That trophy signifies the very best team in the NFL, as it is awarded to the Super Bowl champion every year. Lombardi retired as head coach of the Packers shortly after the second Super Bowl game. It remained that way until , when it was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, in honor of the coach who died suddenly from cancer in September of Again, Lombardi and his Packers won the first two Super Bowls. In those wins, the Packers outscored their two opponents by a margin.
But it is much more than that. Lombardi always played to win—no matter if it was the preseason, regular season or postseason. Lombardi had a. In the preseason during his career, Lombardi had an even better. The image depicted a football in a kicking position on a three concave sided stand, and that is what we still see to this day, one made each year to be kept by the champions. The same company has been responsible for the trophy and it takes them four months to design it for each NFL season.
Each year the Super Bowl winner is awarded the trophy and then it is sent back to Tiffany's to get it cleaned and engraved with the name of the team that won it, the date that it occurred and the final score of the game. After that has all been carefully added, the trophy is sent back to the victorious team to take pride of place in their honours cabinet.
As well as that, each member of the winning team gets a small replica. The trophy was named after the former Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi who died of cancer in He led the Packers to win their first two Super Bowls before passing away and the decision was made by the NFL to honour his legacy.
Every winner since then has their own trophy to show for it The Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V but when they moved to Indianapolis they agreed with the city of Baltomore that the trophy would remain there. It's been a focal point of every Super Bowl celebration since the early days of the big game.
The trophy has featured prominently in some legendary sports photos. And is often smooched by the victors. But most people don't know much about where the iconic trophy comes from Though the company behind the iconic Blue Box may seem like an odd match for a rough game like football, Tiffany is actually behind many of the most legendary trophies in sports.
A few days later, Riedener drew the design on a cocktail napkin while eating lunch with Rozelle. His vision continues to be the symbol of triumph in the NFL more than 50 years later. The first version of the iconic trophy was made in Newark, New Jersey. Subsequent iterations were crafted by the company just down the road in Parsippany, New Jersey. Three years after the Super Bowl tradition began, the game's trophy was named in honor of the one and only Vince Lombardi.
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