Saturday, October 27, 2007

Lombardi in the office


Today’s image is from the 1964 Green Bay Packers Yearbook, showing head coach and general manager Vince Lombardi gazing out over a decidedly more rural Highland Avenue setting than it appears today. The street was renamed Lombardi Avenue a few years later in his honor. This is one of the few photos that we’ve come across over the years that shows Lombardi in this setting, giving us the chance to see things “behind the scenes.” The photo was taken around the holidays when the season was over, as evidenced by the Christmas cards on the window sill.