Vince Lombardi
This was the fifth shutout in NFL Championship game history and coach Lombardi's first of five championships in seven years. Lombardi used a strategy in this game that was common in all the Packers championships. A strategy of fundamentally sound football (the Packers had no turnovers and only 16 yards in penalties) and to beat the opposition at their strength, in this case running the ball at the Giants linemen Andy Robustelli and Rosey Grier. In 1959 Lombardi had taken over a Green Bay franchise that was the worst team in the league in 1958 and in three years turn them into NFL Champions.
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