Vince Lombardi
The Greatest Football Coach Of All Time
Background Information
Accomplishments Within The Game Of Football
1939-He coached at St. Cecilia for seven years, the football team won six state championships and had a stretch of thirty-six consecutive wins
1956- Vince Lombardi coached the New York Giants to NFL championship
1958-”Assisted in taking the New York Giants to another NFL championship game”
1960-”Took Green Bay Packers to league championship”
1961-1965- “Coached Green Bay Packers to victories in league championship”
1967-Green Bay Packers won first Super Bowl game
1968- Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl
1970- “Inducted as a charter member to the Fordham University Hall of Fame. Also has the Super Bowl trophy renamed in his honor. Rotary Club dedicates an annual Lombardi Award to outstanding football linesmen. The NFL named Lombardi their 1960s Man of the Year.”
1971- Inducted into the Pro football Hall of Fame
1975- “Inducted into the Green Bay Packer Hall Of Fame Lombardi’s overall professional coaching record was 105-35-6”
For the nine years he worked with the Packers they never had a losing season
1969- “Head coach, general manager,and part owner of the Redskins”
1969 “Lombardi turned the Redskins around and they had the best season of all time”
Impact On The Game Of Football
Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation
Citations
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Biography in Context. Web. 12 Nov. 2015.
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