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Wish I had a few bucks to make the trip to see this play ... one error, maybe two. In 1959, the Packers home field was known as City Stadium (it did not become Lambeau Field until Curly Lambeau died in 1965). And maybe Lombardi did have an office at the stadium, but the Packers offices (and Lombardi's) was at the Northland Hotel downtown.
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'Lombardi' preview: Read how Broadway play about Packers coach begins
Green Bay Press-Gazette
September 13, 2010
Imagine yourself in Vince Lombardi’s office at Lambeau Field as he’s about to start his first season of his run to glory as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.
The play “Lombardi,” which premieres Oct. 21 on Broadway at Circle in the Square theater, opens with future Hall of Fame players Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor meeting Lombardi.
The opening of the script by Eric Simonson goes like this. It is offered here by permission of the producers:
LOMBARDI: Come in, boys.
HORNUNG: Hello, Coach—(Taylor grunts.)
LOMBARDI: How'd I do out there, fellas?
HORNUNG: Well, I tell you, Mr. Lombardi, you got their attention.
LOMBARDI: They could have walked out at once for all I knew.... I did not expect either of you till three days from now.
HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Was there some sort of confusion with the dates? You're here early.
HORNUNG: Just a day or two.
LOMBARDI (Barks.): Three days! How come?! This camp right now is for rookies and walk-ons only. What in the hell you hanging around camp for?!
HORNUNG: Well, sir—
LOMBARDI: That is not a question, Mister. If you come around camp, you come to work out, not to stand around and watch or sit with the others during lunch to make conversation. That is what we call a distraction. Why are you here?!
(He waits.)
That's actually a real question. Answer.
HORNUNG: Me and a couple of the boys, we were....
LOMBARDI: What?! You were what?!
HORNUNG: Nothing.
LOMBARDI: Were you thinking you could get a head start on your bar hopping?
HORNUNG: No, sir.
LOMBARDI: Do not lie to me, Paul Hornung! You were spotted till all hours of the night at a place called Bucky’s Beanery. This establishment is off-limits. I’ve got a list—(Picks up a piece of paper from his desk.)
I’ve got a list here of all the bars and restaurants you are never, ever allowed to frequent again, and if I catch you there, you will be fined. You understand?
HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Jim, why are you here early?
TAYLOR: I messed up on my calendar dates.
LOMBARDI: (After a beat.) O.K. Both of you owe me 50 dollars.
TAYLOR: What for?!
LOMBARDI: You missed curfew.
TAYLOR: I didn’t go out drinking.
LOMBARDI: Yet you weren’t in your bed by 10.
HORNUNG: I thought curfew didn't start till Tuesday.
LOMBARDI: Mister, curfew started the day you showed up to camp! There is going to be a new way of doing things around here. You understand?
TAYLOR/HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Now. While I got you here, we might as well make it worth our time. Tomorrow you are going to suit up and work out with the rest of the team. Jim, you are the starting fullback. That is not going to change. Paul, the previous coach had you playing practically every position on the field.
HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: From quarterback to running back and place kicker. Safety, punt and kickoff returns.
HORNUNG: Yup.
TAYLOR/HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Now. Every team has a certain play that is theirs, and if they are good enough at running it, then there is no team that can stop it. Ours is the Power Sweep, we call it forty-nine, and you two are the cornerstones of that play. Jim, you and Paul here are going to be my thunder and lightning. You two are the engine that drives this team to victory.
(Goes to the chalkboard. Now he is speaking to the entire team.)
And this play, gentlemen, will be our bread and butter.
(Diagrams the play. Film and still images wash over the set.)
The offensive end takes an open position exactly nine feet from this tackle. The guard, Jerry Kramer, is wider than usual, for greater latitude to pull left or right. Then you, [Fred]Thurston—you may also break inside or outside, depending on how the play has broken. We create a seal here and a seal here and Jim Taylor, or Paul Hornung, as soon as you get the ball, you follow that blocker, and you run ... in ... the ... alley! You run to daylight! Wherever it shows. Inside the defensive tackle, inside the defensive end, outside the defensive linebacker. You run to daylight. Forty-nine. And this play can break any one of those three places. But ultimately, on this one play we have a hundred different options. Each man must read the defense as it happens and block according to his discretion. It’s up to the team to decide which way it goes, each player making split-second decisions in concert. This is our signature play. This is the play that we must make go. Every team in the league is going to know we're going to run this play, and no matter how hard they try to stop us, they won’t. Because they can’t! And we will run it again and again and again!
