Lombardi and Landry How Two of Pro Football's Greatest Coaches Launched Their Legends and Changed the Game Forever

Name: Lombardi and Landry How Two of Pro Football's Greatest Coaches Launched Their Legends and Changed the Game Forever
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ISBN: 9781616084417

ISBN-10: 1616084413

ISBN-13: 9781616084417

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ernie Palladino

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Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry could not have had two more divergent personalities. Yet, while working for the New York Giants in the mid-1950s under head coach Jim Lee Howell, the pair formed what still stands as the greatest set of coordinators on one team. Given their personalities, one might have likened Howell'¬"s job to that of Dwight Eisenhower'¬"s as the general struggled to control the egos and politics of his allied subordinates during WWII. But for some reason, Lombardi and Landry worked almost seamlessly, leading the Giants to the top of the NFL. In the five seasons the two men coached together between 1956 and 1959, the Giants appeared in three championship games, winning the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Prologue


Introduction



Strange bedfellows



The master and his disciplies



Summer 1956 Seeds of something special



The season starts



Blips and baubles



Finally, an offer



Beating the browms



The not-so-greatest game



Lombardi moves on



Home to dallas



Where it all went


Epilogue


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


About the Author


Index