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The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time.

Vince Lombardi

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Vince Lombardi
Age: 57 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 11
Died: 1970
Died: September 3
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New York
Vincent Thomas Lombardi
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