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The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States.Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lombardi" [1] the Rotary Lombardi Award program was created in 1970 shortly after the death of Lombardi. [2]
The Vince Lombardi Trophy, also known simply as the Lombardi Trophy or just the Lombardi, is the trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, the Super Bowl. The trophy is named in honor of NFL coach Vince Lombardi, who led the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowl games. [1]
The Lombardi Legacy: Thirty People who were Touched by Greatness by Royce Boyles and Dave Robinson [213] Coach: A Season With Lombardi by Tom Dowling [214] When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss [118] Vince by Michael O'Brien [215] Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership by Donald T. Phillips [216]
Already the Pac-12's defensive player of the year, UCLA's Laiatu Latu added the Lombardi Award to his list of achievements.
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winning team of each season's Super Bowl, the NFL's championship game.The original trophy, designed by jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co., was awarded in 1967 to the winner of the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, known retroactively as Super Bowl I.
That's roughly one-third of the league that has never hoisted a Lombardi Trophy. While some of the teams, like the Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings, saw success prior to the AFL-NFL merger ...
Lombardi's second coach of the year award in 1961 came after he won his first NFL championship with the Packers, while his third award in 1967 came after winning three straight championships. Devine won his awards in 1972 after leading the Packers to the playoffs for the first time since 1967, while Infante won his awards after the Packers ...
Lombardi served as Cleveland's director of player personnel for the final three years of Belichick's time as head coach; that fostered a lasting relationship and played a part in Lombardi coming ...