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When Green Bay almost lost the Packers


When Green Bay almost lost the Packers
Gas rationing during World War II threatened the franchise 
Dec 17, 2020 at 09:30 AM
Packers coach and general manager Curly Lambeau poses at his desk during the 1940s.
When gas rationing was enacted during World War II, it restricted travel in the United States.
It also almost cost Green Bay its National Football League franchise, if not permanently, at least temporarily.
Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the focus for American civilians turned from producing consumer goods to full-scale war production. The problem was that no material was more important to prepare for war than rubber, nearly all of which was being imported from Malaysia and other Far East countries. The U.S. didn t have the plants to produce synthetic rubber at the time, and the Japanese had taken control of production in those other countries and cut off the sources that had prev ....

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