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question
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 9:42 am
by falconfan58
I don't remember where I read it,but did Vince Lombardi consider trading Ray Nitschke for the rights to draft Tommy Nobis?
thanks
Re: question
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:15 pm
by 7DnBrnc53
falconfan58 wrote:I don't remember where I read it,but did Vince Lombardi consider trading Ray Nitschke for the rights to draft Tommy Nobis?
thanks
It wouldn't surprise me. In 1966, Lombardi felt that his assistant, Norb Hecker, wasn't ready to be a HC (I think that Lombardi was thinking about taking the Atlanta job). However, the Falcons hired Norb anyway.
Re: question
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:33 pm
by BD Sullivan
7DnBrnc53 wrote:falconfan58 wrote:I don't remember where I read it,but did Vince Lombardi consider trading Ray Nitschke for the rights to draft Tommy Nobis?
thanks
It wouldn't surprise me. In 1966, Lombardi felt that his assistant, Norb Hecker, wasn't ready to be a HC (I think that Lombardi was thinking about taking the Atlanta job). However, the Falcons hired Norb anyway.
Not sure that Lombardi was considering taking it, though his name was prominently mentioned--as was Paul Brown's.