Lombardi

From an Italian surname.

• enPR: lŏm-bärʹdē

Lombardi (plural Lombardis)

1. A surname from Italian
   1. (American football) used specifically of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), best known as the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
      • 2017 February 14, Jason Chilton, “Salt Lake Screaming Eagles prepare to test their fan-run franchise model in debut game”, in Sports Illustrated:

        Lombardi. ¶ Walsh. ¶ Shanahan. ¶ Steve from West Valley? ¶ The world is about to find out whether regular fans can take their place alongside the greatest offensive minds in the annals of professional football.

      • 1998 June 4, “Superhuman heroes”, in The Economist:

        If coming second is coming nowhere, as all sports-people tend to to be taught (remember the words of Mr Lombardi), then this is most true in those individual sports where careers tend to be brief, and opportunities to win fewest.

      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lombardi.
2. (American football) A trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, named in honor of Vince Lombardi.
   • 2019 February 3, Corbin Smith, “3 Ways Seahawks Can Reach Super Bowl LIV”, in Sports Illustrated:

     Looking specifically at the Patriots, […] . They've never had to win three playoff games to play for the Lombardi, showcasing the importance of home-field advantage.

   • 2015 October 6, DJ Gallo, “How the Dolphins went from marquee name to the NFL's sunniest garbage heap”, in The Guardian:

     The Dolphins are the organization of 17-0. Of Don Shula. Of Dan Marino. It's a franchise with two Lombardi trophies and one that made 21 postseason appearances between 1970 and 2001.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lombardi.

• IPA^(key): /lomˈbar.di/
• Rhymes: -ardi
• Hyphenation: Lom‧bàr‧di

Lombardi m or f by sense

1. a surname