For two weeks in 1987, the Packers practiced at Olympia in Oconomowoc
View Comments Forced to leave the dorm rooms of St. Norbert College in De Pere because they were needed for college students, the Green Bay Packers chose an unlikely destination to end the team's 1987 training camp: Olympia Hotel and Resort in Oconomowoc. Forrest Gregg, the Packers coach at the time, said his goal was to develop team unity in an isolated setting. But after suffering a 33-0 preseason defeat to the Washington Redskins, reporters for the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel said the Oconomowoc training camp from Aug. 22-Sept. 4 resembled more of a boot camp. "These people d...
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