Among many but definitely the strangest is watching a game on TV, probably 1971 or 1972, the Packers’ defense was on the field, and no play was being run but the fans started cheering. The announcers realized the reaction was Ray Nitschke getting off the bench and jogging, getting to replace Jim Carter at LB.

Richard from Farmington Hills, MI

In 2000, my 12-year-old son finally talked me into making the long drive from the Detroit area to see our favorite team in-person. We parked at a house on Valley View and started walking the few blocks to the stadium. I still remember how Lambeau Field came into view and the look on my son’s face was priceless. The picture of the two of us with Lambeau Field in the background is one of my favorites. That picture has been taken every year since then!

Vivid memory (which could be blurry on details). Super Bowl XXXI, the Pats’ first drive after the Desmond Howard kickoff return, nudging momentum back to the Pack. Reggie White pressures Bledsoe into an incompletion on first down, sacks him on second down with a rip move, then sacks him on third down with the hump move. I think the Pats’ tackle went airborne! Momentum firmly grabbed, and game effectively over.

It’s fall of 1997 and my first game at Lambeau. My late dad was never very demonstrative over sports (unless I was pitching in a high school game). Pack is crushing the Vikings, but they make a big comeback in the fourth and the crowd had to get into it. We are all banging and yelling and my dad looked at me with a resigned look, nodded, and started pounding and screaming. Maybe he was the difference as we pulled it out.

Favorite memory of Packers – Clarence Williams – he was a gym teacher learning that craft at GB Southwest. He was teaching wrestling. He saw me do a takedown and said, “Kevin, show them how to do that.” Next thing I know he said come on down to the weight room and help me set up my weights. Everyone in the weight room had their jaws drop when they saw what he could do.

My favorite Packers memory was the original Lambeau Leap. The entire play was awesome with Reggie and LeRoy. The funny part was the play shouldn’t have been a touchdown. I remember Max McGee pointing out the officiating blunder and telling Jim Irwin that’s why instant replay is coming back.

When I was in elementary school just starting to become a fan of pro sports, I am ashamed to admit I was a Vikings fan. This was because all of the sports news in my area was focused on that team. It did not take long to switch my allegiance to the Packers with the 1965-1967 run of championships. My focus became reading all I could about the team and players. Learning about the quality men on those teams made me a lifelong fan.

The January 2017 playoff game against the Giants. I was there with my son, and we had seats in the corner of the end zone. The Packers had the ball on the Giants’ 42-yard line with time for one more play before the end of the half. Everybody knew what was coming. Rodgers took the snap, rolled to his right and let it fly. Everybody stood up and Randall Cobb caught the ball right in front of us. It was a father-son experience that I will cherish forever!

Steven from Balsam Lake, WI

During the early ’60s, at a game in County Stadium, it was fourth-and-2 on the opponent’s 35, the Packers punted. After the game, my mother (5-4) and my father, (5-9 and 180) shared the hotel elevator with two offensive linemen, and the elevator was crowded (maybe the old Astor Hotel?), and my mother looked up and these two large men, and demanded, “Why didn’t you go for it on fourth-and-2?” “Ask the coach, lady. We only work for him!”

Steven from Balsam Lake, WI

In 2007, I was 17 and attending training camp with my cousin. We watched both practices that day (back when two-a-days were a thing). After the night practice, we stuck around to get our mini helmets signed by whoever we could. I ran to the other side of the crowd to get the backup QB’s autograph. I was last in line, and ended up having a nice, genuine 10-minute conversation with that third-year backup QB. I still cherish that picture of Aaron Rodgers and me. I remember our conversation well.

The first and only time I’ve taken my kids to a Packers game. We were in Seattle and my sweet little 6-year-old daughter was walking around the stadium screaming “Go Pack Go!” at every Seahawks fan she walked by. Second place is when my grandfather met up with all his sons and grandsons from across the country at Lambeau for a game. Irreplaceable family moments.

Greatest memory was being at the packed stadium in 2015 to welcome Brett Favre back to Green Bay for his GBP HOF induction. Everyone forgot about his stints with other teams at the end of his playing days and just raucously welcomed him back with open arms, teary eyes, and unending cheers. Perhaps dulled somewhat by some of his post-career issues, the ceremony as a culmination to an unparalleled club-saving football career was still something to behold.

In 2004, after moving to Chicago, I walked into Will’s Northwoods Inn to watch the Packers vs. Eagles playoff game with other Packers fans. I struck up a conversation with a cute girl after the demoralizing loss (you all remember that loss). Twenty-two years later, I’m still watching the Packers with that same cute girl.

My favorite Packers memory was the Cowboys-Packers game in ’22. I turned 30 that year and my mom (a Chippewa Falls native) bought us tickets as a gift. It was my first game at Lambeau, and my dad’s (Cowboys fan) first game ever attended. Being from TX it was surreal to finally be surrounded by Packers fans. Packers went on to win a close game, and Christian Watson caught three TDs that night. A late game at Lambeau is truly magical. Dad has since passed but I’ll never forget that weekend in chilly GB.

Daniel from Fond Du Lac, WI

While I wouldn’t call the ending of the game great, my happiest memory has to be watching the playoff game against the Cardinals on Jan. 10, 2010. I was finishing up my third deployment and my first with the Wisconsin National Guard. Almost the entire 32nd Brigade was in Kuwait waiting to head home and watching Aaron Rodgers’ coming out party with over 3,000 Wisconsin service members was a night/early morning I will never forget. (Editor’s note: Thank you for your service).

Jennifer from Middleton, WI

I had two cousins, David and Steven, who had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and both were enormous Packers fans. When Mike Sherman was head coach, he invited them (teenagers then) to a training camp practice, and I got to go with them. It was in the Don Hutson Center due to weather. After practice the boys needed to use the bathroom and when we came out, it was empty in there. Steven took off in his electric wheelchair, buzzing down the center of the field and yelled to his brother, “Hey Dave, go long!” as if he was running out for a pass. And they had a great time “running routes” for a bit before we had to go. At that point, the ability to throw or catch a ball had long been beyond their capabilities. But the fact his always fun-loving mind went there, and they got to live out the spirit of that idea and escape into a different dream life for a minute, and in the facility of their beloved Packers no less, it’s a memory that evokes emotions I have a hard time describing. I have forgotten the details of the practice, but I will never forget that time after. I have always had a soft spot for Coach Sherman to give them that gift.

Our family was celebrating Dad’s 52nd birthday, Dec. 31, 1967…the day of the Ice Bowl. Since the game was blacked out locally, we had to listen on the radio. It was an unforgettable moment in time when Bart Starr scored the winning touchdown. Visiting relatives shared in the joy that evening too. Happy birthday, Dad!