That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory
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], [>]
Chicago Cardinals, [>], [>], [>], [>]
City Stadium (original), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
City Stadium (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Cleveland Browns, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also Brown, Paul
Coaches' assessment of players (1959), [>]–[>]
Cochrane, John "Red," [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Cochran, Pat, [>], [>]
Cohane, Tim, [>]
College football, [>], [>]
Collier, Blanton, [>]
Conerly, Charlie, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Conner, Clyde, [>]
County Stadium, Milwaukee, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Cruice, Wally, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Curfew
under Lombardi, [>], [>], [>]
and escapade of Hornung et al., [>]
McLean's failure to enforce, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Currie, Dan, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Daley, Art, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Dallas Cowboys
in championship games, [>]
Landry to coach, [>]
Darling, Bernard "Boob," [>], [>]
David, Jim, [>], [>]
Davis, Tommy, [>], [>]–[>]
Davis, Willie, [>]
Dayton Triangles, [>]
Dean, Ted, [>]
Dee, Johnny, [>]
Denissen, Roman, [>], [>]
Detroit Lions, [>], [>], [>]
1959 game against (first), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
1959 game against (second), [>]–[>], [>]
1960 game against, [>]
Dietzel, Paul, [>]
Dillon, Bobby, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Dittrich, John, [>]
Dixie (Colts' mascot pony), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Dixon, George, [>]
Donovan, Art, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Dowler, Boyd, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
coaches' assessment of, [>]
in exhibition games, [>]
on final roster, [>]
on McHan, [>]
in 1959 season
Bears game (first), [>], [>]
Bears game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Colts game (second), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
49ers game (second), [>], [>]
after Lions game (first), [>]
Lions game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rams game (first), [>], [>]
Rams game (second), [>], [>], [>]
Redskins game, [>], [>]
in 1960 season, [>], [>]
in quarterback camp, [>]
as Rookie of Year, [>]
in training camp, [>], [>]
at welcoming event after last game, [>]
Duncan, Randy, [>]
Eisenhower, Dwight, and golf, [>]
End sweep, [>], [>], [>]
Epps, Jerry, [>]
Evashevski, Forest, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Ewbank, Weeb, [>], [>]–[>]
Exhibition games, [>], [>]–[>]
first (Bears), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
second (49ers), [>], [>]–[>]
third (Eagles), [>], [>]–[>]
fourth (Giants), [>]–[>], [>]
fifth (Redskins), [>], [>]–[>]
sixth (Steelers), [>], [>]–[>]
Fans of Packers
dedication of, [>]
in early days, [>]
in final seconds of victory, [>], [>], [>], [>]
midseason speculations of, [>]
as owners, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
welcome-home crowd after road wins, [>]
after 1959 49ers game, [>]-[>], [>]-[>], [>]–[>]
Ferguson, Howie, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Film, as NFL tool, [>]
Lombardi's use of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Fines for missing preseason, and Dillon, [>]
Five O'clock Club, [>], [>]
Ford, Len, [>], [>]
Fordham University, Lombardi attends, [>]
Forester, Bill, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Francis, Joe, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in exhibition games, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
on final roster, [>]
Lombardi's evaluation of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and McHan as starter, [>]
in 1958 games, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
in 1959 Bears game, [>]
in 1959 Giants game, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and Parilli, [>]
in quarterback camp, [>]
season-end destination of, [>]
at training camp, [>]
Frankford Yellow Jackets, [>]
Freeman, Bobby, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Galimore, Willie, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Gambling
in early NFL, [>]
and Hornung, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
NFL prohibition against, [>]
poker playing, [>]
George, Bill, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Gifford, Frank, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Gillman, Sid, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Glass, Bill, [>]
Goal-line drill, [>]
Goss, Tiny, [>]
Graham, Otto, [>]
Grass drill, [>], [>]
Green Bay, Wisconsin, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
weather in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and Ice Bowl, [>]
Green Bay Bobcats (hockey team), [>]
Green Bay Packers. See Packers, Green Bay
