Hey! Beerman!

I sling beer here

Seventy Years old and still slings beer at Lambeau field.

The native of nearby Manitowoc, Wis., has spent 45 years as a beer vendor at Lambeau Field, and he isn’t sure what he would do if he decides to retire after Saturday’s playoff game between the Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.

He climbs 35 steps from the bottom to the top for 5 hours each game. That’s a lotta beer, and a lotta steps.

Hale works the section behind the visitors’ bench at the 50-yard line, 117 and 119, about 30 rows up and says it’s the same section that he started working in 1963, when Vince Lombardi was in the midst of bringing five NFL championships to Green Bay.

“I’ve never been out of that section all those years. I’ve had the grandpa, the son and the grandsons or granddaughters. It is unreal how much bonding there is through the Packers,” Hale said. “When you look around when you go to other stadiums, you see how many Packers fans there are. There are an awful lot of Packers fans across the country.”

A plumber by trade, he stumbled into the beer trade when trying to get into a game. He has made good.

Tags: green bay packers, brett favre, lambeau field, allan hale