Have you ever wondered how the Green Bay Packers got their name? There once was a meat packing company that worked in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A man named Earl Lambeau worked there. Lambeau was born and raised in Green Bay, and then went to college in Notre Dame, where he was a star football player. A while later he decided he wanted to start his own professional football team. He went to the company's president and asked for $500 to buy pads, footballs, jerseys, and pants. In return he promised to call the team the Green Bay Packers. A couple of years later, the Packers were a professional football team. The Green Bay Packers are the only team named after a meat packing company.