Facenda and the Sabol's made pro football seem like mythology. I wouldn't love it without being a kid in the 80s watching all of the NFL Films footage on ESPN. It was history that was amazing to take in. It's too bad other sports didnt put their history on display like this.
The next year, the Packers missed the playoffs by only one game. Had Lombardi been coaching that year, they would have certainly made the playoff and even gotten to another Super Bowl -abd they would have done it it for "the old man" ... every Packer would have given everything to see that happen one more time.
"Every year the winner of the super bowl is awarded the Vincent Lombardi trophy, but his legacy is the greatest prize the game can offer." Wow what a man
"Lombardi....a certain magic still lingers in the very name." I'll always remember this music, and those words. This segment will be relived.....forever!
Man when those big offensive lineman came around to clear the way in that Green Bay sweep; you never saw a more beautiful play! I could watch clips of that forever and it would still give me goose pimples and chills like I was watching it for the first time!
A truly iconic individual that helped the NFL become what it is today. His players not only achieved excellence in football, but also became successful in their retired life as they became multi-million dollar business men. His story is the fabric of history and dreams. Truly a miracle! We will never see such an incredible individual again.
"Every year the winner of the Superbowl is awarded the Vincent Lombardi trophy, his legacy is the greatest prize the game can offer". Facenda combined with the music never fail to make me choke up and I've seen this A LOT.
Vince will always be remembered... he was a Nfl pioneer A Seal Here.. And A Seal Here... And try to Run this play.. In the ALLEY! (Rip Vince Lombradi) :((
How many of us would give all that we have to be remembered and eulogized in the way NFL Films remembered and eulogized the great Vincent Thomas Lombardi in this iconic segment?
i have watched this video a hundred times and it still gives me goosebumps watching the old time packers with the great vince lombardi!! greatness never fails!
I love the panorama view of Lambeau Field at 0:35. Back before luxury skyboxes and huge video boards. I remember attending a few games there growing up. It was all about the game on the field. Pure and simple.
Lombardi didn't have to worry about free agency, he got to keep all his guys year after year. Imagine if Belichick could have kept every pro-bowler he ever had. He'd win 7 out of 9 too
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 Belichick inherited a team that went 8-8 the year before and 2 years later won the Superbowl. Now imagine if Belichick could keep his back to back 03-04 team together without worrying about free agency.
When they run that Packer Sweep at 2:33 how can you not love that? There is nothing tricky or even clever about what the Packers did. They just did it so good you couldn't stop it. For me as a German, that is what I think it means to be successful. When you can channel everything you are as a person into doing something right without breaking... that's good.
Helped Larry Brown develop into a great RB. After Green Bay he got Washington on a winning track. I am convinced he would have led Washington to its first Super Bowl win if cancer had not take him from us too soon.
2:24 No Lombardi (and Packer) tribute would be complete without this footage. Just exquisitely executed. Note that Forrest Gregg is playing Right Guard. And look at Bob Skoronski run!
John Facenda was gifted with vocal chords from God!! Perfectly suited to narrate a tribute to the greatest coach to ever inhabit this earth. Every syllable he utters touches the very heart and soul of the listener. Just as Facenda was the symbol of vocal artistry in his craft, Vincent Thomas Lombardi transcended the sport of Professional Football. View every tribute to this legend and they all trumpet the same basic tenet. THERE NEVER WAS, NOR WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER VINCE LOMBARDI. The greatest symbol of dedication to excel that ever lived. In any field of endeavor. His mere presence physically and spiritually was enough to inspire others to achieve beyond their wildest dreams. Five NFL Championships in his last seven seasons. Including victory in the first two Super Bowls. The trophy every team aspires to win bears his name. While the only trophy that will bear Bill Belichicks moniker is the "James Bond Award" for the NFL's greatest spy network. Facendas golden description of how Lombardi stood for everything that was good and solid in America rings truer now than ever before. Here in a nation that has plumbed the depths of despair with Joe Biden as our leader!! Since the Revolutionary War, no American leader could stand toe to toe with the qualities Lombardi embodied. Lombardi played with an integrated roster in an era when blacks were nearly ostracized from the game. Lombardi coached two players that were openly gay and threatened to fire anyone who said a word against them. WHAT A SUPERB BLEND OF MANLY QUALITIES HE WAS. Completely intolerant of lack of dedication. Totally open to everyone that placed the team above themselves. That is why Vince Lombardi stands above all others. As a coach. And more importantly as a man.
