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Author Event: Tony Walter (Topic: The Packers!)

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.

Earlier Event: August 12
Improv w/ Jacob Philipps ($15)
Later Event: August 16
OPEN! (10-4)