PACK ATTACK
Glen Christensen loves a good story. One of his favorites comes from the son of a former Green Bay Packers’ assistant equipment manager in the 1960s.
“Him and his brothers worked for the Packers, I think for a dollar a game or something,” Christensen said. “They would be runners and they would help on the sideline. There were six game balls for the championship for the Ice Bowl [1967 NFL Championship game] and for the ’65 championship, and Green Bay Packers balls were extremely sought-after back then. At the end of the game [the brothers’] job was very specific: grab every ball, get it in this bag and lock it up in dad’s office. That’s what happened. They gathered the six balls, put them in the bag.”
The Ice Bowl, perhaps the most famous game in NFL history, was played by the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys in frigid conditions at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on December 31, 1967, with temperatures reaching 13-below zero. The conditions were so brutal that Lambeau Field earned the nickname “The Frozen Tundra” as a result. A day or two after the game, the balls were taken to a local Green Bay business to be lettered. The inscription: “N.F.L. Champs” on one line. The next line: “1967.” The final line: “Packers 21, Cowboys 17.”
“One of the balls was given to the assistant
