Magnificent Seven: The Championship Games That Built the Lombardi Dynasty

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Titletown USA is the proud moniker of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and this book examines how the Green Bay Packers, led by head coach Vince Lombardi, became the championship prototype by which other teams measured their success in the NFL's formative years. In the 1960s, Lombardi's Packers turned the smallest national market in the NFL into the home of the most successful football team in league history. The first team to win five titles in a seven-year span, the Green Bay Packers became synonymous with championships as the NFL emerged on the forefront of the national sports scene. Magnificent Seven gathers anecdotes and strategy from the squads that won the three NFL Championships in 1961, 1962, and 1965, Super Bowls I and II, as well as the NFC Championships in 1966 and 1967.

Bud Lea is the former Green Bay Packers beat writer for the Milwaukee Sentinel from 1954-72 before being the paper's sports editor from 1972-80 and sports columnist from 1980-95. He is the author of Heir to the Legacy. He lives in Glendale, Wisconsin. Paul Hornung is a retired Hall of Fame professional football player who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1957-66. A versatile player, he was a halfback, quarterback, and placekicker. Bart Starr is a former professional football player and coach who was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971, during which time he led the Packers to multiple NFL championships. Vince Lombardi Jr. is the son of legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi and the former assistant executive director of the National Football League Management Council focusing primarily as a labor negotiator.