Vince is a John Wooden-like motivator and mentor of the game. However, in the modern NFL today, when it comes to tactics, wit, deception, and execution, Bill has proven time and time again that he can outsmart this league, and for having done it so long for so well, I have to call him the GOAT.
Vincent Lombardi # 1 NFL Coach of all time, end of discussion. He was so great that he could coach the worst team in the NFL today and make them Super Bowl Champions within three years. I love and adore that man and what he was able to accomplish.
@@SuperPrince1007 I doubt his methods would work today. The game is different today and not just from an X's and O's standpoint. Rule changes, salary cap, parity, more teams, etc. He would probably have to do an entire different style. But maybe he could have done that and have been just as successful or maybe he could have done that and have been even more successful. Or maybe he couldn't have done that and been just as successful or maybe he couldn't have done that and have been even more successful. Or he may have been unsuccessful at adapting at fired after 3 seasons. Who knows?
What a stupid comment. Who cares? Just because you change the name of an event doesn't mean you still didn't win the championship. Just how many CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE THE JETS WON IN THEIR HISTORY - 1? Whoa! While the Packers have THIRTEEN championships regardless of what you want to call them.
Frank Cich You must have mistaken me for A Jets fan. I never claimed to be a Jets fan. Im just stating an rather unpleasant reality in sports History. But they're plenty of those if you'd care to research!
There was a movie about the early years with the Packers. The name was "legend in Granite" and it is on TH-cam. Ernest Borgnine plays Vince Lombardi. It is a pretty good movie made for TV in 1973. Here it is th-cam.com/video/na5jZ7_BB4I/w-d-xo.html
@@rickjohnson1266 yeah. I've seen it. Not a top quality film in my view. Used old highlight footage. There needs to be a grand scale picture that's worthy of his great story. Can't figure out why it hasn't been done?
My dad went to Fordham so even thought I have absolutely no connection to Green Bay that glorious bastard goes and on. When I meet people from Wisconsin I always say this.
I do not know. Go to Godzillarocks or David Veloskys Back Door (youtube channels) and ask them. They are NFL Films and music aficionados. A link to one of David's videos so you have his channel to email him th-cam.com/video/KjlPBVYpxEI/w-d-xo.html. Email him a link from my video.
Lombardi easily could’ve had seven titles instead of five. The Packers dominated the Eagles in the 1960 NFL championship game, but the big play was just missing. A costly decision to go for fourth down instead of a short field goal early in the game deep in Eagles territory cost the Packers, as did having to accept two chip-shot field goals instead of TD’s, as well as a missed 12-yard FG just before halftime. Later in the game, Lombardi went for it on 4th down and failed again, this time from the Eagles 22. Converting any one of those opportunities might have given GB the win. They lost by 4 and the game ended with the Packers on the Eagles 9. Three years later, Lombardi had one of his best teams at 11-2-1, but both losses were to the Bears who finished 11-1-2, and GB didn’t even win the Western Conference.
The year Lombardi stepped down, they missed the playoffs-and just barely. If the Old Man had come back for one more year-and made it clear that it was his last year-the Packers would have rallied behind him and definitely made the playoffs and probably won another Super Bowl. They would have beaten the jets for certain.
That's "great defense" 🤨played by Detroit's No. 44 for the final 45 or so yards of Taylor's TD rumble. "Let's see... if I just keep backpedaling..." Is #44 Dick LeBeau??
“Lombardi...a certain magic still lingers in the very name.”
I get chills whenever he says that
No doubt that he was the best of all time
Agreed
Facenda and the Sabol's made pro football seem like mythology. I wouldn't love it without being a kid in the 80s watching all of the NFL Films footage on ESPN. It was history that was amazing to take in. It's too bad other sports didnt put their history on display like this.
