Vince Lombardi is a well-known football figure; he has had many accomplishments in his career and is well-know for them. He changed the way the game of football is played and coached; that is why it is important to explore his early Life, starting career, and ending career and death.
Football legend and coach Vincent Thomas Lombardi was in Brooklyn, New York in the second-floor basement of the Izzo home on Sixteenth Street on June 11,1913. Vince was the oldest of five children and the son of and Italian immigrant Harry Lombardi and his mother was Matilda Izzo. His life was dominated by the Catholic Church growing up, and he was made and altar boy at the St. Marks Catholic Church. At the age of 15, Vince enrolled at the Cathedral College of Immaculate Conception, where he intended to study to become a priest (Vince Lombardi Biography). But, two years later Vince decided that wasn’t what he wanted and changed paths to St. Francis Preparatory School. At St. Francis he starred playing football in the fullback position. Playing there paved the way for his career at Fordham University (8 Vince Lombardi Biography).
In 1933 Vince accepted a football scholarship Fordham University. He was an aggressive player on the field; he played the tackle position on defense and was part of the offensive line. His senior year at Fordham looked to be impressive from the start of the season, the had high hopes of going to the Rose bowl but the dreams were destroyed when they lost the final game of the season to New York University. The game was a close hard battle between the two teams and end with a score of 7-6. Lombardi learned that game to never underestimate your opponent (3 Lombardi Life Events). Fordham finished that season 5-1-2 that season. Be...
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...the Giants finished the season with a 3-9 record. It took three years for them to turn the team in a good direction and they were heading for the league championship. They would make it to the league championship in 1956 and defeat the Chicago Bears 47 to 7. Will coaching at the Giants Vince would apply for several heading coaching jobs at schools like, Wake Forest and Notre Dame, with letters of recommendation from coach Howell. Vince would never receive a reply and worried that he was unable to get a head-coaching job due to prejudice against his Italian heritage. Lombardi would continue to coach at New York and would introduce a strategy of rule blocking to the NFL. In rule blocking, the offensive lineman would block the area in which the running back was running towards, and there would be a created hole, which Lombardi would refer to as running to daylight.
Over the course of the 1921 and 22 seasons, the Packers underwent a transformation where they replaced most of their local talent with players from big-time colleges or other pro teams.As a result, they were highly competitive on the field from the beginning and, in turn, able to establish a firm foothold within the league. “In 1927, when the NFL decided to cut its franchises almost in half and eliminate many of its smaller cities, Green Bay survived ,Then before the 1929 season, They hit the jackpot.”While the Packers were in the process of winning the 1931 championship, they also were blindsided by what could have been a Disastrous event. “In their second game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, a local fan, Willard J. Bent, injured his back when a section of bleachers at city stadium collapsed, and he fell nearly 10 feet to the ground”,he sued them for 5,000 dollars .On April 3, 1956, voters approved a referendum to fund the construction of the stadium. “It was dedicated on Sept. 29, 1957, and called new City Stadium until it was renamed Lambeau Field in 1965.””On Blackbourn’s watch, the Packers also drafted Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor and Ray Nitschke, all future Pro Football Hall of Famers.”McLean lasted one season. He submitted his resignation under fire on Dec. 17, 1958, following a 1-10-1 finish, the worst in Packers
The San Francisco 49ers drafted Jerry Rice in the first round. It was a really up and down season for Jerry but he slowly gained momentum throughout the year. In his second year he teamed up with a Football veteran Joe Montana. He caught 86 catches, with 15 touchdowns, and 1,570 receiving yards. Jerry Rice was really famous for his fitness level. Jerry Rice went on to play for 20
Tom Brady’s childhood started off in San Mateo, California on August 3rd, 1977. His parents were Tom Brady Sr. and Galynn Brady along with his three sisters, Julie, Nancy, and Maureen Brady. Sadly Brady often was in the shadow of his sisters’ athletic achievements, but he made a name for himself in baseball and basketball. Brady’s biggest passion was football, he went to most of the San Francisco 49ers
Paul Tagliabue was appointed the NFL's commissioner in 1989 succeeding Pete Rozelle. Many believed Pete Rozelle to be the standard of measure when considering a new commissioner. Pete Rozelle was believed to have had the vision and leadership to guide the NFL to a new level. Paul took over the NFL just as it concluded a decade of two work stoppages and the embarrassing "scab football". NFL owners began leaving their traditional franchise homes in search of newer stadiums and bigger pay markets. Paul was viewed as being out of touch because of his reactive nature, management-by-crisis style, inability to form cohesion among team owners, and his faulty public relations skills (Greenfield).
Brett Favre grew up idolizing a pair of Southern quarterbacks, the Saints' Archie Manning and the Cowboys' Staubach. He grew up in Kiln, Mississippi and went to high school in there. His high school, Hancock North Central, honored him this past May by re-naming the field, 'Brett Favre Field,' and unveiling a life-sized statue of the quarterback at the stadium's entrance. The school previously had retired his jersey, Number 10, in 1993. He stayed in the south to go to college where he went to Southern Miss. He became the starter at Southern Miss in his third game of his freshman season. Favre majored in special education. He led his Southern Mississippi team to 29 victories, including two bowl victories, during his four varsity seasons, 1987-90, and climaxed his collegiate career by earning a MVP award in the East-West Shrine game featuring the nation's best seniors. Favre set school records for passing yards (8,193), pass attempts (1,234), completions (656), completion percentage (53.2), touchdowns (55), and with only 35 interceptions. His production included five 300-yard passing games and five 3-TD performances, while his 7,695 regular-season passing yards ranked him among the top 30 of all-time NCAA passers. His 1.57 interception ratio in 1988 was the lowest among the 50 top-ranked passers in the nation, and his 2.9 interception rate for his four-year career also ranks as one of the best in NCAA history. Also he was the MVP of the All-American Bowl at the conclusion of his senior year. All those records and stats and that was only in college!!!
