Green Bay Watch


Full Name: Vincent (Vince) Thomas Lombardi
  
Born: June 11, 1913 Brooklyn, New York
  
College: Fordham University
  
Lengendary: Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971
  
Coach: Green Bay Packers 1959-1967
  
Died: September 3, 1970
 
Highlights:

  • Coach and General Manager (1959-67). General Manager only in 1968.


  • Assistant coach for New York Giants (1954-58) and head coach of Washington Redskins (1969).


  • Directed the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships in seven years (1961-62 and 1965-66-67), a feat without precedent or parallel in pro football history.


  • 1966 and 1967 teams made history by winning the first two NFL Super Bowls.


  • The Packers won nine of 10 playoff games under his leadership and overall, compiled a 98-30-4 record, a glittering .758 winning percentage, and never had a losing season.


  • Lombardi, a guard, played college football at Fordham, where he was one of the legendary "Seven Blocks of Granite."


  • Born June 11, 1913, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Died September 3, 1970, at age of 57.