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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by John Eisenberg


  Redskins game, [>]

  1960 season, [>]–[>]

  1961 season, [>]–[>]

  1962 season, [>]–[>]

  1963-1968 seasons, [>], [>]

  1959 SEASON, [>]

  training camp, [>]–[>], [>]–[>] (see also Training camp)

  exhibition games, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>] (see also Exhibition games)

  expectations for, [>], [>], [>]

  first game (Bears home), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and Bears-Packers rivalry, [>]

  grades for, [>]–[>]

  Lombardi carried off field, [>]

  postgame critique of, [>]–[>]

  second game (Lions home), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  third game (49ers home), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  fourth game (Rams home), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and cocktail party before, [>]–[>]

  Lombardi's nervousness over, [>], [>], [>]

  and Packers as running team, [>]

  postgame critique of, [>], [>]–[>]

  ticket sales for, [>]

  fifth game (Colts away), [>]–[>], [>]

  sixth game (Giants away), [>]–[>], [>]

  change in offensive formation, [>]

  postgame review of, [>]–[>]

  seventh game (Bears away), [>]–[>], [>]

  pregame perspectives on, [>]–[>]

  eighth game (Colts home), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  coaches' assessments of players, [>]–[>]

  ninth game (Redskins home), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  tenth game (Lions away, Thanksgiving), [>]–[>]

  fans' welcome after, [>]–[>], [>]

  players sense transformation, [>]

  visit to West Coast, [>]–[>], [>]

  eleventh game (Rams away), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  twelfth game (49ers away), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  determination for future, [>]–[>]

  homecoming after, [>]-[>], [>]–[>]

  and NFL draft, [>]

  self-satisfaction decried, [>]

  Pardee, Jack, [>], [>]

  Parilli, Babe, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Patton, Jim, [>]

  Pellington, Bill, [>], [>]

  Perry, Joe, [>]–[>], [>]

  Petitbon, Richie, [>], [>]

  Philadelphia Eagles, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Phillips, Jim "Red," [>], [>]

  Pietrosante, Nick, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Pittsburgh Steelers, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Poker playing, [>]

  Pottsville Maroons, [>]

  Press

  covering 49ers game, [>]–[>]

  covering Rams game, [>], [>], [>]

  Lombardi's handling of, [>], [>]

  on Starr's emergence, [>]

  in training camp, [>]–[>]

  unrealistic expectations from, [>]

  Pro Bowls, [>], [>]

  Pro football, [>], [>], [>]

  in early Packers era, [>], [>]

  player movement restricted in, [>]

  See also National Football League

  Quarterback puzzles for Lombardi, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Quinlan, Bill, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Reichow, Jerry, [>]

  Remmel, Lee, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Reynolds, M. C., [>]

  Ringo, Jim, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Roberts, C. R., [>], [>]

  Robinson, Jackie, [>], [>]

  Robustelli, Andy, [>]–[>]

  Rock Island Independents, [>]

  Rockne, Knute, [>]–[>]

  Ronzani, Gene, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Rote, Tobin, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Roy, Alvin, [>], [>], [>]

  Rozelle, Pete, [>]

  Ryan, Frank, [>], [>]

  Rymkus, Lou, [>], [>]

  Salsbury, Jim, [>]

  Sample, John, [>]

  San Diego Chargers, and strength training, [>]

  Sandusky, John, [>], [>]

  San Francisco 49ers

  in exhibition game, [>], [>]–[>]

  in 1959 race, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  1959 regular-season game against (first), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  1959 regular-season game against (second), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  1960 games against, [>], [>]

  Schmidt, Joe, [>], [>], [>]

  Scouting, [>]

  Secules, Tom, [>]

  Shanley, Jim, [>]

  Shaughnessy, Clark, [>], [>]

  Shaw, George, [>], [>], [>]

  Shofner, Del, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Skoronski, Bob, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Smith, Don "Bud," [>], [>], [>]

  Smith, J. D., [>], [>], [>]

  Spencer, Oliver, [>], [>]

  Starr, Bart, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  as alternate quarterback, [>]

  and Borden, [>]

  coaches' assessment of, [>]

  in exhibition games, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Francis, [>]

  and McHan as starter, [>]

  McHan edged out by, [>]–[>]

  as MVP, [>]

  in 1958 season, [>], [>], [>]

  Bears game, [>]

  Colts game (first), [>], [>]

  Colts game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Daley on executive committee, [>]

