Talk:Vince Lombardi Trophy/Archive 1

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Archive 1

1920-1965

Is there no trophy for the years (1920-1965) ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Tramp (talk • contribs) 16:09, 26 January 2007‎

Not a Vince Lombardi Trophy. I assume there was an NFL Championship trophy, though a quick scan revealed no article about it on Wikipedia. Danthemankhan 05:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

There isn't a separate article. The pre-AFL-NFL Merger trophy was called the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy; that name in Wikipedia redirects to List of NFL champions, which is limited to pre-merger championships. Alas, there isn't much about it online other than the Wikipedia article and an article about it on the Green Bay Packers website (a reference for the Wikipedia article).

Like the Stanley Cup, the original Thorp Trophy was passed from team to team; a smaller replica was made for each team to keep. Alas, after the Minnesota Vikings won it for the last time in 1969--ironic since their owners originally helped Lamar Hunt found the American Football League before the NFL wooed them away with an expansion franchise, only to lose the last pre-merger Super Bowl to Hunt's Kansas City Chiefs--the original was lost. When NFL Films needed pictures of the Thorp Trophy for a 2007 documentary, they used the Packers' 1936 & 1939 replicas in their Hall of Fame. That led to the irony that the main online reference for the Thorp Trophy is the website of the team for whose coach its main replacement (the Lombardi Trophy) was named. (It wasn't until many years later that the George Halas Trophy was created for the NFC champion.) --RBBrittain (talk) 17:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

72 hours

"and takes approximately four months and 72 man-hours to create"

How does that work? 72 hours is only nine work days? --Sajjen 22:40, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Understand that this is a large silver trophy. The silver must be melted several times, both to refine it to sterling grade (92.5% silver, 7.5% alloy--mostly copper) and to actually cast it; the cooling time doesn't count as man-hours since no one is working on it. The final casting, in particular, must be cooled carefully to prevent cracks in the trophy; that's probably a large part of the total time. Most of the 72 man-hours are likely for the artisans who polish and engrave the final trophy. --RBBrittain (talk) 17:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Former Receivers of the Trophy

Was there a reason to add a "Former Receivers of the Trophy" table which basically is redundant and repeats the content already on the List of Super Bowl champions. Such data should really go on that page. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Original name of the trophy

What was the original name of the trophy. There are two names given. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.109.226.154 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

I was wondering that myself. Specifically, the article states, "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." Two sentences later, it states, "This trophy was originally named the Greg Abel trophy after his tenure with the Dallas Cowboys." So which was it "originally named"? 98.25.218.48 (talk) 09:14, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I found this picture of the trophy with the original name from Super Bowl III. Night Tracks (talk) 03:16, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

The Patriots Hold The Most Lombardi Trophies

The Patriots hold the most trophies because they are the first dynasty of the salary cap era. Besides, trophies won by steroid use and referee assistance shouldn't count. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spartan9199 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

What about trophies won by video taping the sidelines of opposing teams? No room to talk.(71.110.229.92 (talk) 20:52, 4 February 2010 (UTC))

The question is Won not how won so stop the bull and listen to Montanna! 74.103.210.178 (talk) 04:12, 6 February 2017 (UTC)Hueristic a Pats fan.

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Super Bowl logo

I just saw a picture of the trophy of the current champions the New Orleans Saints and I noticed that the Super Bowl XLIV logo is engraved on their trophy. Any idea when this started? [1] Night Tracks (talk) 09:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

I just answered my own question that the trophy of the 2008 champions the Pittsburgh Steelers doesn't have the Super Bowl XLIII logo. [2] Night Tracks (talk) 10:13, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Should there be discussion regarding the fact that more than one of each trophy are made each year? There's the "original", and then there are "official replicas" (although the fact that they're replicas isn't widely announced).

For example, in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, they supposedly have on display the three Vince Lombardi trophies they've won. However, they don't tell people that those aren't the actual trophies. The originals are in the Packers Headquarters, the Hall of Fame ones are replicas. If you see all three together, it's easy to tell if you're looking at the originals or the replicas--one of the originals trophies (I don't recall whether it's the Super Bowl I or Super Bowl II trophy) has a large dent on the back side of the football, about three inches around and an inch deep. The replicas, on the other hand, are pristine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.15.255.227 (talk) 18:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Gallery

I think the Gallery would be more cool if we could get pic of each 45 lombardis. DoctorHver (talk) 22:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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==Teams with the most Vince Lombardi Trophies==

The Pittsburgh Steelers hold the most Vince Lombardi Trophies, with six. The San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys are tied for second with five Vince Lombardi Trophies apiece.The Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants are in third with four and the New England Patriots, Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders are all in fourth with three.

99.70.16.30 (talk) 03:54, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Done Thanks! Celestra (talk) 04:09, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Your information is wrong. If you keep adding wrong information, you might not have an account. Mrsupervisorofwikipedia (talk) 19:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Edit Request mentioning championship teams before the super bowl was created?

For example the Packers have 3 NFL championships before there was a Super Bowl. Is this not worth mentioning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.125.26.238 (talk) 20:49, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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