Lombardi

[@donaldschmidt2990]

Absolutely, the greatest and most fascinating figure in the history of Professional Sports. For me, arguing the greatest coach in Pro Football History is like comparing the Sun to the Moon. One will always outshine the other. Lombardi outshone every coach in his profession. Then and now. Not only did he win more titles than any coach in a shorter period of time, he transcended his very profession. Vince Lombardi is America's ultimate symbol of striving to attain. An uncompromising dedication to perfection. Almost a "Point of Light" rather than a corporeal human being. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE TO MATCH THIS COACHING ICON.

[@SJorgeRoc]

Figures like Lombari have drawn me to a lifelong passion for this sport. The talent of players can appease the eyes on any given Sunday, sure. The weekly discipline, year around, of a formidably imposing coach is wisdom in action. Life lessons vividly exemplified by one leader, in command of his sideline.

[@edwardyoung522]

In March of 1971, six months after Lombardi 's death, I had the privilege of receiving a scholastic achievement award. I was in elementary school at the time. The award was presented to me by Willie Davis, one of Vincent's great defensive standouts back in the day. I was awestruck. Willie was his own man, but you could sense that Lombardi was there.

[@tomsehon3322]

That had to have been a fantastic experience for you. Many years later, congratulations to you!

[@peterrichards931]

You can't write fiction better than the true story about Italian-American Vince Lombardi and his struggle with discrimination to become a head coach, being hired by Green Bay of all places, moving there from NYC, and taking a Packers team with the worst NFL record to winning an NFL championship in only 3 years. 5 NFL championships for the Packers during the 1960s. That huge and dominating statue of Vince overlooking the entrance to Lambeau Field tells it all...'larger than life', just like he actually was.

[@Xandro.Lombardi]

I know nothing about football but this video is totally inspirational.

[@brettshepherd5240]

The temperature falls to a destructive 13 degrees below zero... I love that line

[@tjvanderloop1686]

It was an Honor to be at that "Game in Green Bay" watching the brave Packers beat the Cowboys! T J (Tom) Vanderloop, Packer "Ticket-taker" from 1981 to 1985 & a Season Ticket Holder Since that "Era" in time.

[@mrblujet]

When it's narrated by John Facenda, you know that it's going to be a good video.

[@tomsehon3322]

John Facenda's voice was like the voice of God. He was the best narrator of ANYTHING I ever heard.

[@lewisjones4130]

THE VOICE OF GOD!

[@waynesyvinski7628]

John Facenda could have read names from a telephone book and made it sound interesting.

[@willoneil1456]

John Facenda talking about Vince Lombardi ? Two Icon's the greatest coach and the greatest voice ever in football history. ❤❤ Legendary.

[@Nategee1967]

This was John Facenda’s Greatest narration,among all the great narrations he has done.

[@DEProf06]

I had an old scratchy VHS of this. Excellent nostalgia. Thanks for the post!

[@thomaspalmieri6038]

NFL Films really perfected the art form of football biography in the late 60s - early 70s. A perfect mix of film, narration, music and interview, all geared toward telling a compelling story. It fell off after that, and is truly abysmal now. It is interesting to listen to the players and coaches on the sidelines then compared to now also in NFL film productions. The level of mental intensity of players screaming on the sidelines was so much greater back then. Was it because of the fact that Americans did so much more physical work back then as compared to now, that everything did not come to them easily, that gave them a kind of gruffness and excitableness of character that is so lacking in today's players, and the American people in general? I love to go back to these films to the days of my childhood, and reminisce about an America that I used to love, that had a purpose and a destiny, as opposed to the decadent self hatred that has taken over this spiritually sick and failing society in which I now live.

[@aceoneleven]

Celebrated our honeymoon by attending that game in the L.A. Coliseum in December 1967 that the Rams won in the last minute. Rams were absolutely loaded with talent that year but the Packers - when the chips were down in the playoff game - played at the highest level I've seen a team play...and it was because of Lombardi.

[@bradjames891]

Happy Birthday Coach. My Italian heritage is from Lombardy. You are epic. I visited the Lambeau Atrium in October 2015. Your legacy is amazing :)

[@edeguzman89]

Thanks for the classic footage and a reminder why every year we want to win the Lombardi.......

