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A Brief Biography Of Vince Lombardi
The man with a record of 105-35-6 plus winning the first two NFL Super Bowls. Vince Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913. Lombardi worked at a butcher shop and had to move large amounts of meat to different places. All of the movement created an athletic shape to him which would help when he came to sports. Lombardi’s NFL career started with the giants although he did not play he was the offensive coordinator. Later he switched to the Green Bay packers where he was head coach and led the team to 2 Super Bowl which he took victory in. He was a man who could do it all for Green Bay. Next team he switched to was the Washington redskins where they had their first winning season in 14 years. The year after he died from colon

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