Who is vincent lombardi

Deciding on a different career path two years later, Lombardi transferred to St. Francis Preparatory and starred as fullback on the football team. After graduating magna cum laude from Fordham in , Lombardi attended law school in the evenings while working for a finance company during the day. Lombardi once again shifted gears, deciding to take a teaching and assistant football coaching position at St.

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See more ». Trivia: He was a member of Fordham University's famed "Seven Blocks of Granite" as a defensive guard during the thirties. No coach in National Football League history achieved more success in less time than Lombardi did during his nine seasons in Green Bay. When Lombardi arrived in Green Bay in , the Packers were coming off their worst season ever, a finish, and hadn't had a winning record in 11 years. The crowning achievement was winning three straight from to , something no other NFL team has done since postseason play began in Lombardi resigned as coach of the Packers on Feb.

He was released from his contract as GM on Feb. Including his one season there, his overall winning percentage in all games, including the post-season, was. At Fordham, Lombardi was one of the football team's "Seven Blocks of Granite," a nickname for the team's sturdy offensive line.

Following a short stint as a pro football player, Lombardi started studying law, before getting swayed back to the field as a coach at St. He stayed there for eight seasons and then left for a new coaching position at Fordham in Lombardi's coaching career at his old university was brief, with a wish to replace head coach Ed Danowski that never came to fruition.

Lombardi's five seasons in New York, which included a league title in , only elevated his status and his value to NFL owners. In , Lombardi changed employers again, when he signed a five-year deal to head up the Green Bay Packers.

Under Lombardi's tight-fisted leadership, the struggling Packers were transformed into hard-nosed winners: Over the course of his career with the team, he led the club to a record and five championships, including three straight titles, from to The team never suffered a losing season under the Hall of Fame coach.

After retiring from coaching following the season and working strictly as the Packers' general manager, Lombardi left Green Bay in to return to the field as the head coach of the Washington Redskins.