Same here..
Without fail!
Greatest coach of all-time. No telling how many more titles he would have had if he had lived longer. I'm still in awe of him after all these years.
The next year, the Packers missed the playoffs by only one game. Had Lombardi been coaching that year, they would have certainly made the playoff and even gotten to another Super Bowl -abd they would have done it it for "the old man" ... every Packer would have given everything to see that happen one more time.
Greatest Coast of All-Time? INDEED!!!
5 champion NFL championships in 7 years and victorious in the first two superbowls. Greatest coach of all time in my book.
Who better than John Facenda to narrate this. A touching tribute.
What a voice !
lol Italians everywhere!!!
"Every year the winner of the super bowl is awarded the Vincent Lombardi trophy, but his legacy is the greatest prize the game can offer." Wow what a man
"Lombardi....a certain magic still lingers in the very name." I'll always remember this music, and those words. This segment will be relived.....forever!
There will never ever be another Coach Lombardi. Love you coach.
Man when those big offensive lineman came around to clear the way in that Green Bay sweep; you never saw a more beautiful play! I could watch clips of that forever and it would still give me goose pimples and chills like I was watching it for the first time!
"he died with the courage and grace that had always marked him as a man"
Damn, that's what I want someone to say at my funeral.
This is just CLASSIC. NFL Films at its very best.
58 YEARS OLD BEING WATCHING NFL SINCE I WAS 8 STILL CRY AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SEASON WHEN I SEE THIS
STILL CRYING 2022
STILL CRYING 2023
A truly iconic individual that helped the NFL become what it is today. His players not only achieved excellence in football, but also became successful in their retired life as they became multi-million dollar business men. His story is the fabric of history and dreams.
Truly a miracle!
We will never see such an incredible individual again.
Lombardi thought of himself as a developer and molder of young men, not just a football coach. You are exactly right.
"Every year the winner of the Superbowl is awarded the Vincent Lombardi trophy, his legacy is the greatest prize the game can offer".
Facenda combined with the music never fail to make me choke up and I've seen this A LOT.
John Facenda is awesome!!!!
John Facenda had the voice of God. Nobody in the history of mankind had a voice like him.
His comments on the undefeated '72 Dolphins are classic. But Lombardi Packers are for ever.
@Paul Kryder Not even close. Don had a great voice but not like John Facenda.
John Facenda's best work
Facenda was the best.
@@chuckcollins2349 Without question. In many ways, it was never the same after he passed.
Vince will always be remembered...
he was a Nfl pioneer
A Seal Here.. And A Seal Here...
And try to Run this play.. In the ALLEY!
(Rip Vince Lombradi)
:((
This is so inspiring and emotional. My favorite Coach ever. A magical time!
Favorite Coach ever, and GREATEST!!
How many of us would give all that we have to be remembered and eulogized in the way NFL Films remembered and eulogized the great Vincent Thomas Lombardi in this iconic segment?
Five Titles in only Nine Years! THE G.O.A.T. OF COACHING **UNDISPUTED, PERIOD**!!!!
“Lombardi “
Goosebumps and shaking
Vince Lombardi was the GOAT. He had 8 plays and used them to near perfection, with 5 Championships and won the love and respect of his players
What NFL Films video was this piece pulled from? It’s the greatest!
Coach Lombardi not only was but still is the greatest coach and motivator of all time
" JUST GRABBIN EVERYBODY " 😂😂😂 RIP TO A LEGEND
Dear Coach Lombardi, is there any way you can come back? Not only does the NFL need you, but our country needs you.
Completely agree, but it is a bygone era. Even if he came back in all his Glory, very few would listen (unfortunately).
I get chills every time I watch this
i have watched this video a hundred times and it still gives me goosebumps watching the old time packers with the great vince lombardi!! greatness never fails!
