Title Town or Titletown (usually Green Bay, WI, but also other sports cities)
Green Bay, Wisconsin, has called itself “Titletown” or “Titletown, U.S.A.” (also “Title Town”) since 1961 because of its successful football team, the Green Bay Packers. “The Packers of ‘61, aiming to make Green Bay Titletown, U.S.A., come Dec. 31” was printed in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on November 10, 1961. “Green Bay ‘Titletown U.S.A.’” was a photo story in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on December 6, 1961. “A week-long civic program is planned, based on the theme ‘Title Town U.S.A.’” was printed in the Racine (WI) Journal-Times and Sunday Bulletin on December 10, 1961.
The Green Bay Packers have trademarked “Titletown.”
After hockey’s Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup (NHL Championship) in 2011, many fans began calling Boston, Massachusetts, “Titletown.” This was also based on the successes of its other sports teams, such as the Boston Red Sox (baseball), New England Patriots (football) and Boston Celtics (basketball).
Wikipedia: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is 581 feet (177 m) above sea level and 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. The population was 104,057 at the 2010 census. Green Bay is the third-largest city in the state of Wisconsin, after Milwaukee and Madison, and the third-largest city on Lake Michigan’s west shore, after Chicago and Milwaukee. Green Bay is home to the National Football League’s Green Bay Packers.
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Nicknames: “Titletown”, “Bayland”, “Bay City”, “Packerland”, and “Packer City”
Newspapers.com
10 November 1961, Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, “Champs! Pack Faces ‘Big Game” vs. Bears” by Art Daley, pg. 13, col. 4:
The Packers of ‘61, aiming to make Green Bay Titletown, U.S.A., come Dec. 31, already have won two Big Games—the Colts in Green Bay and the Browns in Cleveland.
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6 December 1961, Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, pg. 47, cols. 1-2 photo caption:
Green Bay ‘Titletown U.S.A.’
Titletown, U. S. A.— Green Bay, long known as “the sports wonder of the world,” officially became “Titletown, U. S. A.” at a breakfast rally in the Beaumont Hotel this morning. The 110 men and women present, representing all phases of the city’s civic and business life, enthusiastically endorses the theme of “Titletown” for Green Bay the last week in December as a fitting prelude to the Dec. 31 showdown at City Stadium which will find the Packers meeting the National Football League’s Eastern Conference champion for the world championship.
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9 December 1961, The Capital Times (Madison, WI), “Lew Cornelius’ Scorebook,” pg. 11, col. 1:
GREEN BAY, “Titletown” USA, ...
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10 December 1961, Racine (WI) Journal-Times and Sunday Bulletin, “Green Bay Awaits Its Biggest Week,” sec. 3, pg. 1, col. 7:
Green Bay—(AP)—Proud of its championship team, Green bay is gearing up for its role as the Professional Football Capital of the World on New Year’s Eve.
A week-long civic program is planned, based on the theme “Title Town U.S.A.” It will, of course, be climaxed by the football game at City Stadium in which Green Bay, champion of the Western Division for the second straight year, will meet the Eastern Division winners for the National Football League Championship.
OCLC WorldCat record
Down and out in Titletown.
Author: Tom Milbourn; WFRV-TV (Green Bay, Wis.)
Publisher: Green Bay, Wis. : WFRV-TV News, 1992.
Edition/Format: VHS video : VHS tape Visual material : English
Summary:
Two reporters from WFRV-TV pretend to be homeless in Green Bay to find the extent of the problem. Also shows what one can do to help the homeless.
OCLC WorldCat record
Green Bay Packers : titletown trivia teasers
Author: Don Davenport
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : Quiz Master Books, 2009.
Edition/Format: Print book : English : 5th ed
OCLC WorldCat record
Title town, USA : boxing in upstate New York
Author: Mark Allen Baker
Publisher: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.
Edition/Format: Print book : English
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ayo @dj_scottydee im pretty sure #titletown is green bay not boston
9:36 PM · May 24, 2011·Twitter Web Client
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Zane Penton
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Boston has had 6 titles in the last 10 years. I think green bay needs to send that “titletown” nickname Boston’s way.
12:31 AM · Jun 16, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
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Return to Titletown : the remarkable story of the 2010 Green Bay Packers
Author: Chuck Carlson
Publisher: Chicago, IL. : Triumph Books, [2012]
Edition/Format: eBook : Document : English
Summary:
Packed with stunning action photography, stories, and analysis, Return to Titletown takes fans through Green Bay’s amazing journey, from their season-opening win over Michael Vick and the Eagles to B.J. Raji’s dash to the Soldier Field end zone to clinch the NFC title to Aaron Rodgers’ Super Bowl MVP performance. The Packers’ 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV was a microcosm of Green Bay’s amazing, unlikely season. Lost to injury early in the game were veterans Donald Driver and Charles Woodson. Yet the Packers, a team that placed 15 players on injured reserve during.
YouTube
Welcome to Title Town
Mar 1, 2017
Spencer Weeks
The 10 championships I have been lucky enough to witness. TITLE TOWN. Boston’s dominance of the 2000’s
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Titletown: A Boston Sports Documentary
Dec 30, 2018
ESports Highlights
This is a sample of the full documentary, which will drop on New Year’s! I’m aware I only have 6 of the 11 championships. Anyway enjoy!
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Welcome to Title Town 2.0
Feb 25, 2019
Spencer Weeks
GuyBostonSports.com
Documentary dedicated to greatest sports city in the world.
Special Thanks to ESports Highlights
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Jordan Moore
@iJordanMoore
EXPERIMENT: Which is titletown?
RT for Boston
Like for Green Bay
10:41 PM · Oct 14, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Word Mark TITLETOWN U.S.A.
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Registration Date November 2, 1993
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