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Over the course of the last ninety years of professional football, there has not been a more storied franchise than that of the Green Bay Packers. Born in 1919, the team was the brainchild of Curly Lambeau. He, along with his partner George Calhoun, had first gotten the idea to form a professional team while they were talking on the corner of a street in Green Bay. After getting Lambeau’s Indian Packing Company employers to agree to pay for the team’s initial uniforms, the Packers began to play. After a false start in acquiring an NFL franchise in 1921, Lambeau finally cemented the team’s membership in the League in 1922 – for a mere $250.

Success did come

The Packers have definitely earned the right for the city of Green Bay to be called Titletown. With twelve National Football League titles to its credit, the franchise has established itself as a dynasty. Throughout the thirties, the sixties, and again in the nineties, the “Pack” demonstrated the pride of a championship unit. Still, the mightiest Packers dynasty of them all was without a doubt the one that Vince Lombardi built in the decade of the 1960s.

Restoring the Packers

Lombardi inherited anything but a cohesive and productive football team when he took over as Coach in 1959. In fact, the team won only one of twelve games in 1958. Lombardi, who was hired away from his assistant’s role with the Giants, wasted no time or effort in changing the tone and tenor of the team’s approach to the game. The results were dramatic, as the 1959 Packers had a seven-win season, followed by their 1960 appearance in the western championship game against Philadelphia. Though they lost that 1960 postseason contest, the stage was set for the team to win titles in 1961 and again in 1962. Then in 1965, the team began a championship run that lasted for three years and three titles – two of which were the first two official Super Bowl contests.

The anatomy of a dynasty

During Lombardi’s 1960s tenure, the Packers never slipped below second in their division, and became the ultimate prototype of a winning football team. They won titles in five of their seven campaigns, demonstrating the power of the Lombardi system. Moreover, his time with the team – a full nine seasons before his retirement – saw them post a record of 98 wins with 30 losses. For those interested in titles only, his record in the postseason was historic: ten games played with only one loss. That loss was, of course, the 1960 contest against the Eagles.

Be prepared

It is easy for many modern fans to view Lombardi through the lens of history and simply dismiss him as a rare example of football genius – one of those historic individuals who have the innate power to rally any team or organization to victory. When he almost offhandedly made his comment about winning and how it was the only thing of relevance, he served only to fuel that perception. Lombardi’s abilities were more than inspirational, however. He was a master of preparation, as is perhaps best evidenced by his team’s use of the Lombardi-created Packer Sweep. He forced his players to run the Sweep drill so repetitiously in practice that they performed it without error. Because of their practiced proficiency, opponents could almost never stop the play, although they almost always knew it was going to be run.

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