Vince Lombardi - Late Bloomer (Episode #99, 28 July 2022)

Vince Lombardi was 45 years old when he became head coach of the Green Bay Packers.  In this RockneCast, I discuss a victory banquet at the Green Bay Elks Club on April 30, 1962, four months after the Packers won their first NFL Championship, smashing the New York Football Giants 37-0. Tim  Cohane, sports editor at Look Magazine, and noted chronicler of Lombardi, gave an epic toast to Coach Lombardi, describing how each obstacle on his way made him the perfect fit for Green Bay.  Each disappointment provided the stepping stone on his likely path from New York to becoming a legend in Green Bay. This one one is short, the second in a seven part series on Vince Lombardi as part of my review of the excellent biography, "When Pride Still Mattered" by David Maraniss.   For the next episode, I am going to cover the Jesuit Tradition and Vince Lombardi.