That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory

by John Eisenberg

Book Overview

The story of a team, a town, and a leader: Vince Lombardi's first year as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, and how he turned them into a powerhouse.

The once-vaunted Green Bay Packers were a laughingstock by the late 1950s. They hadn't fielded a winning team in more than a decade, and were close to losing their franchise to another city. They were in desperate need of a savior--and he arrived in a wood-paneled station wagon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547395698
• ISBN13: 9780547395692
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"