Vince Lombardi's Roots Can Be Found in Amos Alonzo Stagg

Jan. 28, 2011 - PRLog -- January 28, 2011

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Vince Lombardi's Roots Can Be Found in Amos Alonzo Stagg

(Dallas, TX) - John Greenburg, Acclaimed Author of "The Grand Old Man: Amos Alonzo Stagg" takes a look at how influential this pioneer in football was.  In Dallas, Texas on February 6, The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Pittsburg Steelers in Super Bowl XLV.  Greenburg points out that they are playing for the coveted "Lombardi Throphy" named after the former Packer coach, and that Vince Lombardi's roots can be found in Amos Alonzo Stagg.

Green Bay's appearance in Super Bowl XLV rekindles memories of Vince Lombardi's Packer dynasty.  If it weren't for Amos Alonzo Stagg, though, there probably wouldn't have been a Green Bay Packer franchise, or even a Super Bowl.

Lombardi played guard in the Balanced-Line Single Wing offense at Fordham University, and he was coached by "Sleepy Jim" Crowley (Fordham head coach) and Frank Leahy (Fordham line coach).  Both Crowley and Leahy played for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame; as did Curly Lambeau, who founded the Packers.  In fact, Crowley played his high school football for Lambeau at Green Bay East High School.  In the very beginning, the Packers had a strong Notre Dame connection and used the same Balanced-Line Single Wing offense Rockne had used.

Rockne had learned his football playing at Notre Dame for Jesse Harper, who had played for Stagg on an unbeaten national championship... and Lambeau, Rockne and Harper all used an offense that The Grand Old Man originated in 1901 that came to be known as the Balanced-Line Single Wing.

Vince Lombardi loved the power blocking principles of the Balanced-Line Single Wing.  He was especially enamored of the cutback play... a play that Walter Eckersall executed to perfection on his way to becoming an All-American for Stagg at the University of Chicago in 1905.  Lombardi used the same play when he was the offensive coach for the New York Giants (with Frank Gifford playing Eckersall's role) and later at Green Bay (with Paul Hornung playing Eckersall's role).  

Stagg brought us the passing game; and without the forward pass, there wouldn't be a Super Bowl.  This is why the biggest names in football have repeatedly said: "All football comes from Stagg."

The Grand Old Man: Amos Alonzo Stagg is an intensively researched biography of Stagg written by John Greenburg.  It is available as an ebook through Amazon.Com, and in paperback from MirasmartShop.Com  

John Greenburg is available for interviews.  Please contact Shannon Rose, Eclectic Media Productions (347) 92-STARS or (347) 927-8277, Email: srose@mediaproductions.tv

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