Disappointed to lose what Sports Illustrated called “the greatest football game ever played,” Lombardi started his off-season job at a bank a few days later. Coaching pro football wasn’t a full-time job for assistants, many of whom worked outside the game in the off-season to augment their meager salaries. Lombardi experienced a profound change as he went from the shattering noise of a championship football game to the quiet purr of a bank, but he needed the money to maintain his family’s standard of living, and he enjoyed the professional environment. Hired by the bank’s sales office, he
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