And a WW II veteran!
Early life Levy's family emigrated from Montreal, Canada. His father, a decorated World War I veteran, ran a small business on the South Side of Chicago. He graduated from South Shore High School in Chicago in 1943. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Army Air Forces and spent the remainder of World War II in the military; Levy was discharged from the army shortly after the war ended. Though he was known to use historical examples to inspire his teams, Levy corrected those who used war and combat metaphors to describe football games by telling them that he actually fought in a war and that football and war were in no way comparable.[1] Referring to the Super Bowl, he once said "This is not a must-win; World War II was a must-win". Wikipedia
Marv being a WW2 vet makes, sense from one of the Pep talks he gave to his team while they were on the road:
“The reason why Hitler lost the war is because he couldn’t win on the road”
This quote is not only funny because there is truth in it.