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In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.

Vince Lombardi

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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
Coaching
Using
Somebody
Successful
Else
Play
Years
Never

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