on drinking, [>]
Knafelc on, [>]
players' reactions to, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
relentlessness of, [>]
Starr on, [>]
on death of Bert Bell, [>]
in exhibition games, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] (see also Exhibition games)
Giants coaching job offered to, [>], [>]
as golfer, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and Parilli's winning bet, [>], [>]
at homecoming after 49ers game, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and Hornung, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
on living with pain, [>], [>]
as NFL Coach of the Year, [>]–[>]
perfection as goal of, [>], [>]–[>]
and press, [>], [>]
and prospects for future, [>]–[>]
racial prejudice opposed by, [>]–[>], [>]
retires as Packers coach, [>]–[>]
and Starr, [>], [>], [>] (see also Starr, Bart, AND LOMBARDI)
at training camp, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] (see also Training camp)
unchecked authority of, [>]–[>], [>]
and uniforms, [>]
work ethic of, [>]–[>]
REBUILDING PROGRAM of
culture change needed, [>]–[>]
and defense, [>]
defensive line, [>], [>]
pass defense, [>]–[>]
and Howton, [>]–[>]
and need for new players, [>]–[>]
new regime in view (Quinlan), [>]
for offensive line, [>]–[>]
and optimism after exhibition season, [>]
power offense achieved, [>]
quarterback camp, [>]–[>]
and quarterback puzzle, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
success of, [>], [>]
time estimate for, [>], [>]
and trades with Cleveland, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Tunnell found to replace Dillon, [>]–[>]
Lombardi, Vince (career before and after Packers)
as coach under Blaik at Army, [>]–[>], [>]
as coach with Giants, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
and Starr's memory of Lombardi, [>]
as coach at St. Cecilia's, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
death of, [>]
off-season bank job of (New York), [>], [>]
as Redskins head coach, [>]–[>]
Lombardi, Vincent, Jr. (son), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Los Angeles Rams, [>], [>]
1959 game against (first), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
1959 game against (second), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and 1959 season, [>], [>]
1960 game against, [>]
Lowe, Gary, [>]
Lumberjack Band, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lundy, Lamar, [>], [>]
MacArthur, Douglas, [>]
Mann, Bob, [>]
Mara, Wellington, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Marchetti, Gino, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Marshall, George Preston, [>], [>], [>]
Martin, Jim, [>]
Masters, Norm, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Matson, Ollie, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Maule, Tex, [>], [>]
McCloskey, Ruth, [>], [>], [>]
McElhenny, Hugh, [>], [>]
McGee, Max, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
carousing after Bears game, [>]–[>]
coaches' assessment of, [>]
in exhibition games, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and Hornung's betting attempt, [>], [>]
and Kramer, [>]–[>]
Lombardi's view of, [>], [>], [>]
in 1958 season, [>], [>]
Colts game, [>], [>]
in 1959 season
Bears game (first), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bears game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Colts game (first), [>]
Colts game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
on final roster, [>]
49ers game (first), [>], [>]
49ers game (second), [>]
and 49ers game homecoming welcome, [>]
Giants game, [>], [>]
Lions game (first), [>], [>]–[>]
Lions game (second), [>], [>]
Rams game (first), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rams game (second), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Redskins game, [>], [>]
in training camp, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
in 1960 season, [>], [>]
in 1961 season, [>]
McHan, Barbara, [>]
McHan, Lamar, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
coaches' assessments of, [>]
and Dowler, [>]
in exhibition games, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and Francis, [>]
Lombardi's evaluation of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
in 1959 season
Bears game (first), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bears game (second), [>], [>]–[>]
Colts game (first), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
49ers game (first), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Giants game, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
injury to, [>]–[>], [>]
Lions game (first), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and Lions game (second), [>]
in quarterback camp, [>], [>]
