The 1940 Green Bay Packers season was their 20th season in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-4-1 record under coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a second-place finish in the Western Conference.
Famous quotes containing the words green, bay and/or season:
“So that’s why you’re green around the gills. Spring comes to the bushveldt, the young bucks start butting their heads together.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
“A great work by an Englishman is like a great battle won by England. It is an unfading bay tree.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)
“How many things by season seasoned are
To their right praise and true perfection!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)