[@cognitivedissident2881]

Lombardi is definitely one of the best to ever coach in the NFL.

[@hassanabdur-rahman1559]

One of the best coaches and motivators of all times

[@dees6188]

Thank you, this really motivated me to win my school's science competition. There is just no stopping Lombardi, he is going to make America great again!!!!

[@peakperformancetrain]

Thank you coach , I’m a daily communicant a coach and a man who also needs to pray for more understanding and patience. I received a great award when I was a high school senior and it was inscribed with your quote , any mans finest hour to all he hold dear is when he has worked his heart out in good faith and lies on the field of battle victorious, I think you should be canonized look at what you’ve given to the world.

[@rkid727]

This is all the NFL Network should be playing. These kind of videos. Shame they think care about 2021 game replays.

[@jameshuseby6290]

Who would want to watch the current BS ping pong no defense game if they watched this?

[@emcmw]

Vince dedicated his life to family/faith/football. It obviously took its toll on him the later, and I truly believe it put him in an early grave. He was 110% dedicated to coaching and his players. I've been a Packers fan since I was 5/1980, and I'm from South Philadelphia and still live here and still root for the only team I ever have/will the rest of my life. I have read/watched all the books/documentaries/quotes available about VL and it has inspired me as a person/father/throughout the years. Long live Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers!!!!!!!

[@patchy938]

What put him in an early grave was his stubbornness to get a colonoscopy.

[@anthbig]

We all miss you Vince!!

[@garrison6863]

The win against the Rams in the 1967 playoffs was one of the best performances Lombardi ever got from his team. That was a really first rate Rams team with Allen coaching. In fact, man by man they were probably better than GB. But Lombardi just had his team so well prepared with such a good game plan.

[@tomsehon3322]

Agree totally. In the 2nd Q, when Travis Williams ran 47 yards for a touchdown, it was obvious that the Packers were going to win. Not only because of Williams's running, but because Packers OT Forest Gregg helped open a gigantic hole against none other than all-world DE end Ram Deacon Jones. That may well have been Gregg's best game, and that's saying something.

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Greatest coach ever in pro football history

[@JeffGR4]

Vince Lombardi was a great man.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

The best. Ever. Period.

[@kennethcouch4388]

I cry every time I watch this. Packers would not be denied!! The Will to Win!!

[@davidgiusto1542]

Yes Dave..I had commented on this documentary with Tim Holland just recently and I think is thee quintessential NFL document ever made.Great music scores that I do not have.

[@scottbrown7497]

I wish I could have been alive to witness this as it happened

[@tomsehon3322]

I watched both 1967 Packers-Rams late season games on TV. I'll never forget them.

[@TheBeagleHasLanded75]

John Facenda could recite a phone book and make it sound interesting.

[@thomasdonlin5456]

@ WHERE BEAGLE’S DARE, your comment reminds me of an old SCTV sketch, “Sir John Houseman Reads The Phone Book”. 😂

[@KEICRUMBIE]

I'm a Bears fan , but Thank You Vince. Thank you for making the game of football 🏈 great. I'm sorry the NFL has lost itself and evolved into a crap league today, and withered away from your standards.

[@thomasvasquez643]

Lombardi the greatest coach...

[@robertjones1543]

Well bellechik s a cheating douchebag whos carreer seems to have evolved from a great coach to the backstabber of the greatest player god ever gave him

[@garyolivier792]

Love this NFL film. My favorite

[@marknan5352]

John facenda. The voice of God.

[@reidx512]

AWESOME AWESOME---THANK YOU FOR POSTING......

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Don't forget that 1967 would be the last season Vince Lombardi would be as head coach. The Packers,minus Jim Taylor (expansion draft) and Paul Hornung (retirement),had a backfield by committee featuring rookie sensation Travis Williams,Donny Anderson,Jim Grabowski,Elijah Pitts and Ben Wilson. They also had a midseason pickup in Chuck Mercein. The Packers beat Los Angeles in the Western Conference Playoff, next defeated Dallas in the NFL Championship Game,21-17 and beat Oakland 33-14 in Super Bowl II. Lombardi retired as head coach six weeks later. In 1970 Lombardi was dead of cancer at 57.