Rams game (first), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Redskins game, [>]
season-end destination of, [>]
on sideliner status, [>]–[>]
in training camp, [>], [>]
in 1960 season, [>]
prospects for, after 1959 season, [>]
vs. Starr, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
McIlhenny, Don, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
McIlhenny, Jim, [>]
McLean, Ray "Scooter," [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
after Bears game, [>]
in comparison with Lombardi, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
death of, [>]
as Detroit coach, [>]
and executive committee, [>], [>]
and Hornung, [>], [>]
lax discipline from, [>], [>], [>], [>]
in 1958 Colts blowout, [>], [>]
offensive system of, [>], [>], [>]
optimistic prediction of, [>]
as poker player, [>]
and press, [>]
resignation of, [>], [>], [>]
and Starr, [>]
and training camp, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
McNally, Johnny (Johnny Blood), [>]
Meador, Ed, [>], [>]
Meilinger, Steve, [>], [>]
Michaels, Lou, [>]
Michalske, "Iron Mike," [>]
Miller, Tom, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Milwaukee
games in, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
rumors of Packers moving to, [>]–[>]
Modzelewski, Dick, [>]
Moore, Lenny, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Moore, Tom, [>]
Morrall, Earl, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Morris, Johnny, [>], [>]
Motley, Marion, [>]
Mutscheller, Jim, [>], [>], [>]
Myhra, Steve, [>]
National Football League (NFL), [>]
black players in, [>], [>], [>], [>]
draft conducted by, [>]
1958 championship game of, [>], [>]
Thanksgiving game in Detroit, [>]
in title race, [>]
uneven popularity of, [>]
unionization attempt in, [>]
Nelson, Andy, [>], [
>]
New York Bulldogs, [>]
New York Giants, [>], [>]
as Eastern Division obstacle, [>]
games against (1959)
exhibition game, [>]–[>], [>]
regular season, [>]–[>], [>]
Lombardi as coach with, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Starr's memory of, [>]
Lombardi offered head coaching job by, [>], [>]
in 1958 championship game, [>], [>]
in 1959 championship game, [>], [>]
in 1961 championship game, [>]
in 1962 championship game, [>]
off-field behavior of, [>]
as top team, [>]
Triplett on, [>]
Tunnell on, [>]
two-quarterback system of, [>]–[>], [>]
Nitschke, Ray, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Nixon, Mike, [>]
Nixon, Richard, [>], [>]
Nomellini, Leo, [>], [>], [>]
Nutcracker drill, [>], [>], [>]
Oakland Raiders, [>]
Oakton Manor, Packers rooming at, [>], [>]
Olejniczak, Dominic (Ole), [>], [>]
and choice of coach, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Daley on, [>]
and Lombardi hiring, [>]–[>]
and Lombardi's arrival in Green Bay, [>], [>]
and Lombardi's financial request, [>]–[>]
and Lombardi's move to Washington, [>]
and management restructuring, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
at team practice (pre-Lombardi), [>]
at training camp, [>]
at welcoming after last 1959 game, [>]
Owen, Steve, [>]
Owens, R. C., [>], [>], [>], [>]
Packers, Green Bay, [>]
and Bert Bell, [>]
and black players, [>]
as charity case (pre-Lombardi), [>]
drafting accomplishments of, [>]
history of
birth and early days, [>]–[>]
early heyday (1930s-early 1940s), [>]–[>]
lean years (1940s-1950s), [>]–[>]
and origin of name, [>]
local ownership of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
loser attitude of (pre-Lombardi), [>], [>]
management controversy and reorganization, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
scheduling for (home/away), [>]
stinginess of (pre-Lombardi), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Packers' choosing Lombardi as coach, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Evashevski considered, [>]–[>]
and Halas's recommendation, [>], [>], [>]
and pressures on management, [>]–[>]
See also Lombardi, Vince
Packers seasons
1929 season, [>]
fans' welcome after title victory, [>]
1930 season, [>]
1931 season, [>]
1936 season, [>]
1939 season, [>]
1941 season, [>]
1947 season (last winning season), [>]
1948 season, [>]
1949 season, [>]
1955 season, [>]
1957 season, [>]
Colts game, [>]
Rams game, [>]–[>]
1958 season, [>]–[>], [>]
Bears game (away), [>]
Colts game (home), [>], [>], [>]
Colts game (away, [>]–[>] ), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Eagles game, [>]
embarrassment over, [>]
49ers game (home), [>]
49ers game (away), [>], [>], [>]
Lions game (home), [>]
Lions game (away), [>]
Lombardi's review of, [>]–[>], [>]
and Packers as failure, [>]
Rams game (home), [>]
Rams game (away), [>], [>]–[>]
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