Word: lombardy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...winning-is-everything world of professional football, Noll is an anomaly, an unassuming craftsman among tough-talking generals. Quietly, efficiently, he performs. When the Steelers rallied to defeat the Los Angeles Rams, 31-19, in Super Bowl XIV, they established themselves as the finest team ever, better than Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers of the 1960s, Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns of the 1950s and George Halas' Chicago Bears of the 1940s. The Packers may have won five N.F.L. championships in seven years, including Super Bowls I and II, but the Steelers, reflecting the rapid evolution...