DE PERE, Wis. — John Gordon, an artist who as a tender artwork pupil helped design the Inexperienced Bay Packers’ unique “G” group brand, has died at life 83.
Gordon died Saturday, mentioned Matt Cotter, the landlord of Cotter Funeral & Cremation Support in De Pere, Wisconsin. The funeral house posted an obituary which says Gordon died “surrounded by his family after living with Alzheimer’s disease.”
Gordon was once an artwork pupil at St. Norbert Faculty in 1961 and was once operating as an workman for Packers apparatus supervisor Gerald “Dad” Braisher when he was once presented the anticipation to design the group’s brand below then-coach Vince Lombardi, WLUK-TV reported.
“Dad came down from his meeting with [Vince] Lombardi with a piece of paper in his hand, and he said that Lombardi wants a logo … and it’s going to be a ‘G’ in a football shape,” Gordon mentioned in a video produced 10 years in the past by way of St. Norbert Faculty.
Inside of 24 hours, Gordon’s sketched design was once authorized and the Packers’ actual brand was once born.
“John lent his talent to the Packer organization and helped design the ‘Packer G,'” Gordon’s obituary states, including that his creative contribution earned him a place within the Packers Corridor of Repute.
The actual “G” as designed by way of Gordon was once formed like a soccer, but it surely has been changed through the years to the tide oval “G.”
In spite of the widespread trust that the “G” stands for greatness, it if truth be told stands for Inexperienced Bay, Packers group historian Cliff Christl wrote in a 2015 article at the Packers’ web page.
Gordon was once a lifelong artist who taught artwork at Parkview Center College in Ashwaubenon sooner than turning into an accessory lecturer of artwork at his alma mater, St. Norbert Faculty.
His survivors come with his spouse, Dianne, his ex-wife, Joan Gordon, and their six kids, 3 grandchildren, a brother and sister and 3 stepchildren.
Gordon’s funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at Religion Lutheran Church in Inexperienced Bay.
