Lee Remmel

Leland "Lee" Remmel (June 30, 1924 – April 16, 2015) was an American 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 Green Bay. He began writing as a freshman at Shawano High School On October 7, 1945, Remmel started covering the Green Bay Packers as a sportswriter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. 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 40 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. To honor his induction into the Packers Hall of Fame, the team built a new press box in August 2003, and they named it "The Lee Remmel Press Box".

Personal Remmel married Margaret "Noreen" Berg in 1948, predeceasing Remmel on April 27, 2012, after a brief illness.