in 1919, the green bay packers are the only nonprofit community owned edgerly sports team in the u.s.. we work with our city tour staff when a recently traveled to green bay to explore the cities rich history. learn more about green bay all weekend here on american history tv. >> i tell people this is the greatest story in the history of sports. >> is that a touchdown or not? nobody wants to call anything. let's see what they're going to do here. >> you look at the hoosiers, cinderella man, you name it, i don't think any of those stories beat the story of the green bay packers. the packers -- the true story is better than the myth. ,hat's one of the aspects of it david versus goliath. the fact that the packers made a name for themselves by beating teams from new york and chicago, when this was a city of under 40,000 people. nobody had any clue what they were creating in 1919 was going to involve into what it is today. the story goes that lambeau had dropped out of notre dame due to tonsillitis in august of 1919. he didn't have a team to play for. he met the sportswriter, sports editor