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16 april 2015 green bay , wisconsin shawano , wisconsin 30 june 1924 lee remmel.jpg lee remmel
 leland remmel sportswriter
lee remmel

leland `` lee '' remmel -lrb- june 30 , 1924 -- april 16 , 2015 -rrb- was a public relations/historian/spokesman and sportswriter .
he was known for working 62 years with the green bay packers as a sportswriter and later a team employee .
remmel was born in shawano , wisconsin , a small city about outside of green bay , wisconsin .
he began writing as a freshman at shawano high school and went to his first packers game on september 24 , 1944 .
on october 7 , 1945 , remmel started covering the green bay packers as a sportswriter for the `` green bay press gazette '' .
he was the only sportswriter who had covered all of the packers coaches from the team 's first coach curly lambeau to bart starr .
he was hired to work in the packers front office in 1974 as the teams public relations director and spokesman .
in february 2004 , remmel was named the first historian for the green bay packers , a role he served until his retirement in december 2007 at age 83 .
he remained on the board of directors for the green bay packers hall of fame .
remmel covered the first forty super bowls .
he represented the press gazette at the first eight , 22 as nfl auxiliary media relations staff , two years for the green bay packers , and another eight with the nfl .
he was one of twelve people honored by the nfl for their association with the first forty super bowls .
remmel has served on nfl committees on statistics and nfl films , and participated in the nfl public relations directors ' professional football writers of america liaison .
remmel is known for his in-depth knowledge of packer 's history , especially about the team 's rivalry with the chicago bears .
former packers quarterback brett favre described remmel , `` he 's a packers icon .
there will never be another like him .
his knowledge of the team and its history has always been impressive .
he is sharp as a tack when it came to those things -- truly impressive . ''
