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Vince Lombardi - The Biography

 

Vince Lombardi was a very successful coach, probably one of the top coaches in the history of American football. He was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967. His biography, written by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss, is now also available as downloadable audiobook:

The Biography of Vince Lombardi - When Pride Still Mattered - MP3 Audio Book

Vince Lombardi at a Glance 

Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913-September 3, 1970) was an American football coach. He was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL from 1959-67, winning five league championships during his 9 years. Following a one-year retirement from coaching in 1968, he returned as head coach of the Washington Redskins for the 1969 season.

Lombardi's record in the post-season was 9-1, the loss coming in the first of those games, the 1960 NFL championship.

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American football 

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football,In the United States and Canada, the term "football" may refer to either American football or to the similar sport of Canadian football, the meaning usually being clear from the context. This article describes the American variant. is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ballTechnically, the ball is a prolate spheroid. See 2006 NCAA Football Rules and Interpretations, Sec. 1, Art. 1 into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it (a running play) or by throwing it to a teammate (a passing play). Points can be scored in a variety of ways, including carrying the ball over the goal line, catching a pass from beyond the goal line, tackling an opposing ball carrier in his own end zone, or kicking the ball through the goal posts on the opposing side. The winner is the team with the most points when the time expires.

The sport is also played outside the United States. National leagues exist in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Mexico, Israel, Spain and several Pacific Island nations. The National Football League, the largest professional American football league in the world, ran a developmental league in Europe from 1991?1992 and 1995?2006.

American football is closely related to Canadian football, but with significant differences. Both sports originated from rugby football.

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Green Bay Packers 

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are currently members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL) and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.

The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" that were once common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau (thus the name Lambeau Field in which the team presently plays) and George Whitney Calhoun, the Green Bay Packers can trace their lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. In 1919 and 1920 the Packers competed as a semi-professional football team against clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest. They joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1921, the forerunner to what is known today as the National Football League (NFL).

The Green Bay Packers have won twelve league championships (more than any other team in the NFL) including nine NFL Championships prior to the Super Bowl era and three Super Bowl victories in 1967 (Super Bowl I), 1968 (Super Bowl II) and 1997 (Super Bowl XXXI). The team has a fierce rivalry with the Chicago Bears, whom they have played in over 170 games. The Packers also share a historic rivalry with the Minnesota Vikings, who currently reside in the NFC North along with the Packers, and the Dallas Cowboys who have historically been known as the Packers largest playoff rivals after the Packers defeated them in the famous Ice Bowl.Super Bowls & Championships from Packers.com. Obtained February 5, 2007.

The Packers are currently the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States. Beginning with the 1992 season, the Packers had 13 non-losing seasons in a row (their worst record being 8-8 in 1999), two Super Bowl appearances, and one Super Bowl win (Super Bowl XXXI). The Packers' 13 consecutive non-losing seasons was an active NFL record until the team finally suffered a losing campaign in their 2005 season. They returned to have an 8-8 season in 2006 and a 13-3 regular season in 2007, both under new head coach Mike McCarthy.

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David Maraniss 

David Maraniss (born 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. As a reporter for the Washington Post he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his stories about the life and career of candidate Bill Clinton in the 1992 campaign for the U.S. presidency.

Maraniss began his journalism career as a high school student in Madison, Wisconsin, where he covered antiwar protests and high school football for a local daily newspaper. Now an associate editor at the Post, he joined that paper in 1977 and has served it in various capacities since.

Maraniss's most recent book, published in July,2008, Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World. He also published in April, 2006, the Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseballs Last Hero. Previous books include They Marched into Sunlight, First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton, Tell Newt To Shut Up (co-authored with Michael Weisskopf), The Clinton Enigma, and When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi. The Washington Post recently assigned him the job of biographer for their coverage of presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama in spite of Maraniss sympathies with the Green Bay Packers--the arch-rivals of Obama's hometown Chicago Bears. .A Vote for Coverage of Substance - washingtonpost.com

Maraniss and wife Linda live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin.

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