Short answers, pulled from the story.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi entered the world on the 11th of June 1913, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. His parents Enrico and Matilda had both emigrated from Southern Italy to America.
On the 2nd of February 1959 following intense lobbying by Jack Vainisi Lombardi accepted the position of head coach and general manager of the Packers. The team had finished the previous season with a 1 10 1 record which was the worst in franchise history.
The Packers defeated the Giants for the NFL title in 1961 and 1962 marking the first two of their five titles. Shortly after winning Super Bowl II Lombardi resigned as head coach on the 1st of February 1968.
In 1967 the Packers hosted the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay on December 31 where the game-time temperature created conditions so cold that it became known as the Ice Bowl. A heating coil underneath the field was not functioning that day.
He died in Washington D.C. at 7:12 a.m. on Thursday the 3rd of September 1970 surrounded by wife parents children and six grandchildren. Tests revealed anaplastic carcinoma in the rectal area and exploratory surgery found cancer terminal by July 27.