Word: lombardi
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Jerry Kramer slaves for the Green Bay Packers-the football equivalent of the Radio City Rockettes-a group that habitually barters personal freedom for perfection. His tamer has been an emotional virtuoso named Vince Lombardi, a cross between the late General Patton and a good Italian mama: a raging, weeping computer who can get his players down on Tuesday, up on Wednesday, buried on Thursday and winning on Sunday, virtually at will...
...only thing."-Vince Lombardi, ex-Green Bay Packers coach...
...since Vince Lombardi in 1959 took over a hapless Green Bay Packers team and turned it into a powerhouse that captured five N.F.L. titles in the next nine years has there been a success story to equal Allen's. The Los Angeles team that George inherited in 1966 had not enjoyed a winning season since 1958. That first year under Allen, the Rams won eight games and lost six. Last year, they scored the most points (398) in the N.F.L., allowed the fewest (196), and posted a record of eleven victories, one defeat and two ties before finally losing...
...LOMBARDI (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). A study of Pro-Football Coach Vince Lombardi, who took over a lackluster Green Bay Packers team in 1959 and fashioned a dynasty of champions...
Miami, Jan. 8, 1969-The Green Bay Packers today defeated the Oakland Raiders 6-0, in the third annual Super Bowl game at Miami's Orange Bowl. The winning touchdown was scored by the Packers' general manager, Vince Lombardi, who took a handoff from Publicity Director Chuck Lane with two minutes to go and scuttled six yards around left end with his aloha shirt flapping. A crowd of 17 fans turned out for the game, which was blacked out on nationwide TV. There was some fear that the game might have to be postponed when beer vendors refused...