Vince Lombardi was hard on everyone. But he loved Paul Hornung.
Spend enough time listening to the old Green Bay Packers from the 1960s and they will share that if Lombardi had a favorite, it was his halfback from Notre Dame. Lombardi called Hornung "the best all-around back ever to play football.”
Hornung died at age 84 after a battle with dementia. The Louisville Sports Commission announced Hornung had died.
Hornung accomplished just about everything one could hope for in a football career, including a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.