Referred to as a champion of equality, Vince Lombardi’s life and legacy will be highlighted in honor of Italian American Heritage month.

Vince Lombardi’s early life

At the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn in 1913, Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born to father immigrant Enrico Lombardi, and mother Matilda Izzo. From the beginning, Enrico was raising his three sons to be perfectionists, teaching them the only way they would be succesful was to be better than everyone else. This mentality followed Vince through his career in football.