For a generation of football that grew up in the 70s and 80s, most don’t know that the Green Bay Packers dominated the 1930s, just as they did in the 60s and the 90s. The Packers of the 1930s were viscous. Their domination started in 1929 when they won their first NFL Championship, the first one under legendary coach Curly Lambeau.

The end of the 1929 season gave Green Bay the chance to repeat as champions for the 1930 season and they did just that as they won their second straight title against the New York Giants. Wide receiver Don Hutson was the star of the game.

The Packers won so much in the 30s that the league gave them horrible schedules. Most of their early season games were at home and a large amount of their late season games were on the rood. League officials didn’t realize this schedule would work to their advantage. The weather was so terrible in Green Bay, it gave them an edge on the road.

The 1931 Packers finished the season with the league’s best record at 12-2 and once again they captured the NFL championship by way of being at the top of the standings.

The Packers finished the 1932 season with 10 wins but failed to win the championship. After a few bad years the Packers returned to the top in 1936 and beat the Washington Redskins in the title game 21-6 at the Polo Grounds in New York.

The Packers last hurrah of the decade came in 1939. Green Bay would make their mark on the NFL by becoming the first team to secure a shutout in the title game when they blanked the New York Giants 27-0.

– John A. Roberts

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