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...coach, an obtuse Puritan type who had read too many Vince Lombardi clippings, retired Mike's jersey for the season...
...associate of his suggested that the problems currently besetting the government are the result of often ludicrous attempts to adopt the great ideas of modern society. "We tried Keynes, we tried Churchill, we tried Roosevelt, Lombardi, Eisenhower, of course. We even tried Kennedy. And the whole thing was ridiculous. But now we're wising up. Look who's been coming into power recently. Gerald Ford. Abe Beame in New York. And of course Malcolm Wilson up there in Albany, God bless him. Now we're stealing their plans. Exalt the ideas of midgets, if you know what I mean...
...Vince Lombardi would have loved the football class of '74. The college players concluding their undergraduate grid careers this winter are an uncommonly rugged group. TIME'S annual poll of professional scouts to determine the athletes who will be most sought after in the N.F.L. draft has turned up an abundance of intimidating talent. The way the pros saw the season, the best players were linemen and linebackers-big rough performers schooled in the grunt-and-groan tradition that Lombardi refined to savage perfection at Green...
...VINCE LOMBARDI ON FOOTBALL edited by George L. Flynn. Two volumes, 448 pages. New York Graphic and Wallynn...
...Vince Lombardi's editor George L. Flynn could have tacked Lombardi's name onto a posthumous packet of old ticket stubs and made money. Instead, to his credit, Flynn has painstakingly gathered together Lombardi's notes about how to play football and organized them in a remarkable book, faithful to the simple and relentless Lombardi vision of the game. Flynn's presentation is very technical-and properly sweaty. The text is a filigree of football diagrams and terminology not intended for the casual armchair aficionado. But for anyone who is familiar with the intricate levels...