Green Bay Replay

by Dick Schaap

Thirty years after Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers dominated the National Football League by winning five championships in seven years, the Pack is back, world championships once again. GREEN BAY REPLAY is the intimate story of the Packers' heroic revival, and two highly emotional relationships. The first is between the people of a modest northeast Wisconsin town and what is literally the town's team, the only civically owned non-profit franchise in major professional sports. The second id between the men who lifted Green Bay to the top n the 1960's, and the players who scaled that peak again three decades Bart Starr and Brett Favre, Willie Davis and Reggie White, Max McGee and Desmond Howard, Paul Hornung and Edgar Bennett, Wille Wood and Eugene Robinson, Herb Adderley and LeRoy Butler--heroes of the past and leaders for the future. The older men created the dynasty, but through the nest twenty-five years after Lombardi stepped down, the Packers enjoyed only five winning seasons and won only one post-season game. This agonizing slump frustrated the team and five different head coaches, all of whom departed with losing records, all haunted by Lombardi's intimidating legacy. But in 1992 head coach Mike Holmgren, general manager Ron Wolf, and quarterback Brett Favre landed in Green Bay, and explosive combination that immediately reversed the Packers' fortune. They became winners first, then champions, heading toward the Super Bowl eager to return to a joyful Green Bay the coveted champions' trophy that is named after the team's legendary head coach. Thirty years after Vince Lombardis Green Bay Packers dominated the National Football League by winning five championships in seven years, the Pack is back, world championships once again. GREEN BAY REPLAY is the intimate story of the Packers heroic revival, and two highly emotional relationships. The first is between the people of a modest northeast Wisconsin town and what is literally the towns team, the only civically owned non-profit franchise in major professional sports. The second id between the men who lifted Green Bay to the top n the 1960s, and the players who scaled that peak again three decades Bart Starr and Brett Favre, Willie Davis and Reggie White, Max McGee and Desmond Howard, Paul Hornung and Edgar Bennett, Wille Wood and Eugene Robinson, Herb Adderley and LeRoy Butler--heroes of the past and leaders for the future. The older men created the dynasty, but through the nest twenty-five years after Lombardi stepped down, the Packers enjoyed only five winning seasons and won only one post-season game. This agonizing slump frustrated the team and five different head coaches, all of whom departed with losing records, all haunted by Lombardis intimidating legacy. But in 1992 head coach Mike Holmgren, general manager Ron Wolf, and quarterback Brett Favre landed in Green Bay, and explosive combination that immediately reversed the Packers fortune. They became winners first, then champions, heading toward the Super Bowl eager to return to a joyful Green Bay the coveted champions trophy that is named after the teams legendary head coach.

Genres: Sports, Football

289 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Richard Jay Schaap was an American sportswriter, broadcaster, and author.

Reviews

[Patrick Barry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice book for a Green Bay Packer fan which I am, It focuses on the Championship teams of the 1960s and the return to prominence of the 1992 team after many years out of contention for a title. It is filled with stories of the players from the Championship years and also the men who built the current club. Nostalgia abounds,

[Brian Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great look back in time to two legendary Packer teams and how they intertwine.

[Gerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

A paean to the 1996 Green Bay Packers, who he touts as bringing the glory back to Green Bay after--what? twenty-nine years without a championship in Titletown. This is the team of Brett Favre and Reggie White and the city of 100,000 who loved 'em. Having just read it, I find myself marveling that it has been a whole two decades since. I think he mentioned every player and coach somewhere in the narrative. Again, this is not a history, nor a critical examination of anything, this is an old fan-boy's story and should be accepted, and enjoyed, as such.

[Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Green Bay Replay was about the new and the old Green Bay Packers. The book told alot about the history of the team and the good and the bad years of the Packers. I really liked it because it was intresting, also because they are one of my favorite football teams.

[John Cress · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty cool if you are a Packet fan as is the author. Cheeseheads will like reliving the 96 season as this book paints the picture of that glorious season. There is some behind the scenes info but nothing too earth shattering.

[Larry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book extremely well written and interesting. As a fan of the Green Bay Packers, I was truly able to appreciate the stories and tales that Schaap was able to weave a book around. I would reccomend this book to any sports fan, especially football. Overall, i found this book fascinating.

[Trevor Greene · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was very interesting I liked the authors style.