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Green Bay Football Corporation
“Packers”
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Feb. 11, 1935
Gerald Ford
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dear Ford:
While on the Coast you told me you were un-
decided in regard to playing professional football.
We plan on signing a center for the coming
season and will pay you $110.00 per game if you wish to join
the “Packers”. Our league schedule is not drafted but we usually
play fourteen games. We pay in full after each contract and all
players are paid whether they play or not and, naturally, all
injured players are paid immediately after each game.
Will appreciate an early reply.
With kindest personal regards, I am
Sincerely,
E. L. Curly Lambeau
GREEN BAY FOOTBALL CORPORATION
ELL*GC
$110 in 1935 would be $2,550 in 2025. 14 games works out to $1,540 in 1935 or $35,700 in 2025.