Word: lombardi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great fight, but spent a lot of the time sulking in his tent." On another show, Broun likened the coach of the Green Bay Packers to "Canute-king, coach and general manager of the Britons, who commanded the waves to stop, but they broke through the lines. Vinnie Lombardi hasn't tried stopping the tide, but it's safe to say that if he told his Packers to do it, they'd drown in the attempt...
...said after the Super Bowl that he was "going to take a long, hard look" at himself, and Vince Lombardi, 54, has the most piercing gaze in the game. What he saw convinced him to step down as coach of the champion Green Bay Packers after a nine-year reign during which he drove a hapless, last-place club to a record of 97 victories, 31 losses, four ties, six conference titles, five National Football League championships, and two triumphs in the Super Bowl. Lombardi will devote all his time to his other job as general manager of the profitable...
...that's the way it is when you're the champion. Lew Alcindor knows it; so does Vince Lombardi. And so, in his own league, does Bill Murphy...
...gracefully. Said Quarterback Lamonica: "It was a day of learning." The Packers, richer by $15,000 a man, were already thinking about the future. Talk had it that several oldtimers would retire, among them Flanker McGee, a star for twelve years. But the biggest conjecture of all concerned Coach Lombardi, who in nine years has turned the Packers from the patsies of the N.F.L. into the most successful team in pro football history. One report had Lombardi giving up coaching but retaining his Green Bay general manager's job; another had him heading a syndicate to buy the A.F.L...
Three days later, there he was, talking about next season, about maybe changing his offense ("We might go to the old tight-T"), about his plethora of talented running backs, about his rookie quarterback prospect, Don Horn ("He'll be a great one some day"). Reports of Vince Lombardi's retirement may be greatly exaggerated...