June 24: The Fifty-Dollar Comeback

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June 24: The Fifty-Dollar Comeback

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In 1921, in their first pro season, the Green Bay Packers were expelled from the league for slipping active college players into an exhibition game under fake names — and the man who reported them came from the Chicago club that would soon become the Bears. This episode tells how Curly Lambeau appealed, paid a $50 entry fee for a new franchise in June 1922, and kept alive the team that is today the only publicly-owned club in major American pro sports.

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