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Learn More. Vince Lombardi, at the age of 45, when most pro football luminaries have made their mark and passed from the scene of a young man's game, was embarking on the dual adventure of being head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers. His previous NFL experience consisted of five years as an assistant coach with the New York ...
Pro Football Hall of Fame. Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American professional football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be among the greatest coaches and leaders in American sports. [ 1 ] He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay ...
Jan 1, 2005 · He was inducted posthumously on July 31, 1971). At the age of 40, when most pro football luminaries have made their mark and passed from the scene of a game dominated by young men, Vince Lombardi was just emerging in the pro football world as an assistant coach with the New York Giants . At 45, he embarked on the mission, the dual job of head ...
- Early Life
- Fordham and The Seven Blocks of Granite
- Lombardi Gravitates to Coaching
- College Coach
- New York Giants
- Green Bay
- Success Comes Quickly
- More Championships
- Lombardi Leaves Green Bay, Joins Washington
- Cancer Leads to Lombardi’s Death
Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York, and he was the oldest of five children. Growing up, Lombardi worked with his father in the family’s butcher shop. It didn’t take long for him to realize meat cutting wasn’t in his future and took steps to avoid the family business. When he turned 12, Lombardi joined a footbal...
Lombardi’s play at St. Francis caught the attention of coach Jim Crowley at Fordham University in New York City. He was given a scholarship to play for the Rams and soon impressed Crowley, who had been a member of the fabled Four Horsemen of Notre Dame in the 1920s. Crowley noted Lombardi’s grit and aggressive behavior on the gridiron. The only pro...
When Lombardi graduated from Fordham in 1937, the country was still mired in the Great Depression. For the next two years, he bounced around various jobs including playing semi-pro football with the Wilmington, Delaware, Clippers of the American Association. At the urging of his father, Lombardi went back to Fordham and enrolled in law school. Afte...
Just as Palau did before him, Lombardi took a job as an assistant coach at Fordham in 1947. During his first year at his alma mater, Lombardi coached the school’s freshman football and basketball teams. In 1948, he was promoted to the varsity program as an assistant to head coach Ed Danowski. Danowski left the Rams after the ‘48 season and Lombardi...
After five years at West Point, Lombardi took a job as offensive coordinator with the New York Giants. The defensive coordinator at the time was former NFL All-Pro corner, Tom Landry. Under the direction of Lombardi and Landry, the Giants turned into a winner, defeating the Chicago Bears in the 1956 title game 47-7. In 1958, New York would return t...
In 1958, Green Baysuffered through the worst season in franchise history. After a 1-10-1 record, head coach Ray McLean was shown the door. It was McLean’s only season as head coach of the Packers. The organization had fallen on hard times since their last championship in 1944 under coach Curly Lambeau. Even more baffling for their fans was the fact...
With the product on the field vastly improved, more and more Green Bay fans bought tickets to home games. Soon, the team’s financial fortunes turned around and the franchise was no longer a laughingstock. In 1960, the Packers went 8-4 and narrowly lost to Philadelphia in the NFL Championship game 17-13. The loss came on an Eagles stop of the Packer...
From 1965-1967, Green Bay tore through their opponents. The franchise never lost more than four games during the regular season and they reached as many as 12 victories in 1966. After winning the NFL title against the Browns in 1965, the Packers played in the first two Super Bowls in 1966 and 1967. Against Kansas City in Super Bowl I, the Packers n...
Only two weeks after the Packers won Super Bowl II, Lombardi stepped down from his coaching duties to concentrate solely on being the general manager. His absence was noticeable in 1968 when the Packers fell to 6-7-1. Lombardi realized that he wasn’t happy only working in the front office and looked for a new opportunity. After resigning his positi...
While he was coaching the Packers, Lombardi had complained of digestive issues. He was asked by his doctor to undergo a proctoscopic exam at the time, but Lombardi refused. By June of 1970, the situation had gotten much worse. On June 24, 1970, he was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital. Tests taken on Lombardi revealed that he had colon can...
Vince Lombardi was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1954 to 1969, finishing his career as the head coach of the Washington Redskins. Over his fifteen years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 133-55-8. During his career he was a head coach for ten seasons, first with the Green Bay Packers ...
Apr 2, 2014 · In the summer of 1970, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of colon cancer. He died nearly two months later, on September 3, 1970. As a tribute, the NFL's Super Bowl trophy was named in his ...
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Jun 7, 2018 · HISTORY/HOF/Vince Lombardi Jun 07, 2018 at 03:07 PM. Vince Lombardi ... Lombardi was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Born June 11, 1913, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Given name Vincent ...
