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Building Body Armor: Former Packers offensive lineman Mike Wahle on finding the joy and putting in the work

Building Body Armor: Former Packers offensive lineman Mike Wahle on finding the joy and putting in the work

Sep 22, 2021
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By Mike Wahle

I figured out six weeks after I left Green Bay, I’d made the biggest mistake of my career. There aren’t many places like Green Bay, Wis. to play football and football was all I ever wanted to do. I wrote a paper when I was six I was going to be a pro athlete. There was no Plan B for me; it was all I ever wanted to know. The money was freei…

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