Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players who Wore Them

John Maxymuk

Prairie Oak Press, 2003 - Sports & Recreation - 452 pages

Numbers conjure up vivid memories in sports. If you say "3" most sports fans would think of Babe Ruth; Green Bay Packer fans would remember Tony Canadeo. If you say "75" most football fans would think of Mean Joe Green, but Packer fans would recall Forrest Gregg. This unique book features 99 chapters one keyed to each uniform number. The history of each number provides a different slice of Packer history, representing a thematic rather than chronological approach to Green Bay's rich heritage. There is no other book like this that reviews a team history by its uniform numbers. A refreshing take on a most popular team!

About the author

John Maxymuk is the author of more than half a dozen books on the subject of football, including Eagles Facts and Trivia: Puzzlers for the BirdBrained and Eagles by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players Who Wore Them. He has been a reference librarian for the past 25 years, the last 19 at Rutgers University, and lives with his wife and two daughters in Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Bibliographic information

• Title: Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players who Wore Them
• Author: John Maxymuk
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Prairie Oak Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1879483904, 9781879483903
• Length: 452 pages
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Football; Sports & Recreation / History; Sports & Recreation / Reference