Vince Lombardi
Acrylic on board-- This portrait is doing double duty: it'll be featured on the invitation for the 2010 Dennis Eichhorn Super Bowl Party, and the original art was a birthday present for my father (a Packers fan from way back in the Ray Nitschke days) who turned 80 today-
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I grew up a Lions fan and the Packers, with Vince Lombardi coaching, were our perennial rival in the early 60s. The Lions have taken a different path since team ownership changed nearly 50 years ago now. You have to admire how such a small town like Green Bay, Wisconsin can support and sustain a professional sports team. You see how much they love their team by their hugs and backslaps for players jumping into the stands after scoring a touchdown. Football fans are the most loyal of sports fans in Detroit. I imagine the same holds true for your Dad and all the Packers fans. Happy Birthday to your Dad. Only the decades count.
Thanks as always for the comment, Danny-- I spent a few years in Toledo, Ohio, as a kid, and was a big Detroit Lions fan-- Mike Lucci was my favorite player, for some reason-- I distinctly remember watching Tom Dempsey kick the 63 yarder to beat the Lions in 1970-- Too bad the Lions have been such a laughing stock for so many years-- I'd love to see them turn it around--
That Tom Dempsey record setting field goal foreshadowed the Lions doom, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I recall the camera shaking from the crowd's reaction. Did you go to any Mud Hens games? Toledo has a pretty good art museum too.
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