Sept 7, 1963 saw the opening of what professional Hall of Fame, when 17 individuals, including “Slinging” Sammy Baugh, Harold “Red” Grange, George Halas, Don Hutson, Earl “Curly” Lambeau, and Bronco Nagurski were inaugurated?
Joseph Carr one of "the first 17 immortals" to be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was one of six officials selected "for helping to guide the pro sport from its original role as a stepchild of the college game to its modern popularity". He was described in a biographical portrait released by the Hall as the "Father of Professional Football" for his organizational work in the early days of professional football. Other inaugural inductees included George Halas, Red Grange, Jim Thorpe, Bronko Nagurski, Curly Lambeau, and Bert Bell. In 1979, George Halas wrote that professional football in its
Curly Lambeau 1963, and the inaugural class of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. Curly Lambeau Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was a professional American football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). Lambeau, along with his friend and fellow Green Bay, Wisconsin native George Whitney Calhoun, founded the Green Bay Packers in 1919. From 1919 to 1929, Lambeau served as a player-coach and maintained "de facto" control on the day-to-day operations of the team. As a player, Lambeau lined up as a halfback, which in the early years of the