Breaking ~ Lee Remmel, whose ties with the Green Bay Packers go back to Curly Lambeau's era, is dead

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A man whose ties to the Green Bay Packers organization go back to Curly Lambeau’s era has died. The Packers announced Lee Remmel died Thursday at age 90.

According to the Packers, Remmel, who was born in Shawano in 1924, began his relationship with the team when he covered a Packers game in Milwaukee in 1945 as a sports writer for the Green Bay Press-Gazette .

In 1974 he became the team’s public relations director, and in 2004 was named the Packers’ official historian for his encyclopedia-like knowledge of the team. He retired in 2007 after working with the franchise in some form for 62 years.

“The Packers lost a cherished family member today,” Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said in a statement. “Lee was a key member of the organization for many years, and his knowledge of Packers history was unparalleled. He was a great ambassador, and through his public relations work he helped multiple generations of Packers fans learn more about the team.

“We extend our sincerest condolences to his family.”

In 1996 he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

Remmel’s legacy carries on with the annual Lee Remmel Sports Awards banquet. It honors athletes of all ages with Wisconsin ties — prep and collegiate, amateur and professional — and raises scholarship money for area students.

Remmel was surprised by an award at his own banquet in 2009, when former Packers president/CEO Bob Harlan named him the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.
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Sad day for Packer fans.
 
Very sad news but what a career. He'll always be a part of the Packers.
 
Sad news. Guy forgot more about the Packers then many fans ever knew.
 
Big loss indeed. It's a prime example where the importance of oral histories, in an archival capacity, means so much to future generations.
 
A Packer icon is gone. My sympathies to the Remmel family - which we Packer fans are all a part of.
 
Budman said:
Big loss indeed. It's a prime example where the importance of oral histories, in an archival capacity, means so much to future generations.
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Absolutely, great point. When you lose someone like Remmel you lose some history forever. See the same with passing of WWI and WWII vets.
 
Lee covered the Packers or was part of the organization during every head coach's tenure in team history. He was on his beat for 15 years before Lombardi even came to the Packers, WOW. From all who ever spoke about him, he seemed like a great guy. A huge loss for Packer fans, he will be missed.
 
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