now feed the river Limay); the Senguerr, the Deseado River. 1993 Wayne Simmons and George Teague. Towards the Andes the shingle gives place to porphyry, granite, and basalt lavas, animal life becomes more abundant and vegetation more luxuriant, acquiring the characteristics of the flora of the western coast, and consisting principally of southern beech and conifers. 1992 Terrell Buckley. In the hollows of the plains are ponds or lakes of brackish and fresh water.

1991 Vinnie Clark. The general character of the Argentine portion of Patagonia is for the most part a region of vast steppe-like plains, rising in a succession of abrupt terraces about 100 meters (330 feet) at a time, and covered with an enormous bed of shingle almost bare of vegetation. 1990 Tony Bennett and Darrell Thompson. . 1989 Tony Mandarich. East of the Andes the Argentine portion of Patagonia includes the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego, as well as the southern tip of the Buenos Aires Province. 1988 Sterling Sharpe. The Chilean portion embraces the southern part of the region of Los Lagos, and the regions of Aysen and Magallanes (excluding the portion of Antarctica claimed by Chile).

1987 Brent Fullwood. Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies south of the Neuquén and Río Colorado rivers, and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). 1986 Traded away. Confined to the eastern part of the region. 1985 Ken Ruettgers. Pliocene. 1984 Alphonso Carreker. Sandstones and conglomerates with marine fossils.

1983 Tim Lewis. Paranfl series. 1982 Ron Hallstrom. Middle and Upper Miocene. 1981 Rich Campbell. Containing remains of mammals. 1980 Bruce Clark and George Cumby. Santa Cruz series.

1979 Eddie Lee Ivory. Lower Miocene. 1978 James Lofton and John Anderson. Partly marine, partly terrestrial. 1977 Mike Butler and Morris Brown. Patagonian Molasse. 1976 Mark Koncar. Eocene and Oligocene.

1975 Traded away. Of terrestrial origin, containing remains of mammalia. 1974 Barty Smith. Pyrotherium-Notostylops beds. 1973 Barry Smith. 1972 Willie Buchanon and Jerry Tagge.

1971 John Brockington. 1970 Mike McCoy and Rich McGeorge. 1969 Rich Moore. 1968 Fred Carr and Bill Lueck.

1967 Bob Hyland and Don Horn. 1966 Jim Grabowski and Gale Gillingham. 1965 Donny Anderson and Larry Elkins. 1964 Lloyd Voss.

1963 Dave Robinson. 1962 Earl Gros. 1961 Herb Adderly. 1960 Tom Moore.

1959 Randy Duncan. 1958 Dan Currie. 1957 Paul Hornung and Ron Kramer. 1956 Jack Losch.

1955 Tom Bettis. 1954 Art Hunter and Veryl Switzer. 1953 Al Carmichael. 1952 Babe Parilli.

1951 Bob Gain. 1950 Clayton Tonnemaker. 1949 Stan Heath. 1948 Earl "Jug" Girard.

1947 Ernie Case. 1946 Johnny Strzyalski. 1945 Walt Schlinkman. 1944 Merv Pregulman.

1943 Dick Wildung. 1942 Urban Odson. 1941 George Paskvan. 1940 Hal Van Every.

1939 Larry Buhler. 1938 Cecil Isbell. 1937 Ed Jankowski. 1936 Russ Letlow.

Vince Workman - RB. Mike Wahle - G. Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston - G. Darren Sharper - S.

Sterling Sharpe - WR. Ken Ruettgers - OL. Eugene Robinson - S. Marco Rivera - G.

Andre Rison - WR. Bryce Paup - LB. Brian Noble - LB. Steve McMichael - DT.

Max McGee - WR. Larry McCarren - C. Tony Mandarich - T (bust). Don Majkowski - QB.

Dorsey Levens - RB. Mark Lee - CB. Jerry Kramer - G, K (author of Instant Replay). Sean Jones - DE.

Ezra Johnson - DT. Keith Jackson - TE. Chris Jacke - K. Cecil Isbell - QB.

Desmond Howard - WR/KR. Johnny Holland - LB. Craig Hentrich - P. Tim Harris - LB.

Brent Fullwood - RB. Antonio Freeman - WR. Boyd Dowler - WR. Santana Dotson - DT.

Lynn Dickey - QB. Mark Chmura - TE. Chuck Cecil - S. LeRoy Butler - S.

Terrell Buckley - CB. Mark Brunell - QB. "Gravedigger"). Gilbert Brown - DT (a.k.a.

Robert Brooks - WR. John Brockington - RB. Tony Bennett - LB. Edgar Bennett - RB.

John Anderson - LB. Reggie White #92. Ray Nitschke #66. Bart Starr #15.

Don Hutson #14. Tony Canadeo #3. 24 Willie Wood. 92 Reggie White.

Emlen Tunnell. 31 Jim Taylor. 3 Jan Stenerud. 15 Bart Starr.

51 Jim Ringo. 66 Ray Nitschke. 2 Mike Michalske. 24 Johnny (Blood) McNally.

Vince Lombardi. 80 James Lofton. 20 Earl (Curly) Lambeau. 2 Walt Kiesling.

75 Henry Jordan. 14 Don Hutson. 36 Cal Hubbard. 5 Paul Hornung.

30 Clarke Hinkle. 38 Arnie Herber. 83 Ted Hendricks. 75 Forrest Gregg.

Len Ford. 87 Willie Davis. 3 Tony Canadeo. 26 Herb Adderly.

Milwaukee County Stadium (1953-1994). Marquette Stadium (1952). Wisconsin State Fair Park (1934-1951). Borchert Field (1933-1935).

Lambeau Field (1957-present). City Stadium (Green Bay) (1925-1956). Bellevue Park (1923-1924). Hagemeister Park (1919-1922).

NFC North: 2002, 2003, 2004. NFC Central: 1972, 1995, 1996, 1997. NFL Central: 1967. NFL West: 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944.

NFC: 1996, 1997. NFL Western: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967. Super Bowl Championships (1)
1996 (XXXI). AFL-NFL Super Bowl Championships (2)
1966 (I), 1967 (II).

NFL Championships (11)
1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967. Green Bay Packers (1919-present). NFC North (2002-present). NFC Central (1970-2001).

National Football Conference (1970-present)