Vince Lombardi Autographed Run Daylight Book Packers

Description: Vince Lombardi signed Run to Daylight book. Checks are plentiful but other signed Lombardi items with a heartfelt inscription are not! Lombardi's mother was Matilda "Mattie" Izzo (1891–1972). This book is autographed to Vince's cousin Tony Izzo and is dated 12 / 16 / 63. It is quite rare to find a book signed for a family member. The book does have scattered wear and staining on both covers, and some staining and wear inside the covers including the signed page. The rest of the book is in good overall condition. Please see the photos, and no dusk jacket is included. This purchased was purchased from Hunt Auctions in 2024 and please see the Auction House Letter of Authenticity. I further guarantee the Lombardi autograph to pass JSA or PSA/DNA autograph authentication or a full refund will be given for your purchase price. I only sell and ship to locations within the USA. From wikipedia:Green Bay Packers[edit]1959[edit]The Green Bay Packers, with six future Hall of Famers on the roster in 1958,[70][note 5] finished at 1–10–1 under head coach Ray McLean,[70] the worst record in Packers history.[71] The players were dispirited,[72] the Packers shareholders were disheartened, and the Green Bay community was enraged. The angst in Green Bay extended to the NFL as a whole, as the financial viability and the very existence of the Green Bay Packer franchise were in jeopardy. On February 2, 1959, Lombardi accepted the position of head coach and general manager of the Packers.[73][74][75] He demanded and gained full control over the football operations of the community-owned franchise, leaving no doubt of this when he told the franchise's executive committee, "I want it understood that I am in complete command here."[76] Lombardi's assertion of "complete command" applied to the players as well. For his first training camp, he instituted harsh regimens and demanded absolute dedication and effort from his players. The Packers immediately improved in 1959 to 7–5, and rookie head coach Lombardi was named Coach of the Year.[77] The fans appreciated what Lombardi was trying to do and responded by purchasing all the tickets for every home game during the 1960 season.[78] Every Packers home game—preseason, regular season and playoffs—has been sold out ever since then. 1960–1966[edit]In Lombardi's second year in 1960, Green Bay won the NFL Western Conference for the first time since 1944. This victory, along with his well-known religious convictions,[79] led the Green Bay community to anoint Lombardi with the nickname "The Pope".[79] Lombardi led the Packers to the 1960 Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Before the championship game, Lombardi met with Wellington Mara and advised him that he would not take the Giants' head coaching job, which was initially offered after the end of the 1959 season.[80] In the final play of the game, in a drive that would have won it, the Packers were stopped a few yards from the goal line. Lombardi had suffered his first and only championship game loss. After the game, and after the press corps had left the locker room, Lombardi told his team, "This will never happen again. You will never lose another championship."[81] In later years as coach of the Packers, Lombardi made it a point to admonish his running backs that if they failed to score from one yard out, he would consider it a personal affront to him and he would seek retribution.[82] He coached the Packers to win their next nine post-season games, a record streak not matched or broken until Bill Belichick won ten straight from 2002 to 2006 with New England.[83] The Packers defeated the Giants for the NFL title in 1961 (37–0 in Green Bay) and 1962 (16–7 at Yankee Stadium), marking the first two of their five titles in Lombardi's seven years. After the 1962 championship victory, President John F. Kennedy called Lombardi and asked him if he would "come back to Army and coach again". Kennedy received Lombardi's tacit refusal of the request.[84] His only other post-season loss occurred to the St. Louis Cardinals in the third-place Playoff Bowl after the 1964 season (officially classified as an exhibition game).[85] Including postseason but excluding exhibition games, Lombardi compiled a 105–35–6 (.740) record as head coach, and never suffered a losing season.[86] He led the Packers to three consecutive NFL championships — in 1965, 1966, and 1967 — a feat accomplished only once before in the history of the league, by Curly Lambeau, co-founder of the Packers, who coached the team to their first three straight NFL Championships in 1929, 1930, and 1931. At the conclusion of the 1966 and 1967 seasons, Lombardi's Packers won the first two Super Bowls,[87][88][89] for championships in five of seven seasons.[90]

Price: 1295 USD

Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin

End Time: 2025-01-11T19:37:25.000Z

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