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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - Trophy
A trophy is simply an object (compared to a flat plaque or ribbon) designed to be used as an award, usually mounted or manufactured for display.
A loving-cup trophy is a common variety of trophy; it is a cup shape, usually on a pedestal, with two or more handles, and is often made from silver or silver plate.
This indicates that the trophy carries the status of a military award, but is not meant to be worn on a uniform but rather is presented for static display.
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 Vince Lombardi Trophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is the trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's annual championship game, the Super Bowl.
Unlike trophies such as the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup, a new Vince Lombardi Trophy is made every year and the winning team maintains permanent possession of that trophy.
Each trophy is handcrafted by Tiffany and Co. master artisans at their workshop in Parsippany, New Jersey and is valued at $12,500.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy   (276 words)

  
 Packers.com » Team » Coaches » Vince Lombardi
Lombardi's first season with the Packers was a stunning success, turning that 1-10-1 team of 1958 into a 7-5 team in 1959 and picking up unanimous Coach of the Year honors in the process.
Lombardi's first game with the Packers was a 9-6 victory over the Chicago Bears in new City Stadium -- later to be renamed Lambeau Field -- and when it was over, the players carried their head coach off the field in triumph.
Lombardi was famous for his pursuit of perfection, often dedicating long hours of film or practice study to just one element of one play.
www.packers.com /team/coaches/lombardi_vince   (1625 words)

  
 NBA Finals trophy article by Doc's Sports
In 1978, the year Larry Bird was drafted; the current NBA styled trophy was named the Walter A. Brown Trophy; it replaced an earlier cup-type trophy believed to date to the league's inception in 1949.
The NBA Finals trophy is handed out the night the championship is won, symbolic of years of individual hard work and team effort.
I remember MJ holding the trophy in the locker room, tears of joy and pain covering the gold, a year after his father was murdered.
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 Vince Lombardi Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) was one of the most successful football coaches in the history of the game.
Vince was in charge of the offense, and Tom Landry, future coach of the Dallas Cowboys, was in charge of the defense.
Lombardi was a popular public figure in America and was looked upon as a spokesperson for values which many felt were being discarded during the permissive 1960s.
www.bookrags.com /biography/vince-lombardi   (1222 words)

  
 Super Bowl Championship - Guts, Glory & Honor. Now What About That Trophy?? • josettedupres's Blog - FOX Sports ...
Vince Lombardi coached the Packers from 1959 until 1967; he then stepped back up to coach the Washington Redskins in 1969.
One week later, the NFL Super Bowl trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy to honor the coach who had racked up an incredible 105-35-6 record while he was head coach in the NFL, and he never coached a losing team.
The words "Vince Lombardi Trophy" and the NFL logo are engraved on every trophy before it is presented to the Super Bowl's winning team's owner on the field.
community.foxsports.com /blogs/josettedupres/12919   (760 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Super Bowl Facts and Figures
The trophy was named after the late coach Vince Lombardi of the two-time Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers prior to the 1971 Super Bowl.
The trophy is a regulation silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramid-like stand of three concave sides.
The words "Vince Lombardi" and "Super Bowl XXXVIII" are engraved on the base along with the NFL emblem.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/nfl/longterm/2004/superbowl/facts.html   (410 words)

  
 Fred Bowen Website - Washington Post columns
Lombardi was the hard-driving, no-nonsense head coach of the Green Bay Packers when they won the first two Super Bowls.
When Lombardi took over the team after the 1958 season, the Packers were the joke of the NFL with a 1-10-1 record.
Lombardi led the Packers to five league championships in the next seven years, including the famous "Ice Bowl," when the Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys in a 21-17 thriller.
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 BaltimoreRon - Trophy Room
The trophy was named for the late Vince Lombardi before Super Bowl V. The trophy is a regulation-size silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramid-like stand of three concave sides.
The words Vince Lombardi and Super Bowl XXXV are engraved on the base along with the NFL shield.
Coach Brain Billick of the Baltimore Ravens, holding the Lombardi Trophy on January 28, 2001, as all of Maryland watches in tears.
www.homestead.com /baltimoreron/trophy_room.html   (241 words)

