PHF VINCE LOMBARDI Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/25/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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PACKERS HALL OF FAME


Years with the Packers: 1959-68
Inducted: 1975
Position: Coach
Born Date: 1913
College: Fordham

Vince Lombardi never played pro football and wasn’t a head coach until he was 45 years old, but the name Lombardi became synonymous with winning.

After finishing 1-10-1 in 1958, the Green Bay Packers decided to make a change. Early in 1959, they hired Lombardi, a relatively unknown New York Giants assistant coach.

A 188-pound guard, one of Fordham University’s ‘Seven Blocks of Granite’ in the late 1930s, Lombardi was determined to make the Packers a sound football organization and a winning football team.

A former chemistry teacher and two-sport high school coach, Lombardi believed in classroom fundamentals and followed them up with drills and repetition on the practice field.

In 1959, the Packers, many of whom had played on the 1958 squad, turned in a 7-5 season. In 1960, they captured the Western Division championship but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in that season’s title game.

From 1961-67, the Packers played in five championship games and won all five. After the 1966 and ‘67 seasons, they played the American Football League champions and won Super Bowls I and II.

Lombardi relinquished his coaching duties in 1968 to devote his energies to his other role, general manager. But he suffered through a disappointing 6-7-1 season and, early in 1969, took the job as head coach and executive vice president of the Washington Redskins. He led them to their first winning season since 1955 with a 7-5-2 record.

A successful football and basketball coach at St. Cecelia High School in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Lombardi joined the staff of Fordham University in 1947. In 1949, he joined Red Blaik’s staff at West Point. He moved on to the New York Giants in 1954 where he was backfield coach.

Lombardi succumbed to the ravages of colon cancer in 1970. The Super Bowl trophy was named in his honor posthumously. Lombardi’s Packers teams won 75 percent of their games with an 89-29-4 record.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

SRAPR 6 SBBG UVTU

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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