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Year after year the NFL celebrates its most important event, the Super Bowl, where the winning team de maximum trophy to which a franchise of American football from U.S: the Lombardi wins.
This piece of jewelry was invented during a meal Óscar Riedner, vice president of the company Tiffany & co, drew a sketch on a napkin to show Pete Rozelle, then Commissioner of the NFL, which gave the green light for its completion.
It was then that the jewelry company went to work manufacturing it; curiously enough it was called in the beginning ‘World Game Trophy Championships‘, but from 1971 it was mentioned Lombardi wins in honor of the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers.
Commander of the Packers, Lombardi won the first two editions of the Super Bowl, leaving immortal phrases like “Winning isn’t the most important thing, it’s the only thing”. Sadly, he died of cancer in 1970.
Vince Lombardi Trophy Features
- Weighs 3.5 kg and measures approximately 55 centimeters
- It is made of pure silver
- Made by Tiffany & Co Jewelry
- It was born as the ‘World Championship Game Trophy’
- He was renamed Vince Lombardi in honor of a coach
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A new one is made every year
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To avoid setbacks, the NFL has a reserve ready
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Manufacturing takes a maximum of four months
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It has been delivered on the playing field since 1996