of five chartermembers inducted into the Fordham University Hall of Fame.Sep 3, 1970 died at Georgetown University Hospital; had only coached one seasonat Washington. 1971 inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jan 1975 inducted intothe Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame.Vince an outstanding coach. As the head coach of the Green Bay Packers hisrecord was 141 wins and 39 loses and 4 ties including pre and post season games. Whenthe Packers won the Superbowl against the Raiders in 1968, Lombardi gave his playersrings with three diamonds for the three straight NFL Championships and also to honor hisretirement from coaching. Vince was also named four time “Coach of the Year” by hisplayers and his fellow peers. Vince believes that you have desire and preparation in orderto have success on or off the field.Vince Lombardi was a hard coach, who believed in discipline. He gave his team nointerference, no letdowns, and gave them no sign of weakness or pity. In below zerodegree weather, he had his players in unbearable style practice because he believed if yourgoing to play in it your going to have to practice in it. Vince established what is nowknown as a summer camp for the returning players. They return during the off season toget back in shape for the up coming season in professional football.“Lombardi’s job was football and the closest he ever got to the football end offootball was making trades.”(Klein 109) After a devastating lost to the Minnesota Vikings,Lombardi made a trip down to the locker room and talked to a few of the players softly,and then he roamed around looking at all the players and said “There are to many damnblue shirts, too many damn sideburns!” What he was trying to get a cross to the men isthat they all need to grow up and put foolish things behind them. He would not take the crap that today’s players would give him. In order to get respect from a man like Vinceyou would ha...
