Spend an afternoon with WI Author, Tony Walter, as he shares lots of information about the Green Bay Packers.
Baptism by Football: focuses on the details of the Green Bay Packers survival in 1922 when business leaders helped to incorporate the team and enable it to survive.
The Packers, My Dad, and Me: about the Packers first four championships (1929-31, 1936) as told mostly through my father's diaries. He was the newspaper's sports editor during that period. The Forward is written by Packers President Mark Murphy.
Ice Bowl, The Game That Will Never Die: includes stories from people who were impacted by that game, even if they weren’t there. The Forward is written by Ice Bowl hero Chuck Mercein.
Tony Walter is a former sportswriter, editor, and columnist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette (he worked there for 40 years). A native of De Pere, he graduated from St. Norbert College, was in the U.S. Marine Reserves from 1966-1972, and covered the state government in Madison for the newspaper during the 1970s. Walter lives in Madison and is the father of two and the grandfather of six.