Green Bay Press-Gazette, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Gregg, Forrest, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Gremminger, Hank, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Grier, Rosey, [>], [>]–[>]
Guglielmi, Ralph, [>], [>]
Halas, George, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hanner, Dave, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hardee, Leroy, [>]
Hawkins, Alex, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hazeltine, Matt, [>]
Hecker, Norb, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Heinrich, Don, [>]–[>], [>]
Helluin, Jerry, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Herber, Arnie, [>]
Hickey, Red, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Higginbotham, Ken, [>]–[>]
Hill, Harlon, [>], [>], [>]
Hill, King, [>]
Hornung, Paul, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
as All-Pro, [>]
carousing after Bears game, [>]–[>]
coaches' assessment of, [>]
drafted as quarterback, [>], [>]
on final roster, [>]
and Francis, [>]
and gambling, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Kramer as teammate of, [>]–[>]
Lombardi's evaluation of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
as Lombardi's favorite, [>]–[>]
Lombardi's first notice of, [>]–[>]
as MVP (1961), [>]
in 1958 season, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
in 1959 season, [>]
Bears game (first), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bears game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Colts game (first), [>]�
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Colts game (second), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
exhibition games, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
49ers game (first), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
49ers game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>]
and Giants game, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lions game (first), [>], [>], [>]
Lions game (second), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
optimistic over last two games, [>]
Rams game (first), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rams game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Redskins game, [>], [>], [>]
season-end destination of, [>]
in spread-out formation, [>]
in training camp, [>], [>]–[>]
at welcoming event after last game, [>]
in 1960 season, [>], [>]–[>]
in Pro Bowl, [>]
in Pro Football Hall of Fame, [>]
as receiving threat, [>]
on return for 1960, [>]
reversal of fortunes for, [>]
Howell, Jim Lee, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Howton, Billy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Hubbard, Cal, [>]
Huff, Sam, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hurd, Jim, [>]
Hutson, Don, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Ice Bowl, [>]
Isbell, Cecil, [>]
Jeter, Bob, [>]
Johnson, Chuck, [>], [>]
Johnson, Pete, [>]
Jones, Deacon, [>]
Jordan, Henry, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Jorgensen, Bud, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Jurgenson, Sonny, [>], [>]
Kansas City Chiefs, [>]
Karras, Alex, [>]
Katcavage, Jim, [>], [>]
Kerr, Ken, [>]
Knafelc, Gary, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Koeppler, Jack, [>], [>], [>]
Kramer, Jerry, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
on celebration trip to Appleton, [>]
coaches' assessment of, [>]
on final roster, [>]
in games, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lambeau meets, [>]
on Lombardi, [>], [>]
season-end destination of, [>]
and Starr's personality change, [>]–[>]
in training camp, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Kramer, Ron, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Kuechle, Oliver, [>]–[>], [>]
Lambeau, Earl "Curly," [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Landry, Tom, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lawyer, Ben, [>]
Layne, Bobby, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lea, Bud, [>], [>], [>]
LeBaron, Eddie, [>], [>]
Leicht, Fred, [>]
Lewellen, Verne, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Line play
Donovan vs. Kramer, [>], [>]
in end sweep, [>]
Lombardi's focus on, [>], [>]
praised in win over Redskins, [>]
Lipscomb, Eugene "Big Daddy," [>], [>]
Lombardi, Harry (father), [>], [>]
Lombardi, Marie (wife), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lombardi, Susan (daughter), [>], [>], [>]
Lombardi, Vince (with Packers), [>], [>]–[>]
arrival and first days, [>]–[>] (see also Packers' choosing Lombardi as coach)
coaches and staff appointed, [>]–[>]
living arrangements, [>]–[>]
player evaluation and positioning, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
players' first encounters with, [>]–[>]
presentations to community, [>]–[>]
Blaik on, [>]
and Tim Brown, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
on championship future (post-1960), [>]
coaching approach of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
bending standards, [>]
dollar rewards for outstanding play, [>], [>]