  49ers game, [>]

  in 1959 season, [>]

  and Bears game (first), [>], [>], [>]

  in Bears game (second), [>]–[>]

  and Colts game (first), [>]–[>], [>]

  in Colts game (second), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  on final roster, [>]

  in 49ers game (first), [>]

  in 49ers game (second), [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and Giants game, [>], [>], [>]

  in Lions game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  noticed by press, [>]

  personality change in, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  at quarterback camp, [>], [>], [>]

  in Rams game (first), [>], [>]

  in Rams game (second), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  in Redskins game, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  season-end destination of, [>]

  at training camp, [>], [>]

  at welcoming event after last game, [>]

  in 1960 season, [>], [>], [>]

  in 1961 season, [>]

  and Parilli, [>]

  in Pro Football Hall of Fame, [>], [>]

  AND LOMBARDI, [>]

  fitting in with Lombardi's system, [>], [>], [>]

  and Starr's intelligence and attitude, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  vs. Hornung, [>]–[>]

  last meeting, [>]

  Lombardi's evaluations, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  1960 confrontation, [>]

  Starr's expectations, [>], [>]

  and Starr's memory on hearing of Lombardi, [>]

  Starr, Cherry, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  St. Cecilia's, Lombardi coaches at, [>], [>], [>]

  Stevens Point, Wisconsin, training camp in, [>]

  St. John's Academy, Packers practices at, [>]

  St. Norbert College, training at, [>], [>], [>]

  St. Norbert College band, [>], [>]

  Sturmer, Les, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Summerall, Pat, [>], [>], [>]

  Super Bowls

  Packers two-time winners in, [>]

  Redskins in, [>]

 
Svare, Harlan, [>]

  Sweep (running play), [>], [>], [>]

  Symank, John, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Taylor, Jim, [>]–[>], [>]

  coaches' assessment of, [>]

  in exhibition games, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Lombardi's evaluation of, [>], [>], [>]

  as MVP (1962), [>]

  in 1958 season, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  in 1959 season, [>]

  Bears game (first), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Bears game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Colts game (second), [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  on final roster, [>]

  and 49ers game (second), [>], [>], [>]

  Giants game, [>], [>], [>]

  Lions game (first), [>]

  Lions game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Rams game (first), [>]

  Rams game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Redskins game, [>], [>], [>]

  rushing yards gained by, [>]

  season-end destination of, [>]

  in spread-out formation, [>]

  suffers burn injury, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  in training camp, [>], [>]

  in 1960 season, [>], [>], [>]

  in 1961 season, [>]

  and playbook, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  in Pro Football Hall of Fame, [>]

  Television, NFL on, [>]

  Temp, Jim, [>], [>], [>]

  T-formation, [>]

  Thanksgiving game in Detroit, [>], [>]

  Thurston, Fred "Fuzzy," [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Tittle, Y. A., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Torinus, John, [>], [>]

  Training camp, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  and Tim Brown, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  and early arriving veterans, [>]

  and escape from curfew, [>]–[>]

  and executive committee members, [>]

  after exhibition game, [>]–[>]

  and families, [>]

  and final roster, [>]

  final workout in, [>]–[>]

  Hanner in hospital from, [>]–[>]

  and injuries, [>]

  Vincent Lombardi Jr. at, [>]–[>]

  and players' conditioning, [>]–[>]

  and press, [>]–[>]

  and quarterbacks, [>]–[>]

  and Quinlan on pride, [>]

  rookies in, [>]–[>], [>]

  Trimble, Jim, [>]

  Triplett, Mel, [>], [>]

  Trowbridge, Fred, [>], [>]

  Tubbs, Jerry, [>], [>]

  Tuccio, Sam, [>]

  Tunnell, Emlen, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Turnbull, Andrew, [>]

  Uniforms of Packers, [>]

  Unitas, Johnny, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Vainisi, Jack, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  and Dillon, [>], [>], [>]

  and draft choices, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and early arrivals at training, [>]

  and Lombardi hiring, [>], [>], [>]

  at NFL draft, [>]

  and Nitschke, [>]

  and quarterback puzzle, [>]

  and Quinlan apology, [>]

  and rookies in camp, [>]

  Van Brocklin, Norm, [>], [>], [>]

  Wade, Billy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Washington Redskins

  black players excluded from, [>], [>]

  exhibition game against, [>], [>]–[>]

  Lombardi as coach of, [>]–[>]

  regular-season games against, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Webb, Bob, [>]

  Webster, Alex, [>], [>]

  Whittenton, Jesse, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Williams, A. D., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Williams, Edward Bennett, [>]

  Williams, Sam, [>]

 

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