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'''"Cheesehead"''' can refer to:
* A nickname (sometimes used derogatorily) referring to a person from either [[Canada]], [[Wisconsin]]<ref>Kapler, Joseph, Jr. "On Wisconsin Icons: When You Say 'Wisconsin', What Do You Say?" ''[[Wisconsin History]]'' Spring 2002; pp. 18-31</ref> or the [[Netherlands]], referring to the large volume of [[cheese]] production in those locales.
[[Image:Cheesehead.jpg|thumb|right|"Cheesehead" hat]]
* The name of a brand of [[hat]] shaped like a large wedge of [[cheese]] (made out of dense foam), primarily worn by fans of the [[National Football League|NFL]] team [[Green Bay Packers]] at [[American football|football]] games, but also worn in other contexts by Packer fans and proud Wisconsinites in general.
The original display of a "cheesehead" hat was at a [[Milwaukee Brewers]] vs. [[Chicago White Sox]] game in 1987 when the Brewers started the season 13-0. It was handmade out of foam, painted yellow. Ralph Bruno, the creator of the original hat, then had the idea of starting a business to sell them as novelties. The "Cheesehead" trademark is owned by Foamation, Inc. of [[St. Francis, Wisconsin]], which began manufacture of the wearable, foam cheesehead in 1987. The company also offers a plethora of other foam products, such as: different types of hats, neck ties, pins, keychains, magnets, cup-holders, coasters, and footballs. Cheeseheads have become more commonly associated with Green Bay Packers fans (and Wisconsites in general) since mass production of the original hat began.<ref>{{Citation
| last = Cigelske
| first = Tim
| title = When I was 30: Ralph Bruno: Cheeseheads were spreading
| newspaper = [[MKE (tabloid)|MKE]]
| year = 2005
| date = Sept. 8, 2005
| url = http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=353849&format=print}}.</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.cheesehead.com/index.asp Foamation Inc.]
==References==
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[[Category:Green Bay Packers culture and lore]]
[[Category:Symbols of Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Regional nicknames]]