Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi
Author Unknown, Public Domain

Born June 11, 1913 in NYC

Died 1970

 

  • Football player, coach & executive in the National Football League.

  • Led Green Bay Packers to 3 straight (and 5 total) NFL Championships.

  • Had zero tolerance for racism, viewing players as “neither black nor white, but Packer green.”

  • In NFL Hall of Fame and league’s Super Bowl trophy is named after him.

 

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”