Recently stumbled across this NFL Films piece on the life and career of one Vincent Thomas Lombardi...and with the Super Bowl upcoming, it seems timely.
He achieved fame in Green Bay but got his start long before that at the high school level, winning five state championships with an undermanned team...and in his spare time a state basketball championship (though he'd never played or coached the sport previously)...before a stint as assistant coach at Army and then offensive coordinator for the Giants.
His legendary record came at a high cost...both to him and his family...but he defined an era, and his name transcends the game, which is why the league put it on the Super Bowl trophy.
There's a Penn State angle to this documentary in the sense that one of the Packers highlighted in it is Dave Robinson, and his comments are entertaining and at the end downright poignant.
It comes up below as "video unavailable" but can be accessed by clicking on the embedded youtube link:
He achieved fame in Green Bay but got his start long before that at the high school level, winning five state championships with an undermanned team...and in his spare time a state basketball championship (though he'd never played or coached the sport previously)...before a stint as assistant coach at Army and then offensive coordinator for the Giants.
His legendary record came at a high cost...both to him and his family...but he defined an era, and his name transcends the game, which is why the league put it on the Super Bowl trophy.
There's a Penn State angle to this documentary in the sense that one of the Packers highlighted in it is Dave Robinson, and his comments are entertaining and at the end downright poignant.
It comes up below as "video unavailable" but can be accessed by clicking on the embedded youtube link: