Congrats to the WHO DAT NATION, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS SUPER BOWL 44 CHAMPIONS!!! WHO DAT!!!!!!
Sunday, February 7, 2010, the National Football League will present the 44th Super Bowl Championship with the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, competing for the most coveted trophy in the history of the NFL, the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy, at the Sun Life Stadium Miami (Formerly Land Shark Stadium).
For over 40 years, Tiffany & Co. has created the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy for the National Football League. Presented annually to the Super Bowl winning team, this revered trophy is crafted with utmost quality and greatness in every detail.
- Originally designed by Tiffany for the first Super Bowl in 1967. Former Tiffany & Co. Vice President Oscar Riedener sketched the trophy’s basic design during a meeting with Pete Rozelle, then commissioner of the NFL.
- In 1970, the trophy was renamed for Vince Lombardi, coach of the Green Bay Packers, winners of the first two Super Bowls.
- The trophy is created at Tiffany’s workshop in New Jersey.
- Master artisans employ age-old silversmithing techniques – spinning, chasing, hand engraving, and polishing – to create the trophy.
- The design features a regulation-size football rendered entirely in sterling silver.
- The 22-inch-high trophy weighs nearly seven pounds and takes approximately four months to complete.
- After the field ceremony, the trophy will be returned to Tiffany’s workshop where the name of the winning team will be hand engraved on the trophy.
- Tiffany & Co. also has the honor of creating the Pete Rozelle Trophy, which is presented annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl by the National Football League.
Tiffany & Co. creates trophies for many of the world’s greatest sporting events. These designs include the National Basketball Association Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, the World Series Trophy for Major League Baseball, and the U.S. Open Tennis Championship Trophies. Inspired by the transcendent form and energy of competition, these outstanding Tiffany designs are a lasting tribute to the athletes’ dedication and the thrill of victory.