Curly Lambeau

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Curly Lambeau
Lambeau on the cover of the Packers' 1948 media guide
Date of birth	April 9, 1898
Place of birth	Green Bay, WI
Date of death	June 1, 1965
Position(s)	Head Coach Running back
College	Notre Dame
Honors	NFL 1920s All-Decade Team Green Bay Packers HOF Pro Football HOF Wisconsin Athletic HOF
Records	Green Bay Packers Career Wins (209)
Career Record	229-134-22
Championships       Won	1929 NFL Championship 1930 NFL Championship 1931 NFL Championship 1936 NFL Championship 1939 NFL Championship 1944 NFL Championship
Playing Stats	DatabaseFootball
Coaching Stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1919-1929	Green Bay Packers
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1919-1949 1950-1951 1952-1953	Green Bay Packers Chicago Cardinals Washington Redskins
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1963

Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 - June 1, 1965) was the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional football team.

Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun formed the Packers in 1919 while Lambeau was working as a shipping clerk at the Indian Packing Company. The success of the team quickly led to it joining the National Football League in 1921.

Lambeau coached the Packers as an NFL team from 1921 to 1949. He also played for the Packers from 1921 to 1929. During his tenure as head coach he led the Packers to six championships (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944). Lambeau's regular season record as head coach of the Packers was 209-104-21 (.626 winning percentage) with a playoff record of 3-2.

In 1946, Lambeau purchased Rockwood Lodge, creating the first self-contained training facility in professional football. The purchase was controversial among the Packers' board of directors, and Lambeau's deteriorating relationship with the board was one of the factors that would lead to his departure in early 1950.

After Lambeau's career with the Packers came to an end, he went on to coach the Chicago Cardinals for the 1950 season and most of the 1951 season. His record with the Cardinals was 7-15 (.318 winning percentage). After leaving the Cardinals, Lambeau went on to coach the last two years of his career with the Washington Redskins for the 1952 and 1953 seasons. His record in Washington was 10-13-1 (.417 winning percentage).

Lambeau finished his 33 year coaching career with an overall record of 229-134-22 (.595 winning percentage). He was a member of the 1963 inaugural class of inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin is named after him. The new City Stadium which was built in 1957 was renamed to Lambeau Field in September 1965 following Lambeau's death that June.

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Preceded by First coach	Green Bay Packers Head Coaches 1920–1949	Succeeded by Gene Ronzani
Preceded by Buddy Parker	Chicago Cardinals Head Coaches 1950–1951	Succeeded by Phil Handler
Preceded by Dick Todd	Washington Redskins Head Coaches 1952–1953	Succeeded by Joe Kuharich

Boston Braves/Washington Redskins Head Coaches
Wray • Dietz • Casey • Flaherty • Bergman • DeGroot • Edwards • Whelchel • Ball • Todd • Lambeau • Kuharich • Nixon • McPeak • Graham • Lombardi • Austin • Allen • Pardee • Gibbs • Petitbon • Turner • Robiskie • Schottenheimer • Spurrier • Gibbs

Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals Head Coaches
Driscoll • Horween • Barry • Chamberlin • Gillies • Scanlon • Nevers • Andrews • Chevigny • Schissler • Creighton • Nevers • Conzelman • Handler • Conzelman • Lambeau • Handler • Kuharich • Stydahar • Richards • Ivy • Lemm • Winner • Hollway • Coryell • Wilkinson • Wilson • Hanifan • Stallings • Kuhlmann • Bugel • Ryan • Tobin • McGinnis • Green • Whisenhunt

Green Bay Packers Head Coaches
Lambeau • Ronzani • Devore • McLean • Blackbourn • McLean • Lombardi • Bengtson • Devine • Starr • Gregg • Infante • Holmgren • Rhodes • Sherman • McCarthy

National Football League | NFL's 1920s All-Decade Team
Jimmy Conzelman | Paddy Driscoll | Red Grange | Joe Guyon | Curly Lambeau | Jim Thorpe | Ernie Nevers | Guy Chamberlin | Lavern Dilweg | George Halas | Ed Healey | Pete Henry | Cal Hubbard | Steve Owen | Hunk Anderson | Walt Kiesling | Mike Michalske | George Trafton |