Vince Lombardi Trophy: Super Bowl Trophy Facts

Vince Lombardi Trophy Design:

The Vince Lombardi Trophy is unique in shape and size – and there is an interesting story as to how the award was designed.

Back in 1966, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle made the decision to find a trophy for the first ever AFL-NFL Championship contest.

For some reason, Rozelle got in touch with Tiffany & Co. The famous jewellery store was certainly an odd choice to say the least...

They brought in their chief designer who, with limited football knowledge, bought a football and he came up with a design involving a finished box of Cornflakes.

Tiffany’s took the idea to Rozelle, with Riedener allegedly drawing a sketch of the design on a cocktail napkin.

The NFL Commissioner was obviously impressed as the design was sanctioned and the Super Bowl trophy is still based on the original Lombardi Trophy 55 years later.

How Is The Vince Lombardi Trophy Made?

Punters will be well aware of Super Bowl betting markets but do you know how the Vince Lombardi Trophy is created?

According to various sources, it takes Tiffany & Co around four months to mould, shape and then carve the sterling silver trophy. It certainly cannot be done overnight…

Created in their workshop, expert silversmiths and metal spinners use four distinct techniques to make the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Hand soldering, spinning, chasing and polishing the metal are crucial components of the trophy-making process, with the sterling silver melted at over 500 degrees Celsius in order to shape the award.

Vince Lombardi Trophy Worth:

While estimates value the Vince Lombardi Trophy at around $10,000, the actual value of the silver used to create the trophy is around $2,900.

After the Super Bowl trophy presentation is complete, the winning team send the trophy back to Tiffany & Co who then clean and engrave the award each year.

The Vince Lombardi Trophy value is then worthless to other teams but is the greatest award in sport for the winning franchise – you don’t need to be an NFL betting tips expert to know that.

Vince Lombardi Trophy Facts:

Winning the National Football League’s top prize is no easy feat – only a small percentage of players will be lucky enough to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Here, we’ve come up with some of the most important Super Bowl trophy facts. It is worth taking some of these into account when betting on the NFL:

• The Vince Lombardi Trophy design DID start with a sketch.

• The Green Bay Packers were the first team to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, with the team also claiming Super Bowl success the following year.

• Teams DO get to keep the Vince Lombardi Trophy. In other major American sports, that isn’t usually the case – take ice hockey’s Stanley Cup for example.

• The trophy awarded to the Baltimore Colts at Super Bowl V in 1971 ended up moving with owner Carroll Rosenbloom after he purchased the Rams. The Super Bowl trophy went missing and Rozelle decided that a Vince Lombardi replica should be made. That replica is now located in the Sports Legends Museum in Baltimore.

• The trophy is complete for every victory ceremony with ‘Vince Lombardi Trophy’ and the NFL shield, with the trophy returning to Tiffany’s where it is engraved.

• Tiffany & Co also craft the trophy awarded to the Super Bowl MVP – which is named after legendary NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle.

• The New England Patriots, involved in one of the highest scoring Super Bowl games of all-time, and Pittsburgh Steelers have won the Vince Lombardi Trophy a joint-record six times.

• 12 teams have yet to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy – much to the dismay of loyal NFL fans of those organisations.