- Vernon Biever
Vernon J. Biever is a photographer for the
Green Bay Packers professional football team.Biever covered his first Packers game in 1941, while a student at
St. Norbert College inDePere, Wisconsin . [SportsShooter.com] He has been the official team photographer since 1946 [Biography] , his career spanning the days ofCurly Lambeau , through theVince Lombardi era, and continuing to the present day.His photographs were collected in 1997 in a book entitled The Glory of Titletown (ISBN 0878339906). Biever's photographs have been featured in countless books, television shows and even movies.
Biever was inducted into the
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2002. His son John has followed in his father's footsteps, and is himself a photographer forSports Illustrated . His other Son James Biever and grandson Michael Biever have also followed in his footsteps as photographers for the Packers.References
* [http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2002/02/02-21.html Packers press release, "STERLING SHARPE & VERNON BIEVER HEADED TO PACKER HALL OF FAME", May 21, 2002]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20020523/ai_n10795874 "He's always been in the picture for Packers", Milwaukee Jounal Sentinel, May 23, 2002]External links
* [http://www.packers.com/team/staff/ Packers.com team staff list]
* [http://www.galleryofsportsart.com/new/biever.shtml "Vernon J. Biever Classic Collection" - official gallery]
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