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If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.

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Vince Lombardi
Age: 57 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 11
Died: 1970
Died: September 3
American Football Player
Football Player
Brooklyn
New York
Vincent Thomas Lombardi
Away
Everything
Men
Tackling
Street
Streets
Running

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