According to Packers team historian, Cliff Christl, the 1920’s are his favorite years in his studies of the franchise, “because of the factors at play in the Packers survival.” “There’s so much history there, and I think so much of it has been lost,” he said.
1927 is interesting in particular. The league cut it’s roster of teams in half, sacrificing many of the small city franchises. According to Christl, Green Bay’s non-adherence to prohibition helped keep the Packers in the league, “The owners loved coming to Green Bay, (and) the players loved coming to Green Bay.” The Packers drew no better than the teams that were forced out of the league, but the city didn’t obey the law of prohibition.
