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Date of Birth
He was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Enrico Lombardi and Matilda Izzo. Vince was the oldest of five children, Madeleine, Harold, Claire, and Joe. His family settled in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. -
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Vince Lombardi's Life
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Human relations
Lombardi worked well with his teammates when he played football. His teammates were very loyal and he was too. He had the skill of working with another group of people who love the game as much as you do. Lombardi also had experience with coaching with other coaches. They also worked together to make the team better. -
Conceptual
Lombardi was a teacher and he learned that people need to build up together. Lombardi was put in a very bad position when he was brought in as a head coach for a team who just finished with the worst record. Lombardi had to think about his team and what they were lacking. He figured out that everyone needs to run a play where each player is being used productivly. He trained his team and was being trained himself by his players productiveness. -
Liaison
Lombadi was an assistant coach at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood, NJ. He later on moved to bcome a head coach for the Packers. -
Staffing
On February 2, 1959, Vince Lombardi accepted the position of head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers. The Packers also had a future hall of famer Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, and Jim Taylor, who lead them to many super bowls. -
Technical
When Lombardi first came to take over the head coach job, he first found out his players' stuggles. He was also a player once so he used his previous knowledge and put it into use when it came to thinking about football skills. -
Controlling
Vince Lombardi took the worst team in the NFL and took them to the championship. Lombardi controlled his team by showing them that he was going to be respected or the consequences would kick in, Lombardi and the other coaches worked together to make each and every player show respect to each other. -
Disturbance handler
There were many issues going on in the locker room in the beginning of the season. Plays were still frustrated by last year's results and kept blaming each other for losing them games. Lombardi came in and set the law. He told them that if they wanted to play on the field, they would have to agree to be loyal to one another in the locker room. -
National Football League Coach of the Year Award
The award is presented every year to the coach who has performed duties that has positively changed the team. -
Leader
Vince Lombardi signed a contract with the Packers after they had finished the season with the worst record. Lombardi led the Packers to a 7-5 season. He was named the coach of the year for that season. -
Organizing
Lombardi set up a plan to organize his team by selecting captains for main positions. Lombardi and Norb Hecker, the assistant coach, elected who they thought had the best influence on their teams. For exanple, Bart Starr was the captain for the quarterbacks. Bill Austin, the offensive line coach, held the offense to great success in rushing the ball. -
Negotiator
Lombardi and the rest of the organization fought for Herb Adderley. He played the back and came from Michigan State. They were lucky to have him because he is a hall of famer and made many game winning interceptions. -
Planning
For a decade, Vince Lombardi's Power Sweep dominated pro football. It used minimum deception and maximum effort, "four yards and a cloud of dust," perfect for Green Bay's ball-control offense. -
Leading
Vince Lombardi took over the coaching job for the Packers in 1959. Lombardi set up amazing strategies to take over a game. His plays went on to be known as Lombardi plays. He also set up rules and procedures for every coach and player to follow. He led the team to Super Bowl victories. He took the worst team in the NFL and made them the best team in the NFL. -
Figurehead
The super bowl trophy became the Lombardi Trophy in knowledgment of Vince Lombardi's success. Every year, the team that wins the Super Bowl is rewarded as a team with the Lombardi trophy. -
Spokesperson
Vince Lombardi gave the number one speech. People refer to it as the number one speech. He gave it because he felt that his team needed to listen to him. They needed to get motivated, to have a force that will guide them to win the Super Bowl, and he believed this speech would be the force that he needed. -
Date of Death
Vince died in Washington, D.C. Lombardi had been a sufferer of digestive tract problems. He had a fast-growing malignant cancer in which the cells barely resemble their normal appearance. -
Pro Football Hall of Fame
includes players, coaches, and contributors. This includes owners and team or league officials who have "made outstanding contributions to professional football". -
Hall of Fame
Lombardi was put into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. It was the first hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. -
Ring of Fame
This is a set of signs on the upper level facade at FedEx Field. Lombardi was inducted in 1997.
