Catching Excellence

“Chuck Carlson does so much more than just take the reader back through the Green Bay Packers’ towering history. With deft writing and keen analysis, he explains why a few games stand out among the many that have made the unique franchise so successful. I can already hear the debates.”–John Eisenberg, author of That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in Football and Set It on a Path to GloryFew writers know the Packers better than Chuck Carlson, which is a good thing for this book because in Catching Excellence he has taken on the seemingly impossible task of reducing the history of the most storied franchise in the NFL down to just 11 games. Eleven games to cover 103 years; to account for 13 championships; to take the measure of men like Lambeau and Lombardi, Hutson and Hornung, Favre and White, Rodgers and Woodson; to capture the essence of a team that not only embodies a sport and a league, but that also defines a place and a people. This is not only a must-read for Packer fans, but also an enduring contribution to the legacy of the most decorated team in the annals of pro football.“–Mark Beech, author of The People’s Team: An Illustrated History of the Green Bay Packers

Chuck Carlson was a sports writer/columnist for more than 30 years with newspapers in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Illinois Nevada, and Wisconsin. He spent eleven years covering the Green Bay Packers for the Appleton Post-Crescent and has authored eleven books on the team.