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Armory Brunot,Jr. you forgot he went on to coach the redskins

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Yes. For the 1969 season Vince Lombardi coached the Redskins; he led them to their first winning season since 1955. Thank you.

[@ginzod]

Mercein on that last drive against Dallas......that catch on their 30 and gets to the 11

[@josephavila3539]

Great film, why cant stuff like this be broadcasted on tv today?

[@jamesvickers9476]

"Nobody is tackling out there..everybody is grabbing..grab grab grab"

[@garyt7830]

Run to Win !!!!

[@markruane3660]

there are distinctive voices in baseball and baketball but the best voice of all belongs to football when john facenda talks everybody listens!!!

[@jeremythompson9122]

Do you have the 1962 NFL Championship game? Can't find that game anywhere on KZbin. Some Packers players have said the weather during that game was even colder than the Ice Bowl. No idea how Jerry Kramer managed to make 3 field goals with the 40 mph gusts of icy wind swirling around Yankee Stadium that day. Jim Taylor said that was the toughest game he ever played in during his entire career. The Giants defense beat up Taylor pretty good during that game but he still managed 85 rushing yards

[@tomsehon3322]

Jim Taylor was easily one of the toughest guys ever to play in the NFL. But at halftime of that 1962 NFL Championship game, Taylor screamed in pain as the doctors worked on one of his arms. I read that in a 1972 - 1973 book about Lombardi.

[@Mystic0157]

"You can't play it with a skirt on". Paul Hornung.

[@Gvieto]

Awesome movie.

[@Johnny7051MC]

Classic film!! Does anyone know what song they play at the beginning? The one playing when the title "Lombardi" appears on screen? Recently, a ton of NFL Films music by musicians like Syd Dale, Ralph Dollimore, and Johnny Pearson has been posted but I can't seem to find this one, anybody know?

[@Tommy-76]

Remember that NFL Films was still in its infancy then...Kishi disappeared from the NFL Films scene right after this was produced...

[@lwmson]

Will we ever see the like of a Vince Lombardi again? I seriously doubt it, especially in an era where NFL players make 10 times more money than the head coach.

[@rkid727]

Bill Belichek is probably the closest thing.

[@jeffstipp6872]

Only Patriot fans would dislike this!

[@TheAlex1962]

Thank you very much for the video

[@timdub70]

This was produced by NFL Films for CBS for airing in 1968. ESPN Classic re-aired this over 10 years ago, and some of the lost footage and interviews from this are on the HBO documentary from 2010. In Lost Treasures, Yoshio Kishi was critical of some of the NFL Films' work. He even didn't like John Facenda and said they should have used someone else.

[@hoss73ford]

+Tim Warneking Facenda was one of the best narrators there was. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

[@thomaspalmieri6038]

They replaced Facenda for SB II, and it's a significant drop off. No one has ever been in John Facenda's league when it comes to this kind of work.

[@fredie464646]

power football, running game football. power sweeps. green bay sweeps, left or right, grinding meat

[@charlesbland1073]

At 15:47, love that background music.

[@jerryferko8309]

garrison 68 , I agree on your observation of the rams in 1967

[@dr.g2628]

Run to Win!

[@spryfolII]

3 Championships in a row! So easy that it hasn't been done since 1965 - 67. The closet anyone has come realistically were Miami 1971-'74 3 straight Conference Titles. Lost to Dallas. Still had a legit shot but the Raiders got 'em in the Great "Sea of Hands" contest. (Sidenote...in my opinion that game doesn't get the attention it truly deserves. It changed the course of NFL history in more than 1 way, and I hope someday it will ) Steelers of 1974 - '79

[@michaelleroy9281]

The game in LA against the Rams in 1967 was on a Saturday not a Sunday

[@moonglow785]

. . He was one of one he, too ran he, too won . . .

[@WatchVenusSpa]

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE???

[@jeffflack8258]

CLASSIC LOMBARDI QUOTE!!!!!!!!

[@JustWinBabee]

Grab, grab, grab!

