The NFL team that wins the Super Bowl at the end of the season gets Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Lombardi was the head coach of Green Bay Packers as he led the team to two straight wins over the American football leagues – Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders respectively. It was only the third NFL-AFL championship game that the expression Super Bowl was used.
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Tom Brady from New England Patriots celebrates after defeating Atlanta Falcons, 34-28, under the Super Bowl Li at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Lombardi’s packages were one of the most dominant teams in the era. He had brought Green Bay to three other NFL championships before the idea of an NFL vs. AFL was conceived.
Because of the story, the Super Bowl trophy was named after Lombardi. It’s one of the most prestigious trophies in sports, next to the Lord Stanley Cup and FIFA World Cup Trophy.
Legendary head coach Bill Belichick discussed the Super Bowl with Jim Gray on “Let’s go!” Podcast. He told Gray that it was the players who really deserve the credit for the Super Bowl victory. The legendary sportscaster reminded Belichick that it was Lombardi that the trophy was named after and not Bart Starr, who was MVP for the first two matches.
“Maybe they should name the Brady Trophy,” Belichick joked, referring to the New England Patriots legend Tom Brady. “He won seven of them.”
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Belichick said teams can’t win without good players. He said he learned that when he was a defensive coordinator under Bill Parcells with New York Giants, and when he helped put together a huge Hall of Fame defense with the patriots.
Bill Belichick in a Patriots cap. (IMagn)
“You can’t win games without good players. I don’t care who the coach is. It’s impossible. You can’t win without good players,” he said. “I found out that when I had (Lawrence) Taylor, (Carl) Banks, Harry Carson, Jim Burt, Everson Walls, all these guys with the giants.
“Same thing when we got good at Cleveland, and in New England it’s (Willie) McGinest, It’s (Mike) Vabrabel, It’s (Tedy) Bruschi, It’s Corey Dillon, It’s Randy Moss, Troy Brown, Attorney Malloy, Ty Law, Rodney Harrison.
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Brady and Belichick won six Super Bowl titles with the Patriots. Star Quarterback then won one more with Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
