38 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE THE FIRST DYNASTY 4 CHAPTER TWO THE STEEL CURTAIN 10 CHAPTER THREE DYNASTY RIVALS 18 CHAPTER FOUR THE PATRIOT WAY 30 CHAPTER FIVE KINGS IN KANSAS CITY HONORABLE MENTIONS 44 INDEX 47 GLOSSARY 46 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 47
CHAPTER ONE THE FIRST DYNASTY In the summer of 1959 the Green Bay Packers were looking for a new coach The team had a glorious past in the National Football League NFL But the Packers had been struggling for more than a decade They chose an assistant from the New York Giants named Vince Lombardi Not many fans knew who he was The hire turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to the Packers Lombardi was a tough disciplined head coach One of his famous quotes was Winning is not a sometime thing It's an all-time thing To play for Lombardi's Packers a player had to do the right thing on every play It was hard work But his players loved him They also loved that he won games The Packers had won just one of 12 games Vince Lombardi compiled a 96-34-6 record in nine seasons with the Green Bay Packers He was also 9-1 in postseason games 5