[@thomasnorman9723]

Chuck Mercein MVP of Ice Bowl..provided the means for Bart Starr to rush over the Goal Line for winning TD

[@tomsehon3322]

Mercein, a Yale alumnus, gave every ounce, every gram, of his ability to the Packers on that drive.

[@jessiehenry5405]

7:20

[@Jiltedin2007]

What is the name of The Music Piece from 3:38 to 4:00 of this Video Blog?

[@darrylking2500]

I love that music at 41:20 I wish I knew the artist

[@axoh3202]

In the 1960s you didn't use gloves to one hand catch something instead you knocked the ball up then catch it

[@Tommy-76]

The game in the Coliseum against the Rams (the one they lost late) was a Saturday game, not a Sunday game as mentioned...just an FYI

[@joedeangelis4528]

32:30 Hawg Hanner asking Coach whether he wanted to use Chandler to Punt - Quick Rhythm, less chance of getting the kick blocked....... As the story goes, the producers of the film asked Coach if he wanted that edited out - he said no.

[@TheYounggostra]

What the hell is going on out here''.

[@vidnut67]

Sadly, he only had two more years to live at this point.

[@psychwardwomen2325]

7:20 lol

[@Jiltedin2007]

The Beginning was The Awakening by Johnny Pearson.

[@geeskin5750]

Love 7:30, throws the paper on the ground lol

[@jamesvickers9476]

He taught latin physics an chemistry??...coach had a real big head

[@SuncoastArtAcademyLLC]

Didn't watch the whole thing, but is he anything like Tom Landy of the Cowboys? HaHa.... I know Lombardi was with the Green Bay Packers and did a great job with the team decades ago. Great job Ian!

[@Veaseify]

Suncoast Art Academy, LLC Actually Landry and Lombardi worked as the Offensive and Defensive Co-ordinators on the New York Giants from 1954-58 so it's not quite as facetious a question as you might think :-)

[@josephc.miller1395]

Landry never beat Lombardi head to head as a head coach.

[@mikevanriel7573]

@@josephc.miller1395 Landry beat Lombardi twice in 1969 when Lombardi coached Washington.

[@scottbickett6991]

22 ppl must be bears fans

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Bill Saul of the Steelers laid that first guy out.

[@pinkfloyd4848]

Raiders will never, ever have "the good hard look", a line backer kills an opposing offense player; ie from the Patriots, which should never happen again.

[@Jiltedin2007]

"Coach Lombardi is probably The Most Hated Man in Professional Football. I mean Every Coach wants to beat Lombardi more than Any Man". You have to excuse me for laughing, but that's exactly how The NFL feels today(50 years later) about Bill Belichick.

[@ronswoboda8310]

Jiltedin2007 Do not see the correlation; Lombardi' and his players were respected and lost 1 championship his second yr as coach.Most importantly,he played by the rules. Pats lost two Super Bowls alone to New York and were busted twice.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Christopher Ball Another Pats Hater, I presume? The Patriots lost to the Giants twice, both times on Make or Break Circumstances(Say what you want, who cares)! Super Bowl 42 was The Lucky Catch by David Tyree that kept the Giants Winning Drive Alive, and Super Bowl 46 the Patriots could’ve wrapped up had Wes Welker caught the pass that could have given New England a First Down which would allow them to kill off the clock. And as for being caught cheating. Yes, Tom Brady deflated footballs in the 2014 AFC Championship because he wanted those Footballs made for his comfort while throwing them. They felt Overinflated(To Brady’s Standards). Spygate? That’s another story! Roger Goddell threw away the evidence leading to those allegations because he felt it was not worth pursuing.

[@pleaserflatteur3242]

:D Чья то фама на АРП

[@stardaddyo9]

There was alot to not like about horning

[@JuliaSantos-gb8je]

entendi tudo

[@jacktheripoff1888]

There is no Lombardi "tree". I have no idea who any of his assistant coaches were, and his 2 former players who were later coaches, Starr and Gregg, did not have any sustained success. You look at Paul Brown and you think Shula, Knoll, and Walsh. Winners of 9 of the first 24 Super Bowls played. There was no real innovation from the 60's Packers. It was just the preparedness and perfection of executing a simple game plan. And that's why Lombardi still stands alone above the others.

[@vivreese5147]

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