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Product details
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (September 3, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684870185
ISBN-13: 978-0684870182
Product Dimensions:
6.1 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
313 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#57,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
In his excellent biography of Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, author David Maraniss has painted with his crisp and lively narrative an objective, balanced and candid portrait of a legend. Here is seen the complex, driven man that was Lombardi, "warts" and all -- the undersized and underrated lineman who, despite his admittedly limited football skills, used his unconquerable will to became one of Fordham's "Seven Blocks of Granite"; the ambitious and brilliant assistant coach, first for Army, and then for the New York Giants, always aware of his prodigious coaching talents, looking for twenty years to fulfill his destiny as a head coach; as Green Bay's head coach, the tyrannical taskmaster of the pro gridiron, gaining first fear, then grudging respect, and finally love from those who played for him; and the remote husband and father, unable to make the investment of time and emotion in his wife, son and daughter whom he loved. At Maraniss' hands, Vince Lombardi is sometimes easy to dislike, but always remains an admirable figure. This is a book which allows the reader to really get to know its subject. It is one of the finest biographies I've read in many years. Highly recommended!
One of the five or so books with the most character in my library. I loved the background of Coach Lombardi's life. I did not know his involvement in the US Military Academy football coaching staff or the history of college football, pro football and televised football centering around New York. The history of Green Bay was also interesting and why he took the job there. The book itself is beautifully printed and a joy to read.
Probably one of the best sports biographies ever written. It helps if you're (1) a Packers fans (2) old enough to have lived during that golden era of winning football and you realized that Lombardi coached teams to attack an opponent's strength, not its weaknesses, to achieve victory. That's why the Patriots are among also-rans when it comes to the discussion of winning football.
This biography is one of the most compelling that I have ever read. The story of Lombardi, going from Brooklyn to Fordham to Army and then to Green Bay and finally Washington, is a story of a man and his will to excel.The moribund state which the Packers franchise was in the late 1950's is shown in complete detail. Lombardi brought the will and passion to win into that team and they have been a standard of excellence ever since. The dedication that Lombardi expected from his players and himself is something that all can try to emulate.However, Maraniss also gives us the human cost of Lombardi's success on the field. He paid a heavy cost to become the man the myth and the legend. He fought constantly with his wife, and he did not get to know his son. That is a tragedy that seems to flow from his drive to greatness. He was inward, and unwilling to confide in almost anything, yet he was also an iconoclast in the 1960's. For all the talk that the 1960's were the decade of the 'me' generation, Lombardi stands as the call to a prior time. A man who understood that nothing great can come from a lack of hard work. That the fruit of victory is sown in the garden of sweat and tears. That monetary gain is only one aspect of a happy life. And indeed he lives on as a symbol of greatness that we all hope to emulate, if we can bear the burden and pay the cost.
I'm half way through the book. I've always been a Packer fan and have admired the man, the coach, the values he held, the extraordinary ability to inspire, the lessons he learned through life through those coaches with whom he worked and how he imparted these lessons to others. Of particular interest to me is how he could be so tough with his players, being demanding but still recognizing the importance of bringing out the best in eacn player and having the results speak for themselves. Many years ago, he was the guest speaker when Henry Jordan was named the "Man of the Year" for the Peninsula Sports Club in Newport News, VA. I had the wonderful experience of being there for that occasion. Whereas Jordan used to say that his coach treats "us all just alike- like dogs", this apparently was not true in that Coach Lombardi was a master in using his psychological gifts in handling all of his players and the results speak to that. His own players have been of a single accord through the years in their praise of the man and how he guided and influenced them all. It is doubtful that anyone will ever be able to surpass him as a coach and as a human being in the eyes of his fans and former players.
Tremendous book about possibly the biggest influence on the game of football at a time when College football was king. Vince Lombardi exemplifies so much about not only the game of football in the infancy of the NFL, he was a man that transcended football and had a leadership style that many in the Corporate World of the Greatest Nation in the World embraced.I was too young to witness the legend of Vince Lombardi, I was born in 1967. His influence and leadership is something that is of a bygone era as many players today are pampered and spoiled in the Sports world. I cannot imagine what Mr Lombardi would think about this era of pampered stars that seem to have more power and sway than their coaches now. Players today wilt at leadership, you need to go no farther than the Jim Harbaugh at San Francisco to see what I mean.As a country we need leadership like this and football needs someone like Vince Lombardi, I greatly appreciate reading this book and trying to appreciate what he meant to a sport that would be unrecognizable to so many of the pioneers that made it what it is today.
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