Vince Lombardi is described in the public record as American football player, coach, and executive (1913-1970). Born in Brooklyn, United States, in 1913. Died in 1970.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi ( ləm-BAR-dee; June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American professional football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be among the greatest coaches and leaders in American sports. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Lombardi began his coaching career as an assistant and later as head coach at St. Cecilia High School in Englewood, New Jersey. He was assistant coach at Fordham University where he coached with Jim Lansing.
Vince Lombardi is recorded among the figures by whom american football is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
American football is the most specialised of the major team sports, with squads built from position groups that share almost no skills.
