After a week without Green Bay Packers football, fans had the opportunity to relive the historic franchise’s 13 world championship seasons at the Oshkosh Public Library.

Founder of the Packers Century Project, Jim Rice, hosted his program, Green Bay’s Championship Seasons, Sunday Oct. 5, where Packer fans celebrated the franchise’s history through a presentation that included looks at historic memorabilia and loads of fun stories. 

Curly Lambeau, Vince Lombardi and loads of other Packer legends came up throughout the presentation as Rice provided in-depth explanations and looks into many of the successful seasons those two coaches provided.

Rice was born in New York but moved to Wisconsin for college, and he never looked back. He became a fan with the Packers after their 1961 championship victory over the New York Giants 37-0 even though that game brought him to tears as a young Giants fan. 

After being a history teacher, principal and school superintendent, Rice began writing about the Packers and diving deeper into his fandom. He’s published four books and an e-book that includes a detailed look at each of the Packers’ thousands of games played up until 2019.

 Rice is currently touring the state giving his presentation, while running packerscentury.com, which is a database that allows Packer fans to relive each regular season and playoff game from 1919-2024 and has covered over 1,500 games. 

Each of his four books, “92 Years!” A look at the Chicago Bears and Packers rivalry, “Green Bay’s 13 Championship Seasons”, “Giant Cheeseheads!” a look at the New York Giants and Packers rivalry and “Great Games of the Gridiron,” which focuses on the NFL championship games played from 1933-1965, are all available on Amazon, or on packerscentury.com. 

The Oshkosh Public Library displays slides from the program Green Bay’s championship seasons on Sunday, Oct. 5