  
 WXIA-11alive.com - Print Article - Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TROPHY -- The winning team receives permanent possession of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver trophy created by Tiffany & Company and presented annually to the winner of the Super Bowl.
The trophy stands 20 3/4 inches tall, weighs 6.7 pounds and is valued in excess of $25,000.
The words "Vince Lombardi" and "Super Bowl XXXIX" are engraved on the base along with the NFL shield.
www.11alive.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=58042   (429 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Patriots' Belichick might measure up to Lombardi
Lombardi reigned in Green Bay for nine seasons, winning five league championships, including three straight (1965, '66 and '67), the final two in what then was called the AFL-NFL Championship.
Lombardi's squads were more star-oriented, although the Patriots certainly have their share of headliners in Tom Brady, Rodney Harrison, Tedy Bruschi and now Corey Dillon.
Lombardi was so excitable he often had a running conversation on the sideline with coaches, players, officials and ball boys.
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 Vince Lombardi Trophy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
No one could have envisioned that back when the Steelers were putting a fifth Vince Lombardi Trophy in the team's trophy cases and the Saints were in the early...
Vince Lombardi Trophy is the trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game Super Bowl.
The trophy is named for the legendary Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/v/vi/vince_lombardi_trophy.html   (108 words)

  
 Super Bowl Trophy
The trophy is designed as a regulation-sized football, mounted in a kicking position.
Vince Lombardi never had a losing season as a head coach.
Someone asked a CBS reporter to go tell Vince Lombardi (his team was leading 14-10) about the necessary second kick-off.
www.docsports.com /super-bowl-trophy.html   (792 words)

  
 Reading Trophy - Rewarding excellence for 25 years.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was dubbed the Vince Lombardi Trophy in 1970, just before Super Bowl V. Lombardi--who died of cancer on Sept. 3, 1970, at the age of 57--was a well respected coach who had led the Green Bay Packers to victory in the first two Super Bowls.
During the manufacturing process, the trophy must be annealed five or six times because the repeated hammering hardens the surface.
After the trophy is complete, the NFL symbol and the Super Bowl number are hand engraved into a sheet stock of silver, which is applied to the base.
www.readingtrophy.com /superbowl.html   (1229 words)

  
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Vince (Lombardi) was accepted at New York City's Fordham University in 1933.
The Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy was renamed in honor of the former Green Bay Packers Coach/General Manager in 1971, when the game was still known as the AFL-NFL World Championship.
Handcrafted by Tiffany and Co. and valued at $12,500, the Vince Lombardi Trophy depicts a football in kicking position that is made entirely of sterling silver.
www.ndirishmusings.com /DidYouKnow.htm   (211 words)

  
 Welcome to the Home of the Rotary Lombardi Award
The Rotary Lombardi Award goes annually to the college football lineman -- offense or defense -- who, in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the discipline of Vince Lombardi.
Appropriately, the trophy is a 40-pound block of granite atop a silver pedestal built over a foundation of discipline.
The climax of the trip is the annual Rotary Lombardi Dinner, when a sellout crowd gathers to hear the announcement of the winner prior to its release to the national media.
www.rotarylombardiaward.com   (301 words)

  
 Vince Lombardi at the Wisconsin Historical Society
One of the most successful coaches in football history, Vince Lombardi transformed the Green Bay Packers into a dominating force in the National Football League in the 1960s, winning five NFL titles and the first two Super Bowl crowns.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest of five children.
Lombardi’s professional football career began in 1954 when he became the Offensive Coordinator for the New York Giants.
www.wisconsinhistory.org /topics/lombardi   (544 words)

  
 Vince Lombardi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vincent Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913 in Brooklyn to Neapolitan-born father Enrico "Harry" Lombardi, a butcher, and Brooklyn-born Matilda Izzo, the daughter of a barber, whose parents had immigrated as teenagers from just east of Salerno in southern Italy.
Lombardi was an undersized guard (5'8" 185 lb.) on Fordham's imposing front line, which became known as the Seven Blocks of Granite.
Frank Leahy, future head coach at Notre Dame, was Lombardi's position coach.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vince_Lombardi   (2325 words)

  
 John Pinero is Vince Lombardi in a One Man Play and Motivational Presentations
Lombardi is playing himself in a play called "Vince," a one-man show, unlike football.
Vince Lombardi will not accept this kind of lazy behavior on your part.
It is the end of the Earth!”) He re-creates the family’s drive in 1959 from New York to Wisconsin, with the kids weeping and the coach trying to tell his wife that it wouldn’t be so bad.
www.vincelombardi.net /reviews.asp   (885 words)