(Lights shift back to Hornung)
HORNUNG: That season we went from 1-10-1 to 7-5. You want to understand Coach, you watch that play. It’s him.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/art ... MBARDIPLAY
'Lombardi' preview: Read how Broadway play about Packers coach begins
Green Bay Press-Gazette
September 13, 2010
Imagine yourself in Vince Lombardi’s office at Lambeau Field as he’s about to start his first season of his run to glory as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.
The play “Lombardi,” which premieres Oct. 21 on Broadway at Circle in the Square theater, opens with future Hall of Fame players Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor meeting Lombardi.
The opening of the script by Eric Simonson goes like this. It is offered here by permission of the producers:
LOMBARDI: Come in, boys.
HORNUNG: Hello, Coach—(Taylor grunts.)
LOMBARDI: How'd I do out there, fellas?
HORNUNG: Well, I tell you, Mr. Lombardi, you got their attention.
LOMBARDI: They could have walked out at once for all I knew.... I did not expect either of you till three days from now.
HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Was there some sort of confusion with the dates? You're here early.
HORNUNG: Just a day or two.
LOMBARDI (Barks.): Three days! How come?! This camp right now is for rookies and walk-ons only. What in the hell you hanging around camp for?!
HORNUNG: Well, sir—
LOMBARDI: That is not a question, Mister. If you come around camp, you come to work out, not to stand around and watch or sit with the others during lunch to make conversation. That is what we call a distraction. Why are you here?!
(He waits.)
That's actually a real question. Answer.
HORNUNG: Me and a couple of the boys, we were....
LOMBARDI: What?! You were what?!
HORNUNG: Nothing.
LOMBARDI: Were you thinking you could get a head start on your bar hopping?
HORNUNG: No, sir.
LOMBARDI: Do not lie to me, Paul Hornung! You were spotted till all hours of the night at a place called Bucky’s Beanery. This establishment is off-limits. I’ve got a list—(Picks up a piece of paper from his desk.)
I’ve got a list here of all the bars and restaurants you are never, ever allowed to frequent again, and if I catch you there, you will be fined. You understand?
HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Jim, why are you here early?
TAYLOR: I messed up on my calendar dates.
LOMBARDI: (After a beat.) O.K. Both of you owe me 50 dollars.
TAYLOR: What for?!
LOMBARDI: You missed curfew.
TAYLOR: I didn’t go out drinking.
LOMBARDI: Yet you weren’t in your bed by 10.
HORNUNG: I thought curfew didn't start till Tuesday.
LOMBARDI: Mister, curfew started the day you showed up to camp! There is going to be a new way of doing things around here. You understand?
TAYLOR/HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Now. While I got you here, we might as well make it worth our time. Tomorrow you are going to suit up and work out with the rest of the team. Jim, you are the starting fullback. That is not going to change. Paul, the previous coach had you playing practically every position on the field.
HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: From quarterback to running back and place kicker. Safety, punt and kickoff returns.
HORNUNG: Yup.
TAYLOR/HORNUNG: Yes, sir.
LOMBARDI: Now. Every team has a certain play that is theirs, and if they are good enough at running it, then there is no team that can stop it. Ours is the Power Sweep, we call it forty-nine, and you two are the cornerstones of that play. Jim, you and Paul here are going to be my thunder and lightning. You two are the engine that drives this team to victory.
(Goes to the chalkboard. Now he is speaking to the entire team.)
And this play, gentlemen, will be our bread and butter.
(Diagrams the play. Film and still images wash over the set.)
The offensive end takes an open position exactly nine feet from this tackle. The guard, Jerry Kramer, is wider than usual, for greater latitude to pull left or right. Then you, [Fred]Thurston—you may also break inside or outside, depending on how the play has broken. We create a seal here and a seal here and Jim Taylor, or Paul Hornung, as soon as you get the ball, you follow that blocker, and you run ... in ... the ... alley! You run to daylight! Wherever it shows. Inside the defensive tackle, inside the defensive end, outside the defensive linebacker. You run to daylight. Forty-nine. And this play can break any one of those three places. But ultimately, on this one play we have a hundred different options. Each man must read the defense as it happens and block according to his discretion. It’s up to the team to decide which way it goes, each player making split-second decisions in concert. This is our signature play. This is the play that we must make go. Every team in the league is going to know we're going to run this play, and no matter how hard they try to stop us, they won’t. Because they can’t! And we will run it again and again and again!
(Lights shift back to Hornung)
HORNUNG: That season we went from 1-10-1 to 7-5. You want to understand Coach, you watch that play. It’s him.