"WHAT, THE"HELL" IS GOING ON OUT HERE"!!??,,," IS JUST PERFECTION"!!! NEVER GETS OLD," I LAUGH EVERYTIME",,,
I love the panorama view of Lambeau Field at 0:35. Back before luxury skyboxes and huge video boards. I remember attending a few games there growing up. It was all about the game on the field. Pure and simple.
Owners were about money back then too, so it wasn't "pure and simple".
Lombardi had 7 championship seasons in only 9 years. That's a much higher winning percentage than Bill Bellacheck and that one other team had.
Lombardi didn't have to worry about free agency, he got to keep all his guys year after year. Imagine if Belichick could have kept every pro-bowler he ever had. He'd win 7 out of 9 too
@@KHayes666 Lombardi inherited a team that was mediocre before he arrived...and made them winners.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 Belichick inherited a team that went 8-8 the year before and 2 years later won the Superbowl. Now imagine if Belichick could keep his back to back 03-04 team together without worrying about free agency.
When they run that Packer Sweep at 2:33 how can you not love that? There is nothing tricky or even clever about what the Packers did. They just did it so good you couldn't stop it. For me as a German, that is what I think it means to be successful. When you can channel everything you are as a person into doing something right without breaking... that's good.
Helped Larry Brown develop into a great RB. After Green Bay he got Washington on a winning track. I am convinced he would have led Washington to its first Super Bowl win if cancer had not take him from us too soon.
If Lombardi saw how the packers were playing these day I know what'd he say
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT HERE"
2:24 No Lombardi (and Packer) tribute would be complete without this footage. Just exquisitely executed. Note that Forrest Gregg is playing Right Guard. And look at Bob Skoronski run!
John Facenda was gifted with vocal chords from God!! Perfectly suited to narrate a tribute to the greatest coach to ever inhabit this earth. Every syllable he utters touches the very heart and soul of the listener. Just as Facenda was the symbol of vocal artistry in his craft, Vincent Thomas Lombardi transcended the sport of Professional Football. View every tribute to this legend and they all trumpet the same basic tenet. THERE NEVER WAS, NOR WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER VINCE LOMBARDI. The greatest symbol of dedication to excel that ever lived. In any field of endeavor. His mere presence physically and spiritually was enough to inspire others to achieve beyond their wildest dreams. Five NFL Championships in his last seven seasons. Including victory in the first two Super Bowls. The trophy every team aspires to win bears his name. While the only trophy that will bear Bill Belichicks moniker is the "James Bond Award" for the NFL's greatest spy network. Facendas golden description of how Lombardi stood for everything that was good and solid in America rings truer now than ever before. Here in a nation that has plumbed the depths of despair with Joe Biden as our leader!! Since the Revolutionary War, no American leader could stand toe to toe with the qualities Lombardi embodied. Lombardi played with an integrated roster in an era when blacks were nearly ostracized from the game. Lombardi coached two players that were openly gay and threatened to fire anyone who said a word against them. WHAT A SUPERB BLEND OF MANLY QUALITIES HE WAS. Completely intolerant of lack of dedication. Totally open to everyone that placed the team above themselves. That is why Vince Lombardi stands above all others. As a coach. And more importantly as a man.
If I had a voice like John Facenda nobody would be able to shut me up!
true story! the voice of god .. facenda!
That music though...
Born and Raised in Wisconsin
Thank You Vince
The music makes the hair stand up, on the back of my neck!!!!
God bless Vince Lombardi. And the Green Bay Packers.
The magic is perfection.
No one did a better job of describing Lombardi
Vince Lombardi was the greatest Coach in NFL History. People think Bill Belichick and his Patriot dynasty is better... NOPE.
Vince Lombardi was the man. John Facenda was a great narrator for NFL films.
Vince is a John Wooden-like motivator and mentor of the game. However, in the modern NFL today, when it comes to tactics, wit, deception, and execution, Bill has proven time and time again that he can outsmart this league, and for having done it so long for so well, I have to call him the GOAT.
Lombardi was the greatest of his era. Belichick was the greatest of his era.
