Vince Lombardi Trophy
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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. The trophy was originally called the "World Championship Game Trophy" in 1967, when the Super Bowl was originally named the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. It was renamed in 1970 in memory of legendary Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi to commemorate his victories in the first two Super Bowls.
Since Super Bowl XXX, it is presented to the winning team's owner on the field following the game. Previously, the trophy was presented inside the winning team's locker room. The trophy is valued at $25,000.[1] The trophy depicts a regulation-size football in kicking position that is made entirely of sterling silver. It stands 23 inches (55 cm) tall, weighs seven pounds (3 kg), and takes approximately four months and 72 man-hours to create. The words "Vince Lombardi Trophy" and the NFL logo are engraved on the base. After the trophy is awarded, it is sent back to Tiffany & Co. to be engraved with the winning team's name, the date and final score of the Super Bowl. The winning team is rewarded the trophy afterward.
The team is allowed to keep the trophy at their own facility, with one notable exception being the trophy that the then-Baltimore Colts won in Super Bowl V. The city of Baltimore retained the trophy the team had from that Super Bowl as part of the legal settlement between the team and the city after the Colts' infamous move to Indianapolis in the middle of the night on March 29, 1984. Since then, both the Colts and the team that replaced them in Baltimore have won the Super Bowl and earned their own outright.
As of 2008, the Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, and San Francisco 49ers are tied with five Vince Lombardi Trophies apiece, with five more teams tied for second with three apiece.
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