Vince Lombardi

By: Chris Keyes3rd period

Early Years

• Lombardi was born in Brooklyn to Neapolitan-born father Henry Lombardi, a butcher, and Brooklyn-born Matilda Izzo, the daughter of a barber

• He attended Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception for high school and for college he attended Fordham University

How he got started

• Vince Lombardi got started coaching after two years at a finance company, semi-professional football with the Brooklyn Eagles, and Wilmington Clippers, and an unfulfilled semester of Fordham's law school at night, Lombardi accepted an assistant coaching job at St. Cecilia, a Catholic high school in Englewood, New Jersey. He was hired by its new head coach, his former Fordham teammate, quarterback "Handy" Andy Palau.

Business

• In January 1959, at age 45, Vince Lombardi accepted the position of Head Coach and General Manager of the Green Bay Packers.

Leadership Characteristics

1. TO WORK HARD2. BE TOUGH3. PLAY TOGETHER