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The Ice Bowl

How the coldest game in American Football history made the reputation of the Green Bay Packers.

On New Year's Eve 1967, the Green Bay Packers played the Dallas Cowboys in one of the most famous games in American Football history. Played in Arctic temperatures, the match sealed the reputation of the Packers' coach, Vince Lombardi. Jonathan Fenton-Fischer talks to Packers' lineman, Jerry Kramer, and NFL commentator, Mike Carlson.

(Photo: A Green Bay fan wearing the Packers' famous flying-cheese-wedge hat. Credit: Getty Images)

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9 minutes

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Sun 1 Feb 2015 04:50GMT

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  • Sun 1 Feb 2015 04:50GMT

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