Magnificent
Seven: The Championship Games That Built the Lombardi Dynasty
by Bud Lea, Vernon Biever, John Biever, Paul Hornung, Bart Starr
Book Description: No other team has won as many NFL Championships
as the Green Bay Packers. And no other team had an iron-willed force named
Vince Lombardi to propel it through seven championship wins. Beginning
in 1961 Lombardi led his team to the first of five NFL Championships and
ended with the Packers second Super Bowl win in 1968.
The Magnificent Seven brings you back to the 60's not to just replay
each of those seven games but to experience the drama of little known vignettes
as legends-to-be made football history. Championship one was almost "lost"
before the game was ever played when running back and National Guard Reservist
Paul Hornung was called to active duty. It took a call by Lombardi to President
John F. Kennedy who arranged a furlough for Hornung so he could play the
game. Play he did, by scoring 19 of Green Bay's 37 points.
Vince Lombardi was the eighth Packer in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Ten of the next eleven Packers played for Lombardi during this championship
era. The amazing exploits of these future gridiron hall-of-famers—Jim
Taylor, Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr, Ray Nitschke, Herb Adderley, Willie
Davis, Jim Ringo, Paul Hornung, Willie Wood, Henry Jordan—are
dominant throughout the game tales.
All these feats are brought alive through the award-winning photography
of Vernon and John Biever. Every facet of the championship experience is
visually presented and melded with the text, game action sequences and
player and coach's candid moments.
This is a keeper for Green Bay Packer fans everywhere.
Hardcover from Triumph Books
Book Published: September, 2002 |