Vincent Lombardi # 1 NFL Coach of all time, end of discussion. He was so great that he could coach the worst team in the NFL today and make them Super Bowl Champions within three years. I love and adore that man and what he was able to accomplish.
@@SuperPrince1007 I doubt his methods would work today. The game is different today and not just from an X's and O's standpoint. Rule changes, salary cap, parity, more teams, etc. He would probably have to do an entire different style. But maybe he could have done that and have been just as successful or maybe he could have done that and have been even more successful. Or maybe he couldn't have done that and been just as successful or maybe he couldn't have done that and have been even more successful. Or he may have been unsuccessful at adapting at fired after 3 seasons. Who knows?
Greatness
Not since Sulla, Marius an Jules Caesar has there been a man as great
Nobody will ever come close to Lombardi.
Nobody; NEVER.
Goosebumps pure Goosebumps
GRAB GRAB GRAB!!
The Great man.
Vince.
What is the name of The Music Piece from the 0:26 mark to the 1:29 mark of this video?
Wild Bunch. You can find it the Autumn Thunder soundtrack by Sam Spence.
Few earn the Lombardi trophy. But they deserve it.
FACENDA!!!!!!
whats first song??
Wild Bunch by Sam Spence
The game was better than with more running, mud, blood and guts.
What a stupid comment. Who cares? Just because you change the name of an event doesn't mean you still didn't win the championship. Just how many CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE THE JETS WON IN THEIR HISTORY - 1? Whoa! While the Packers have THIRTEEN championships regardless of what you want to call them.
Frank Cich You must have mistaken me for A Jets fan. I never claimed to be a Jets fan. Im just stating an rather unpleasant reality in sports History. But they're plenty of those if you'd care to research!
I'm not a Jets fans. I was just stating Facts!! Sorry if they hurt!
Vincent T. 👍
Lol his Brooklyn accent is the best part
Brooklyn Iowa !
Begs the question. Why has there not been a major motion picture about his life?
There was a movie about the early years with the Packers. The name was "legend in Granite" and it is on TH-cam. Ernest Borgnine plays Vince Lombardi. It is a pretty good movie made for TV in 1973. Here it is th-cam.com/video/na5jZ7_BB4I/w-d-xo.html
@@rickjohnson1266 yeah. I've seen it. Not a top quality film in my view. Used old highlight footage. There needs to be a grand scale picture that's worthy of his great story. Can't figure out why it hasn't been done?
Go Pack Go.
My dad went to Fordham so even thought I have absolutely no connection to Green Bay that glorious bastard goes and on. When I meet people from Wisconsin I always say this.
@Fordham, One of the "Seven Blocks of Granite". Your Father would know.
I do not know. Go to Godzillarocks or David Veloskys Back Door (youtube channels) and ask them. They are NFL Films and music aficionados. A link to one of David's videos so you have his channel to email him th-cam.com/video/KjlPBVYpxEI/w-d-xo.html. Email him a link from my video.
You will see him in heaven with Jesus
Lombardi easily could’ve had seven titles instead of five. The Packers dominated the Eagles in the 1960 NFL championship game, but the big play was just missing. A costly decision to go for fourth down instead of a short field goal early in the game deep in Eagles territory cost the Packers, as did having to accept two chip-shot field goals instead of TD’s, as well as a missed 12-yard FG just before halftime. Later in the game, Lombardi went for it on 4th down and failed again, this time from the Eagles 22. Converting any one of those opportunities might have given GB the win. They lost by 4 and the game ended with the Packers on the Eagles 9. Three years later, Lombardi had one of his best teams at 11-2-1, but both losses were to the Bears who finished 11-1-2, and GB didn’t even win the Western Conference.
The year Lombardi stepped down, they missed the playoffs-and just barely. If the Old Man had come back for one more year-and made it clear that it was his last year-the Packers would have rallied behind him and definitely made the playoffs and probably won another Super Bowl. They would have beaten the jets for certain.
That's "great defense" 🤨played by Detroit's No. 44 for the final 45 or so yards of Taylor's TD rumble. "Let's see... if I just keep backpedaling..." Is #44 Dick LeBeau??