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Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn to Enrico "Harry" Lombardi (1889–1971) and Matilda "Mattie" Izzo (1891–1972). [3] [4] Harry's mother and father, Vincenzo and Michelina, emigrated from Salerno, Italy.
Curly Lambeau's Packers won the NFL titles from 1929-31 before there was even a postseason and Vince Lombardi's crew in the 1960s also did it.
During the week preceding Super Bowl III in January, rumors had circulated that Vince Lombardi had job offers from the Philadelphia Eagles, Boston Patriots, and Washington Redskins. [1] The night before the Super Bowl, Lombardi met with Redskins president Edward Bennett Williams for dinner at Tony Sweet's restaurant. [2]
The Vince Lombardi Trophy, also known simply as the Lombardi Trophy or just the Lombardi, is the trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, the Super Bowl. The trophy is named in honor of NFL coach Vince Lombardi, who led the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowl games. [1]
It began the first day in 1959 that Vince Lombardi, the man from the East with the odd New York accent and hot eyes the color of smoldering chestnuts, walked into the trainer’s room after he had ...
Lombardi is on record using the quotation as early as 1959 in his opening talk on the first day of the Packers’ training camp. [2] The quotation captured the American public's attention during Lombardi's highly successful reign as coach of the Packers in the 1960s. Over time, the quotation took on a life of its own.
A Pennsylvania library finally saw the return of a book that was last checked out in 1973, a chronicle of Packers coaching legend Vince Lombardi. A book about Vince Lombardi was returned to the ...
On February 4, 1959, Vince Lombardi seized his opportunity and began building his football dynasty in Green Bay.He arrived after both phases of the draft (December 1 and January 21), [1] [2] [3] and started by trading away the Packers' best receiver of the decade, Billy Howton, to the Cleveland Browns.