1. Do you remember your first Packer game? (Date, Year, Opponent, etc.) What were YOUR "early" years like?

It snowed on the way to Green Bay. The cost of the tickets was $3.00; by 1945 the cost had risen to $3.30 and then $3.60  with 10 % and then 20% War Taxes.

The cost was probably the least of it...  With the rationing of gasoline during World War II,  the biggest problem was to have enough left to get  to Green Bay. Dad walked to work in some pretty  crumby weather at times so we'd have enough.

2. How many games/year do you average? Specify different periods of your life if it changed from one decade to the next. (This gives insight into "how much" you experienced and when).

1942-47 - 1 or 2 (We'd get tickets at a local hardware store)
1948-49 - Season tickets while attending UW-Manitowoc Ext
1950-55 - 0 (at Madison or in Army)
1956-02 - Almost all GB or GB package games; occasional Milwaukee game and an occasional game at Comiskey or Wrigley in Chicago.

3. What were the fans like in each decade?

Fans were more "subdued", better dressed ("Sunday best").  (It just changed gradually through the years, I guess)

4. To continue with the line of thinking of #3, what changes have you seen with Packer fans over the years?

Fans seemed to have less & less control of their emotions.

5. What changes have you seen over the years with the "Lambeau Experience." Since Lambeau Field originally held ~32,000 the stadium itself has undergone many changes over the years. Has this been a factor what it's like for going to games at Lambeau Field?

With Lambeau Field more women began coming to games. I had the feeling it was more of a "status symbol" thing at first... they didn't seem as knowledgeable about the game as women are today.

6. Have you noticed any changes Packer-wise and/or fan-wise? Is the attitude of the fans different? Is the experience different for YOU?

Players like to "hot dog" it more; fans are less patient and more likely to boo and are far less considerate of those around them and especially behind them.

For as long I went to the games at Old City Stadium  and, perhaps at Lambeau Field through the Lombardi era there was always a sort of "electricity" in the air.  I felt that at the 1957 & '58 World Series, too. Perhaps it's a complacency on my part, but it seems that  "electricity" has given way to more of a carnival atmosphere, what with the tailgating and whatever.

7. Tell us some fan stories that you've observed over the years.

We had a guy across the aisle that would throw his cap in the air when the game was "in the bag". It always found its way back to him.

8. How long have you had Season Tickets? How did you get them?

Since 1956 (last year in old City Stadium). I started with two, then added two in the North End Zone which were transferred to Section 30 when the stadium was enlarged at which time I also added another two for four to gether plus I had two in the "Kids' Section". (I had a scout troop back then... it made for an excellent "motivator".) But, after I only got four tickets for the 1961 Championship Game, I had 2 of the Sec 30 tickets transferred to a friend and put two in my father's name... I got six tickets for the "Ice Bowl"... (None for the kids.)

9. Have you always had the same seats? What are the people like around you? Any good/bad stories?

Yes... People around me were great. Their kids are great, too. (Nor do I see anything wrong with their grandchildren.)

10. Provide details of any differences you perceive between "then" and "now."

Today's fans are far more apt to show their emotions. Maybe that's good. There seem to be fewer heart attacks. Maybe that's because they "let it all out".

On the other hand, one nut can really spoil a game for a lot of others.

It used to be the occasional drunk (not that there still aren't), but now-a-days even some of the sober fans seem to think they're the only ones in the stadium. I find it interesting that people will conduct themselves in a stadium in a manner they'd never think of doing outside of their own home.

11. What is something you miss from the "old" days"

1. Modesty of the players (as opposed to "hot dogging")

2. Not having to stand in line forever at the gate

3. Playing more than 1 game in GB in each of Sept & Oct

4. Probably more than anything, The Lumberjack Band  and the Packer Fight Song with each kickoff and, in  general, the kind of music they used to play.

5. I thought the "Kids' Section" (Section 7) was really a  nice thing... 50¢--later $1 a seat. It created a lot of  Packer fans that later couldn't get tickets because  they were always sold out. BTW, you could always  tell where Section 7 was by the ton of candy bar  wrappers and dixie cups on the field in front of it.

6. For as long I went to the games at Old City Stadium  and, perhaps at Lambeau Field through the Lombardi  Era there was always a sort of "electricity" in the air.  I felt that at the 1957 & '58 World Series, too. Perhaps it's a complacency on my part, but it seems that  "electricity" has given way to more of a carnival atmosphere, what with the tailgating and whatever.

12. What has changed for the better?

The scoreboard and the replaying of plays when there's time between the commercials.

13. Anything else you would like to add; submit; retract; in retrospect; denounce; applaud; observed?

For me the Packers and the Braves or Brewers and the Redskins or Bucks were a "quality of life" as, I guess, was Wisconsin in general. I could have gone off and earned a heck of a lot more elsewhere, but it wouldn't have been anywhere near as satisfying a life.