<P> The Packers have won 13 league championships, the most in NFL history, with nine pre-Super Bowl NFL titles in addition to four Super Bowl victories . The Packers won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968 and were the only NFL team to defeat the American Football League (AFL) prior to the AFL--NFL merger . The Vince Lombardi Trophy is named after the Packers' coach Lombardi, who guided them to their first two Super Bowls . Their two additional Super Bowl wins came in 1997 and 2011 . </P> <P> The Packers are long - standing adversaries of the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Detroit Lions, who today comprise the NFL's NFC North division, and were formerly members of the NFC Central Division . The Bears--Packers rivalry is one of the oldest in NFL history, dating back to 1921 . </P> <P> The Green Bay Packers were founded on August 11, 1919 by former high - school football rivals Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun . Lambeau solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company . He was given $500 ($6,900 today) for uniforms and equipment, on the condition that the team be named for its sponsor . The Green Bay Packers have played in their original city longer than any other team in the NFL . </P> <P> On August 27, 1921, the Packers were granted a franchise in the new national pro football league that had been formed the previous year . Financial troubles plagued the team and the franchise was forfeited within the year, before Lambeau found new financial backers and regained the franchise the next year . These backers, known as the "Hungry Five", formed the Green Bay Football Corporation . </P>

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