Vince Lombardi

The son of Italian immigrants, Vincent Thomas “Vince” Lombardi was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1913. At age 12, Lombardi started playing in an organized football league and continued to play in high school. In 1933, Lombardi accepted a scholarship to Fordham University to play for the Fordham Rams. Lombardi later coached at St. Cecilia High School, followed by Fordham, West Point, and finally, the NFL. Lombardi started as the offensive backfield coach of the New York Giants, and later, most famously, he became the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s. He was also the head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1969. Lombardi never had a single losing season as a head coach in the NFL.