From September 11, 1924 (Moritz 270), through the late 1960’s, Tom Landry accomplished a lot of things in his life, and set new trends for many years to come. Whether it be high school football star, or flying combat missions with the United States Air Force. Whether it be playing collegiate football, and really excelling, or actually moving on to a professional football career. Whether it be transforming from player to coach, and leading way for years to come and different programs; Tom Landry had experienced it all. Tom Landry was a great coach and player, whose leadership made him a hero, and a prestigious name in the football world.
...orts. He set firsts for some things and re-iterated others. He is still a very large contributing influence in the football world today. He is currently a NFL analyzer. He is very smart and knowledgeable. But he didn't get to where he is now without struggle. Power and fame almost ruined him. Yet he was able to bounce back and use his experience to learn from and shape his future and create a positive outcome. He made it positive not only for himself but for others as well. He set his goals and was determined. One thing
In the speech “What it takes to be number One” by Vince Lombardi was a motivational speech given to his team the Green Bay Packers which he was coaching during the time. Vince Lombardi was a hall of fame coach who had a habit of winning and never lost too many games as a coach. Vince started out as a offensive coordinator with the New york Giants in the years of 1954-1958, then became head coach for the for Green Bay in 1959-1967. “What it takes to be number one” was taken in place in the Green Bay Packers football locker room before the super bowl game in 1967. The reason this speech was given was because Vince wanted to show what it takes to be number one and at the top. It was a motivational speech as well because he didn't want to lose
Joe Montana was born on June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania in a small town called Monongahela (Wiener 15). When Joe was growing up, he began playing organized sports at the age of 6. He played basketball, baseball, and football. He was always better at baseball and basketball. He was more athletic than everyone else and usually won in any game he played (Wiener 16). Once Joe was in highschool he stared in every sport but football, he could dunk a basketball and hit the baseball very far, but he never really stood out in football (Wiener 17). Well, until his sophomore year of high school Joe finally got to play some, he went in only in situations where they were getting beat bad. A few games that year they would put joe in when they were down a lot and he drives
Joe Paterno has found a way to win in college football. More importantly, he has found a way to win and keep his morals and the morals of the University. Paterno could have retired two years ago, after he reached victory number 324.
Ralph Nader, Mark Green and Joel Seligman, in an excerpt from Taming the Giant Corporation (1976, found in Honest Work by Ciulla, Martin and Solomon), take the current role of the company board of directors and suggest changes that should be made to make the board to be efficient. They claim the current makeup of the board does not necessarily do justice to the company because “in nearly every large American business…there exists a management autocracy” (Nader, Green and Seligman, 1976, p.570). The main resolution they present is to make the board more democratic with the betterment of the company as its first priority. Currently the board no longer oversees operations, or elects top company executives and they are no longer involved in the business operations to the extent they should be. Nadar, Green and Seligman argue that that all of these things need to be changed. For a corporation so large to be successful there must be separation of powers just as there is in any current government system ( p.571). They claim this is the only and best way to success (Nader, Green and Seligman, 1976, p.570-571).
Bill Belichick got most of his education on football coaching from his father Steve Belichick. Compared to Bill, his dad was not a famous football coach although he was known for his incredible ability to break down and exploit game film. Bill as a football player himself learned a lot from his coach and father, Steve Belichick. With this knowledge and his genius, he made a lot of his dreams and the dreams of the fans' come true.
Frederick “Fritz” Pollard, the first African American to ever play in the Rose Bowl and the first African American to ever coach an NFL team, changed the history of football and America while enduring different racial criticism. Pollard faced many difficulties throughout his childhood and adulthood. Pollard was not like the typical “black star” of the 1890-1910 time period. Pollard was raised in a nice home, instead of the “ghetto”, and was able to acquire higher education than that of the average African-American child of his time period. Pollard was racially criticized throughout his amateur and professional life. One incident being the time Pollard got into an argument with a child on whether or not he was a football player, “There I was,
Jim Thorpe was one of the first to change the game. He was an American Indian who was tremendously talented at football. He became the president of the league after he was done playing on a team. He named the league the NFL, which stands for National Football League. This name still stands today for the name of the league where the pros play.
On March 24, 1976, Peyton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archie and Olivia Manning. He was the second of three boys. Cooper and Eli are his siblings. Peyton developed his skills from watching his dad play for the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings. In 1991, Peyton became the starting quarterback for Isidore Newman High in New Orleans where he felt comfortable playing with Cooper, the top receiver. After being recruited by several different colleges, Peyton chose the Tennessee Volunteers. Under Peyton’s leadership, the volunteers steadily climbed to a high national ranking. Also while playing for Tennessee Peyton set forty-two conference, school, and NCAA records. Although he was finished in three years and was expected to turn pro, he chose to stay with Tennessee one more year. In his last year with the Volunteers he led them to the National Championship in the Orange Bowl. The following year Peyton, the number one overall NFL draft pick, became the starting quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.