Lombardi easily could’ve had seven titles instead of five. The Packers dominated the Eagles in the 1960 NFL championship game, but the big play was just missing. A costly decision to go for fourth down instead of a short field goal early in the game deep in Eagles territory cost the Packers, as did having to accept two chip-shot field goals instead of TD’s, as well as a missed 12-yard FG just before halftime. Later in the game, Lombardi went for it on 4th down and failed again, this time from the Eagles 22. Converting any one of those opportunities might have given GB the win. They lost by 4 and the game ended with the Packers on the Eagles 9. Three years later, Lombardi had one of his best teams at 11-2-1, but both losses were to the Bears who finished 11-1-2, and GB didn’t even win the Western Conference.
The year Lombardi stepped down, they missed the playoffs-and just barely. If the Old Man had come back for one more year-and made it clear that it was his last year-the Packers would have rallied behind him and definitely made the playoffs and probably won another Super Bowl. They would have beaten the jets for certain.
There was a movie about the early years with the Packers. The name was "legend in Granite" and it is on RU-vid. Ernest Borgnine plays Vince Lombardi. It is a pretty good movie made for TV in 1973. Here it is ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-na5jZ7_BB4I.html
@@rickjohnson1266 yeah. I've seen it. Not a top quality film in my view. Used old highlight footage. There needs to be a grand scale picture that's worthy of his great story. Can't figure out why it hasn't been done?
2:24 No Lombardi (and Packer) tribute would be complete without this footage. Just exquisitely executed. Note that Forrest Gregg is playing Right Guard. And look at Bob Skoronski run!
Helped Larry Brown develop into a great RB. After Green Bay he got Washington on a winning track. I am convinced he would have led Washington to its first Super Bowl win if cancer had not take him from us too soon.
I love the panorama view of Lambeau Field at 0:35. Back before luxury skyboxes and huge video boards. I remember attending a few games there growing up. It was all about the game on the field. Pure and simple.
That's "great defense" 🤨played by Detroit's No. 44 for the final 45 or so yards of Taylor's TD rumble. "Let's see... if I just keep backpedaling..." Is #44 Dick LeBeau??
Man when those big offensive lineman came around to clear the way in that Green Bay sweep; you never saw a more beautiful play! I could watch clips of that forever and it would still give me goose pimples and chills like I was watching it for the first time!
The next year, the Packers missed the playoffs by only one game. Had Lombardi been coaching that year, they would have certainly made the playoff and even gotten to another Super Bowl -abd they would have done it it for "the old man" ... every Packer would have given everything to see that happen one more time.
A truly iconic individual that helped the NFL become what it is today. His players not only achieved excellence in football, but also became successful in their retired life as they became multi-million dollar business men. His story is the fabric of history and dreams. Truly a miracle! We will never see such an incredible individual again.
"Every year the winner of the super bowl is awarded the Vincent Lombardi trophy, but his legacy is the greatest prize the game can offer." Wow what a man
John Facenda was gifted with vocal chords from God!! Perfectly suited to narrate a tribute to the greatest coach to ever inhabit this earth. Every syllable he utters touches the very heart and soul of the listener. Just as Facenda was the symbol of vocal artistry in his craft, Vincent Thomas Lombardi transcended the sport of Professional Football. View every tribute to this legend and they all trumpet the same basic tenet. THERE NEVER WAS, NOR WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER VINCE LOMBARDI. The greatest symbol of dedication to excel that ever lived. In any field of endeavor. His mere presence physically and spiritually was enough to inspire others to achieve beyond their wildest dreams. Five NFL Championships in his last seven seasons. Including victory in the first two Super Bowls. The trophy every team aspires to win bears his name. While the only trophy that will bear Bill Belichicks moniker is the "James Bond Award" for the NFL's greatest spy network. Facendas golden description of how Lombardi stood for everything that was good and solid in America rings truer now than ever before. Here in a nation that has plumbed the depths of despair with Joe Biden as our leader!! Since the Revolutionary War, no American leader could stand toe to toe with the qualities Lombardi embodied. Lombardi played with an integrated roster in an era when blacks were nearly ostracized from the game. Lombardi coached two players that were openly gay and threatened to fire anyone who said a word against them. WHAT A SUPERB BLEND OF MANLY QUALITIES HE WAS. Completely intolerant of lack of dedication. Totally open to everyone that placed the team above themselves. That is why Vince Lombardi stands above all others. As a coach. And more importantly as a man.
I do not know. Go to Godzillarocks or David Veloskys Back Door (youtube channels) and ask them. They are NFL Films and music aficionados. A link to one of David's videos so you have his channel to email him ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KjlPBVYpxEI.html. Email him a link from my video.
How many of us would give all that we have to be remembered and eulogized in the way NFL Films remembered and eulogized the great Vincent Thomas Lombardi in this iconic segment?
i have watched this video a hundred times and it still gives me goosebumps watching the old time packers with the great vince lombardi!! greatness never fails!
"Lombardi....a certain magic still lingers in the very name." I'll always remember this music, and those words. This segment will be relived.....forever!
"Every year the winner of the Superbowl is awarded the Vincent Lombardi trophy, his legacy is the greatest prize the game can offer". Facenda combined with the music never fail to make me choke up and I've seen this A LOT.
When they run that Packer Sweep at 2:33 how can you not love that? There is nothing tricky or even clever about what the Packers did. They just did it so good you couldn't stop it. For me as a German, that is what I think it means to be successful. When you can channel everything you are as a person into doing something right without breaking... that's good.
My dad went to Fordham so even thought I have absolutely no connection to Green Bay that glorious bastard goes and on. When I meet people from Wisconsin I always say this.
Vince will always be remembered... he was a Nfl pioneer A Seal Here.. And A Seal Here... And try to Run this play.. In the ALLEY! (Rip Vince Lombradi) :((
Lombardi didn't have to worry about free agency, he got to keep all his guys year after year. Imagine if Belichick could have kept every pro-bowler he ever had. He'd win 7 out of 9 too
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 Belichick inherited a team that went 8-8 the year before and 2 years later won the Superbowl. Now imagine if Belichick could keep his back to back 03-04 team together without worrying about free agency.
