Curly Lambeau

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Building the Green Bay Packers

Stuart Stotts

A biography for young readers about the ambitious coach who built a championship team in tiny Green Bay and helped spur the rise of professional football across the country.

96 pages, 7 x 9, 50 b&w photos
Paperback: $12.95 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-389-3
Ebook: $9.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-524-8
Publication Date: 10/31/2007

Reading Level: Ages 8–14, Grades 3–8

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Description

When Earl ‘Curly’ Lambeau was a young boy growing up in Green Bay in the early 1900s, he and his friends didn’t have money for a football. Instead, they kicked around a salt sack filled with sand, leaves, and pebbles. That humble beginning produced a single-minded drive for the figure whose name now graces the Green Bay Packers’ stadium. This young readers biography charts the course of Curly Lambeau’s career as a player and coach, which paralleled the rise of professional football.

The innovative Lambeau revolutionized the way football was played by legitimizing passing in a game that had previously centered on running. His dedication to popularizing football in Green Bay and Wisconsin helped build the Packers organization into the institution it is today. Yet, Lambeau was not without flaws, and this biography presents a full picture of a man whose ambitions complicated his legacy.

Author Bio

Stuart Stotts

Stuart Stotts is a Wisconsin-based author, storyteller, educator, and songwriter who has been captivating audiences—children, educators, and families—for more than forty years. He is a Kennedy Center–recognized teaching artist who delivers engaging school assemblies, writing workshops, and professional development sessions focused on integrating music, movement, and literacy through brain-based, relationship-driven techniques. Stotts has written several children’s books rooted in history and social themes. He lives in Deforest, Wisconsin.