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 Vince (Lombardi) was accepted at New York City's Fordham University in 1933. After a year on the freshman team, varsity football coach "Sleepy" Jim Crowley" (a Knute Rockne protégé) made 170-pound Vince a guard in Fordham's steadfast offensive line, which was tagged the "Seven Blocks of Granite." He was successful off the field as well, graduating cum laude with a business major in 1937.

Lombardi Trophy

The Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy was renamed in honor of the former Green Bay Packers Coach/General Manager in 1971, when the game was still known as the AFL-NFL World Championship. It is considered to be the National Football League’s most prestigious award. Traditionally, the NFL Commissioner presents the Trophy to the owner of the winning team on Super Bowl Sunday at a field ceremony in their honor.

Handcrafted by Tiffany & Co. and valued at $12,500, the Vince Lombardi Trophy depicts a football in kicking position that is made entirely of sterling silver. It stands 22 inches tall, weighs seven pounds and takes 72 man-hours to create. (http://www.vincelombardi.com/about/biography.html)

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