When Pride Still Mattered

A Life of Vince Lombardi

By: David Maraniss

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Paperback | 3 September 2000 | Edition Number 1

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More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning. In "When Pride Still Mattered, " Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss captures the myth and the man, football, God, and country in a thrilling biography destined to become an American classic.

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"An astonishingly good book. . . . A triumph, a classic American biography."--Robert W. Creamer "The Washington Post Book World " "Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. May be the best sports biography ever published."--Ron Fimrite "Sports Illustrated " "A superb book, one of the best on football that we have."--Michael Oriard "The Philadelphia Inquirer " "A monumental biography."--Michael Bauman "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel " "A masterly biography. . . . A finely crafted, multifaceted portrait of a life driven by obsession."--Tim Long "The Miami Herald " "Both the reach of the research and the grasp of Lombardi's character are impressive. It is a wonderful work."--Lester Munson "Chicago Tribune " "It is simply a superb biography."--Bill Brashler "Chicago Sun-Times "

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Preface	p. 13
Tattoos	p. 15
Fordham Road	p. 31
We Do, or Die	p. 48
Saints	p. 67
Lost in the Bronx	p. 88
Fields of Friendly Strife	p. 97
Blaik's Boys	p. 116
No Substitute for Victory	p. 135
Cult of the New	p. 150
This Pride of Giants	p. 166
The Foreigner	p. 191
Packer Sweep	p. 204
Trinity	p. 227
Remembering Jack	p. 249
Golden	p. 269
A Night at the Elks	p. 295
Daylight	p. 304
The End of Something	p. 322
Foot of the Cross	p. 335
Coming in Second	p. 343
Winning Isn't Everything	p. 365
It's the Only Thing	p. 371
In Search of Meaning	p. 397
Ice	p. 410
Until Lombardi Loves You	p. 429
The Empty Room	p. 454
Taking Charge in Washington	p. 464
Run to Win	p. 482
Epilogue	p. 500
Notes	p. 505
Bibliography	p. 517
Acknowledgments	p. 519
Index	p. 522
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