Vince Lombardi
Run to Daylight!
Memoir
By: Vince Lombardi, with W.C. Heinz
Date: 1963
Source: Lombardi, Vince, with W.C. Heinz. Run to Daylight! New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1963; 1971, 1–2, 66–68, 160–161, 171–172, 173–174, 182–183, 184–185.
About the Author: Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) was born in Brooklyn, New York. After playing football at Fordham University, he became head coach at St. Cecilia High School in New Jersey. From 1947 to 1958, he was an assistant coach at Fordham, the U.S. Military Academy, and the New York Giants. He became head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers in 1959. In nine seasons at Green Bay, he won five NFL championships and the first two Super Bowls. He returned to coaching in 1969 with the Washington Redskins but died before the next season.
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