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Cheesehead Hat Has Humble Beginning

By Erin Toner
Published February 2, 2011 at 2:00 AM MST
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Packer fans across the country are scrambling to get their foam cheeseheads before Green Bay and Pittsburgh square off in Sunday's Super Bowl. Ralph Bruno made the first cheese wedge hat 25 years ago by burning holes in his mother's sofa cushion.

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Erin Toner
Erin Toner is a reporter for WUWM. Erin was WUWM's All Things Considered local host from 2006 to 2010. She began her public radio career in 1999 at WMUK in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Prior to joining WUWM in 2006, Toner spent five years at WKAR in East Lansing, Michigan.
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