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Article: Gardipee won honors as Packers fan
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- November 19, 2002
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Gardipee won honors as Packers fan
By AMY RABIDEAU SILVERS asilvers@journalsentinel.com, Journal
Sentinel
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
If there were a hall of fame for nice guys, Louie Gardipee would
be in that one, too.
In 2000, Gardipee became the second inductee to the Green Bay
Packers Fan Hall of Fame. A season ticket holder since 1952, Gardipee
loved the Packers, but he often gave up his own tickets out of
charity -- or his own sense of fair play -- and networked to find
more tickets for fans in need.
"He'd only go to one or two games a year, and he'd make sure other
people got to see the Packers play," said Richard Gardipee, his son.
"We figure at least 2,000 people got the chance to ...