The Super bowl trophy is not a rolling trophy . It is recreated each time and awarded to the winner of that years Super bowl .
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The " Vince Lombardi Trophy " as its popularly called as is a Trophy awarded to the winning team in the final Super Bowl match each year .
Whats the history behind the super bowl trophy ?
The trophy was initially called as the World Championship trophy and it had the words " World Professional Football Championship " engraved on it . Back in 1967 during a lunch with Pete Rozelle ( The NFL commisioner then ) , the vice president of Tiffany & Co Mr.Oscar Riedner is said to have sketched the Super bowl trophy on a cocktail napkin which eventually became the Super bowl trophy . The super bowl trophy has since been handcrafted by Tiffany & Co .
In 1970 the Super Bowl Trophy was renamed as the " Vince Lombardi " trophy after the famous Green bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi who died suddenly due to cancer . It was renamed to commemorate his consecutive victories in the first two Super bowls . The first " Vince Lombardi " trophy was presented in the 1971 Super bowl V to the Baltimore Colts when the defeated the Dallas Cowboys .
How does the Super bowl trophy look ?
The Super bowl trophy is entirely made of Sterling Silver and is 56 cm tall and wieghs 3.2 Kgs . A football stands on the top of the trophy in a kicking position . The Super bowl trophy has the words " Vince Lombardi Trophy " engraved on it along with the year of the Super bowl ( this year it will be Super bowl 2012 ) , but the numbers are in roman .
