The 5th volume in the series, The History of the Green Bay Packers, LOMBARDI'S DESTINY - PART ONE by Larry Names, chronicles Vince Lombardi's first four years as head coach of the Green Bay Packers, 1959-1962. How Lombardi took the worst team in the NFL to a division championship in two years and then an NFL championship in three years.The winter of 1958-59 was the most pivotal period in the history of professional football. It started with the Baltimore Colts defeating the New York Giants for the National Football League Championship, 23-17, in the first ever overtime game in the history of football. Over the next three months, several events transpired that resulted in pro football being changed forever and for the good. None of those moments seemed to be all that important in the history of the game as they unfolded. Reveals how important that juncture in time was, not only in the history of a small-town football team, but in the overall history of professional football. Two men met in secret. One was Dominic Olejniczak, the president of the faltering Green Bay Packers. The other was Vincent Thomas Lombardi, the offensive coach of the New York Giants. "Most football coaches belong in some other coach's coaching tree, such as Sid Gillman's tree that you can find in a Wikipedia article about him. Not so with Vince Lombardi. Instead of him being a branch on the tree of Red Blaik or of Jim Lee Howell, Lombardi is the rare flower at the top of a tree that has Knute Rockne as the trunk." -Larry NamesFate seemed to be directing him to this job in little Green Bay. To those who knew him well, taking the job in Wisconsin was Lombardi's Destiny.