When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss

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In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.

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  • Title: When Pride Still Mattered

  • Author: David Maraniss

  • Cover Type: Paperback

  • Condition: Very Good

  • Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation

  • Page Count: 544

  • Publish Date: 2000-09-03

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

  • ISBN: 9780684870182

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In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.

Additional Info

  • Title: When Pride Still Mattered

  • Author: David Maraniss

  • Cover Type: Paperback

  • Condition: Very Good

  • Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation

  • Page Count: 544

  • Publish Date: 2000-09-03

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

  • ISBN: 9780684870182

In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.

Additional Info

  • Title: When Pride Still Mattered

  • Author: David Maraniss

  • Cover Type: Paperback

  • Condition: Very Good

  • Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation

  • Page Count: 544

  • Publish Date: 2000-09-03

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster

  • ISBN: 9780684870182