Paul Hornung JSA Signed Milwaukee County Stadium Seat Back Green Bay Packers

Description: The item you are bidding on is a RARE Signed Paul Hornung JSA Signed Milwaukee County stadium Seat back. The JSA sticker is affixed to the back of the seat back. ( please see photos) ...Don’t miss out on your chance to own this extremely rare piece of autographed memorabilia. Paul Vernon Hornung (December 23, 1935 – November 13, 2020), nicknamed "the Golden Boy", was an American professional football player who was a Hall of Fame running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1966. He played on teams that won four NFL titles and the first Super Bowl. He is the first Heisman Trophy winner to be selected as the first overall selection in the NFL Draft, play pro football, win the NFL most valuable player award, and be inducted into both the professional and college football halls of fame.[1] Packers coach Vince Lombardi stated that Hornung was "the greatest player I ever coached."[2] Milwaukee County Stadium Green Bay Packers (1953–1994) The National Football League's Green Bay Packers played two to four home games per year at Milwaukee County Stadium from 1953 to 1994,[47] after using Wisconsin State Fair Park in nearby West Allis from 1934 through 1951 and Marquette Stadium in 1952.[48][49] The Packers compiled a 76–47–3 (.615) regular season record at County Stadium over 42 seasons. It hosted at least one pre-season game annually during this time as well (except 1983), including the Upper Midwest Shrine Game. Financial considerations prompted the Packers to move some of their games to Milwaukee starting with the 1933 season, with one game played at Borchert Field. By 1995, multiple renovations to Lambeau Field made it more lucrative for the Packers to play their full home slate in Green Bay again for the first time since 1932.[50] Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre-season game and games 3 and 6 of the regular season schedule (later changed to games 2 and 5), in what is referred to as the "Gold package." County Stadium was partly responsible for Lambeau Field's existence, as it was not only intended to lure an MLB team to Milwaukee, but also to lure the Packers to Milwaukee full-time. As originally constructed, County Stadium was double the size of the Packers' then-home, City Stadium. By the 1950s, a number of teams had let it be known that they were not willing to play at City Stadium. It could not be expanded, and its amenities for fans and players had long since fallen below NFL standards. This led the NFL to give the Packers an ultimatum—build a bigger stadium or move to Milwaukee full-time. Green Bay responded with a referendum that resulted in a new City Stadium, which opened in September 1957.[51] After eight seasons, the venue was renamed "Lambeau Field" shortly after the death of team founder Curly Lambeau in 1965. The Minnesota Vikings (15 times) were the Packers' most frequent foe at County Stadium, as the Packers would traditionally host at least one divisional rival from the NFC Central in Milwaukee each season. Only once, however, did the Packers play their ancient arch-rivals, the Chicago Bears, in a regular-season game in Milwaukee, defeating the Bears 20–3 in 1974. (The Packers and Bears played preseason games at County Stadium every year from 1959 to 1973, and again in 1975 and 1984.[52]) On November 26, 1989, a County Stadium record crowd of 55,892 saw the Packers beat the Vikings, 20–19.[53] The Packers' final game at County Stadium was a 21–17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18, 1994;[54] with fourteen seconds left, the winning 9-yard touchdown run was scored by quarterback Brett Favre, who was drafted by the Falcons in 1991 but traded the next year due to then-Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville's intense dislike of Favre.[55][56][57] The Packers hosted one NFL playoff game at County Stadium, in 1967, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 28–7 in the Western Conference championship game, avenging a 27-24 loss two weeks earlier at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[58][59][60][61][62] It was the first year that the NFL playoffs expanded to four teams, and Green Bay had home field advantage for both rounds, then awarded by rotation. Each subsequent playoff game has been played at Lambeau Field, starting with the Ice Bowl the following week against the Dallas Cowboys.[63] Unlike most publicly funded stadiums built in the 20th century, County Stadium was built primarily for baseball, creating issues for hosting football. The playing surface was just barely large enough to fit a football field, which ran parallel with the first base line. The south end zone spilled onto the warning track in right field, while the north end zone spilled into foul territory on the third-base side.[54][64] Both teams occupied the east sideline on the outfield side, separated by a piece of tape. At its height, it seated less than 56,000 for football—just over the NFL's post AFL merger minimum seating capacity—and many seats had obstructed views or were far from the field. Over the years, upgrades and seat expansion almost exclusively benefited the Braves and later the Brewers. Season ticket prices (three games) for the first football season in 1953 were $5.00, $3.80, and $2.50.[65][66] The average price in the final year of 1994 was $25.61 per game.[67] If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us. We have more collectibles & memorabilia so be sure to check out our other items! Payments MUST be received WITHIN 3 DAYS after the close of the auction. On DAY 3 eBay will AUTOMATICALLY open an UNPAID ITEM CASE. We ONLY accept payments through PayPal the fast, easy, and secure way to pay online.We offer international shipping through eBay's Global Shipping Program. Therefore unfortunately we do not get to chose the international shipping rates. Those rates are predetermined by eBay based on the cost to ship via FedEx insured with tracking. 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Price: 499.99 USD

Location: Joliet, Illinois

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