  
 Lightning: The trophies
NOTABLE: The oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes, it was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada.
Is the only trophy in professional sports that has the names of winning players, coaches, management and club staff engraved on the silver chalice.
In order to add new names each year, bands of the trophy often are retired and displayed at the Hall of Fame.
www.sptimes.com /2003/04/10/Lightning/The_trophies.shtml   (392 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Vince Lombardi Trophy and Pete Rozelle Trophy are securely transferred...
The Pete Rozelle Trophy and Vince Lombardi Trophy are on display...
The trophies are transferred from the Brinks truck.
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 Vince Lombardi — Infoplease.com
Vince Lombardi - Lombardi, Vince (Vincent Thomas Lombardi), 1913–70, American football coach, b.
Lombardi: The paradox and wonder.(Joe Lombardi on legendary football coach Vince Lombardi)(Interview)
Coaching with conviction: Vince Lombardi's extraordinary success as the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers demonstrates the......
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 Steelers' newest Lombardi trophy to get a place of its own   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Vince Lombardi trophy for Super Bowl XL sits on a desk opposite the other four trophies at the Steelers' South Side facility.
Then, Rooney placed the new trophy on top of his dad's old desk and had a light moved so it could shine on the glistening silver Tiffany prize, there for everyone to see as they walk through the entrance to the Steelers' executive offices at the UPMC complex on the South Side.
A case will be built to house the 2006 Lombardi Trophy, and it will stand by itself somewhere in the Chief's library.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06040/652491.stm   (382 words)

  
 The Official Site of Vince Lombardi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This trophy is handcrafted by Tiffany and Co. and valued at $12,500.
Vince Lombardi led the Green Bay Packers to victory in five National Football League Championships and the first two Super Bowls.
In January of 1970, his professional coaching record was unmarred by a losing season and stood at a remarkable 105-35-6.
www.vincelombardi.com /about/viewheadline.php?id=2221   (230 words)

  
 C's Place Dallas Cowboys fan's
The Trophy was first presented at the AFL-NFL World Championship Game on 15th of JAN, 1967 originally as the World Championship Game Trophy, it was renamed in 1971 in honor of Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi.
Vince Lombardi died in 1970, he was the former coach of Washington and has won the Super Bowl twice.
The Trophy's are priced at just over $12000.00, and each year a new trophy is made and presented to the winning team of the Super Bowl.
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 Super Bowl News - SuperBowl.com - Official website of Super Bowl XLI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For the 39th consecutive year, the world famous Tiffany and Co. is producing the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy, commemorating the winning franchise's NFL triumph.
Originally conceived in 1967 when former Tiffany and Co. Vice President Oscar Riedener sketched the basic design for then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, the trophy was renamed for the legendary Vince Lombardi in 1970 and features a regulation-size football cast in exquisite sterling silver.
Created at the Tiffany and Co. workshop in Parsippany, N.J., the Super Bowl Trophy is forged by master artisans who work in a variety of disciplines including spinning, silversmithing, chasing, hand-engraving and polishing.
www.superbowl.com /news/story/8141264   (346 words)

  
 Holding The Vince Lombardi Trophy
Five interceptions later, including three for touchdowns, the Buccaneers were holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Ty Law Law is another New England star, whose outstanding 2003 season was without doubt one of the major reasons the team, ended the season holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
John Gruden is holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy...
www.mctrophy.com /directory/holding-the-Vince-Lombardi-Trophy.html   (700 words)

  
 Highland Mint Product Catalog
Each coin has a similar design of the current flip coins that includes dueling helmets, ribbons with team names and Super Bowl Commemoration on the front and the reverse of the coin features the Super Bowl Logo for that year as well as the date that the game was played.
Super Bowl XXXVI: This coin is set to feature the Vince Lombardi Trophy since it is a replica of the actual coin flipped at the game.
Super Bowl XXXIX: This coin is set to feature the Vince Lombardi Trophy since it is a replica of the actual coin flipped at the game.
www.highlandmint.com /catalog.cfm?Action=ShowProduct&ProductID=876   (258 words)

  
 Super Bowl XXXVIII facts & figures - The Boston Globe
Super Bowl XXXVIIIfacts and figures At stake: -- Vince Lombardi Trophy for the National Football League championship.
Trophy: The winning team receives permanent possession of this year's Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver trophy created by Tiffany and Company and presented annually to the winner of the Super Bowl.
The trophy stands 20 3/4 inches tall and weighs 6.7 pounds.
www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/articles/2004/01/31/super_bowl_xxxviii_facts__figures   (434 words)

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