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<blockquote data-quote="cheesehurdler" data-source="post: 343100" data-attributes="member: 3981"><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" target="_blank">Vince Lombardi's Wikipedia Page</a></p><p></p><p>"<strong>Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi</strong> (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" target="_blank">American football</a> coach. He is best known as the head coach of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" target="_blank">Green Bay Packers</a> during the 1960s. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" target="_blank">National Football League</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl" target="_blank">Super Bowl</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" target="_blank">trophy</a> is named in his honor. Lombardi played American football at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Preparatory_School" target="_blank">St. Francis Preparatory School</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a>, and later <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham_University" target="_blank">Fordham University</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi#cite_note-hbo-1" target="_blank">[2]</a> He began coaching as an assistant and later as a head coach at St. Cecilia, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" target="_blank">Catholic</a> high school in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey#Historical_notes" target="_blank">Englewood, New Jersey</a>. He would later coach at Fordham and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" target="_blank">U.S. Military Academy</a>. His NFL coaching debut was in 1954 as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" target="_blank">offensive coordinator</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Giants" target="_blank">New York Giants</a>, helping them win the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game,_1956" target="_blank">1956 NFL Championship Game</a>. Lombardi was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_coach" target="_blank">head coach</a> of the Green Bay Packers from 1959–67, winning five <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_National_Football_League_Championship" target="_blank">league championships</a> during his nine years. Following a one-year retirement from coaching in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_NFL_season" target="_blank">1968</a>, he returned as head coach of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Redskins" target="_blank">Washington Redskins</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NFL_season" target="_blank">1969</a> season.</p><p> Lombardi's record in the post-season was 9–1, with his only loss coming in the first of those games against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" target="_blank">Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game,_1960" target="_blank">1960 NFL Championship Game</a>."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmm... Looks fine to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheesehurdler, post: 343100, member: 3981"] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi"]Vince Lombardi's Wikipedia Page[/URL] "[B]Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi[/B] (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football"]American football[/URL] coach. He is best known as the head coach of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers"]Green Bay Packers[/URL] during the 1960s. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League"]National Football League[/URL]'s [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl"]Super Bowl[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy"]trophy[/URL] is named in his honor. Lombardi played American football at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Preparatory_School"]St. Francis Preparatory School[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi#cite_note-0"][1][/URL], and later [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham_University"]Fordham University[/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi#cite_note-hbo-1"][2][/URL] He began coaching as an assistant and later as a head coach at St. Cecilia, a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic"]Catholic[/URL] high school in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englewood,_New_Jersey#Historical_notes"]Englewood, New Jersey[/URL]. He would later coach at Fordham and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy"]U.S. Military Academy[/URL]. His NFL coaching debut was in 1954 as an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive_coordinator"]offensive coordinator[/URL] for the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Giants"]New York Giants[/URL], helping them win the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game,_1956"]1956 NFL Championship Game[/URL]. Lombardi was the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_coach"]head coach[/URL] of the Green Bay Packers from 1959–67, winning five [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_National_Football_League_Championship"]league championships[/URL] during his nine years. Following a one-year retirement from coaching in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_NFL_season"]1968[/URL], he returned as head coach of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Redskins"]Washington Redskins[/URL] for the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NFL_season"]1969[/URL] season. Lombardi's record in the post-season was 9–1, with his only loss coming in the first of those games against the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles"]Philadelphia Eagles[/URL] in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game,_1960"]1960 NFL Championship Game[/URL]." Hmm... Looks fine to me. [/QUOTE]
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