Lombardi, Vince 1913-1970

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COACH

Winning Is the Only Thing.

Vince Lombardi is regarded as professional football's greatest head coach. Lombardi guided the Green Bay Packers to league titles in 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, and 1967 and to Super Bowl victories in 1967 and 1968; the Packers never finished lower than second during the Lombardi era. In his nine seasons in the National Football League he compiled a record of 141 wins and 39 losses, with 4 ties. Sportswriters, fans, and students of the game consider Lombardi's winning numbers all the more impressive given the poor-quality football teams he inherited at Green Bay and later at Washington as coach of the Redskins. The success of these teams under Lombardi is due largely to his demand that his players share his drive and determination to win at all cost. He once insisted, "Winning isn't everything. It is the only thing."

Lombardi the Ram.

Reared in Brooklyn, New...

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