Editing Curly Lambeau (section)

==Early life and college==
Curly Lambeau was born April 9, 1898, in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]],<ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Curly Lambeau | url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Curly-Lambeau | date = May 29, 2019 | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | access-date = November 15, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180803195649/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Curly-Lambeau | archive-date = August 3, 2018 | url-status = live }}</ref> to Marcelin Lambeau and Mary LaTour, both of [[Belgian American|Belgian]] descent.<ref name="MARY">{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39061780/obituary_for_mary_l_lambeau_aged_83/ | title = Mrs. Mary L. Lambeau | url-status = live | newspaper = [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]] | date = September 18, 1962 | access-date = November 15, 2019 | page = 22 | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | archive-date = November 15, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191115202056/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39061780/obituary_for_mary_l_lambeau_aged_83/}}</ref> Lambeau attended [[Green Bay East High School]], where he was identified as a standout athlete.<ref name=Mink>{{cite news | last = Mink | first = Michael | title = Curly Lambeau Passed The Test On The Way To NFL's Top | url = https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/curly-lambeau-founded-the-green-bay-packers/ | access-date = November 15, 2019 | work = Investor's Business Daily | date = September 3, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180830074018/https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/curly-lambeau-founded-the-green-bay-packers/ | archive-date = August 30, 2018 | url-status = live }}</ref> He played for the football team all four years of high school and was named captain in 1917 as a senior.<ref name=Mink/><ref name="PACK">{{cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/earl-curly-lambeau | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | title = Earl "Curly" Lambeau | publisher = [[Green Bay Packers, Inc.]] | access-date = November 15, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191115221753/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/earl-curly-lambeau | archive-date = November 15, 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref> ''[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]'' sportswriter [[George Whitney Calhoun]] noted in September 1917 that Lambeau was trying out for the [[University of Wisconsin]] freshmen football team as "one of the best gridiron prospects that has ever been turned out of a high school".<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22392182/green_bay_pressgazette/ | newspaper = [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]] | date = September 29, 1917 | title = Cal's Comment | author-link = George Whitney Calhoun | last = Calhoun | first = George Whitney | access-date = November 15, 2019 | page = 8 | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191115215550/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22392182/green_bay_pressgazette/ | archive-date = November 15, 2019}}</ref> However, Lambeau never ended up enrolling at Wisconsin.

After graduating from high school, he worked for his father in the construction business and participated in different local football teams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christl |first=Cliff |author-link=Cliff Christl |date=May 4, 2017 |title=The story that was wrong on every count: Curly Lambeau's flirtation with the University of Wisconsin |url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-cliffs-notes/article-1/The-story-that-was-wrong-on-every-count/a4585f31-e105-42cb-adf7-91cf6bd6146e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508053510/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-cliffs-notes/article-1/The-story-that-was-wrong-on-every-count/a4585f31-e105-42cb-adf7-91cf6bd6146e |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |publisher=[[Green Bay Packers, Inc.]]}}</ref> In 1918, Lambeau attended the [[University of Notre Dame]] and played for college coach [[Knute Rockne]], making the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]] team's varsity squad. However a severe case of [[tonsillitis]] forced him to miss the 1919 spring semester.<ref name="PACKHOF">{{cite web | url = http://www.packers.com/history/hall-of-famers/lambeau-earl.html | title = Hall of Famers: Earl L. (Curly) Lambeau — Class of 1963 | publisher = [[Green Bay Packers, Inc.]] | access-date = November 15, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524013147/http://www.packers.com/history/hall-of-famers/lambeau-earl.html | archive-date = May 24, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He never returned to Notre Dame. After a long recovery from [[tonsillitis]], Lambeau went to work as a shipping clerk at the [[Indian Packing Company]] for $250 a month.{{sfn|Povletich|2012|p=4}}