Super Bowl 2024: who was Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach who gave his name to the NFL final trophy
Of Italian origin although born in Brooklyn (New York state) in 1913, Vince Lombardi was the famous coach who led the Green Bay Packers for nine seasons and managed to lead them to the Super Bowl title in the first two editions, played in 1967. and the following year.
“Winning is not everything, it is the only thing”, “Measure yourself with the greats and you will be great”, “If you like to win, but you think you can’t win, it is almost a fact that you are going to lose” and “The only place “where success comes before work is the dictionary” are some of the phrases with which the remembered head coach expressed his winning mentality and motivated his team. His astonishing record in regular seasons and playoffs features 105 wins, 35 losses and six ties.
Every year Super Bowl fans and followers eagerly await the arrival of the game that closes the NFL season, but at the same time they wait for the halftime show. The last shows set the bar high, with the magnitude of the show and the artists who performed, but the one that had the most relevance was undoubtedly last year after Rihanna’s live performance after several years without doing shows. This year the organization chose Usher as the artist who will be at the halftime show at Super Bowl LVIII. Read more here…