Lombardi Award

The Rotary Lombardi Award has been presented annually since 1970 to the college football player who has performed the best as a linebacker or as a player on the defensive line or offensive line . The award commemorates the coach Vince Lombardi , who died in 1970 and , among other things, was head coach of the Green Bay Packers and played guard American football at Fordham University .

choice

The choice of player will take place under the care of the Rotary Club of Houston . The members of a committee consisting of former football players, coaches, members of the Rotary Club and media representatives are eligible to vote. Members of the election committee include the award winners Dat Nguyen and Walt Patulski .

The player is honored with a trophy at the end of a game year in an event. The material used for this, granite , is supposed to be reminiscent of Lombardi's offensive line at Fordham University, which was called "7 Blocks of Granite" .

winner

Warren Sapp

Orlando Pace

AJ Hawk

Brian Orakpo

year	player	college
1970	Jim Stillwagon	Ohio State
1971	Walt Patulski	University of Notre Dame
1972	Rich Glover	University of Nebraska
1973	John Hicks	Ohio State
1974	Randy White	University of Maryland, College Park
1975	Lee Roy Selmon	University of Oklahoma
1976	Wilson Whitley	University of Houston
1977	Ross Browner	University of Notre Dame
1978	Bruce Clark	Pennsylvania State University
1979	Brad Budde	University of Southern California
1980	Hugh Green	University of Pittsburgh
1981	Kenneth Sims	University of Texas at Austin
1982	Dave Rimington	University of Nebraska
1983	Dean Steinkuhler	University of Nebraska
1984	Tony Degrate	University of Texas at Austin
1985	Tony Casillas	University of Oklahoma
1986	Cornelius Bennett	University of Alabama
1987	Chris Spielman	Ohio State
1988	Tracy Rocker	Auburn University
1989	Percy Snow	Michigan State University
1990	Chris Zorich	University of Notre Dame
1991	Steve Emtman	University of Washington
1992	Marvin Jones	Florida State University
1993	Aaron Taylor	University of Notre Dame
1994	Warren Sapp	University of Miami
1995	Orlando Pace	Ohio State
1996	Orlando Pace	Ohio State
1997	Grant Wistrom	University of Nebraska
1998	Dat Nguyen	Texas A&M University
1999	Corey Moore	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2000	Jamal Reynolds	Florida State University
2001	Julius Peppers	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2002	Terrell Suggs	Arizona State University
2003	Tommie Harris	University of Oklahoma
2004	David Pollack	University of Georgia
2005	AJ Hawk	Ohio State
2006	LaMarr Woodley	University of Michigan
2007	Glenn Dorsey	Louisiana State University
2008	Brian Orakpo	University of Texas
2009	Ndamukong Suh	University of Nebraska
2010	Nick Fairley	Auburn University
2011	Luke Kuechly	Boston College
2012	Manti Te'o	University of Notre Dame
2013	Aaron Donald	University of Pittsburgh
2014	Scooby Wright III	University of Arizona
2015	Carl Nassib	Penn State
2016	Jonathan Allen	University of Alabama

Others

The Outland Trophy has also been awarded by another organization since 1946 to the best linebacker or best player on the defensive or offensive line. The prices are not identical. The winners often differ from one another.

Web links

• Homepage of the Lombardi Award

Individual evidence

1. ^ Newspaper report about the awarding of the award to Brian Orakpo in USA Today
2. ↑ Newspaper report about the awarding of the prize to Nkamukong Suh ( memento of the original from December 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Report at auburntigers.cstv.com