Lombardi Award

Rotary Lombardi Award
Given for the best college football lineman or linebacker
Location Houston, Texas
Country United States
Presented by Rotary International
History
First award 1970
Most recent Jonathan Allen, Alabama
Website http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/

The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary International club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of famed National Football League coach Vince Lombardi.[1] The committee outlined the criteria for eligibility for the award, which remains in place to this day. A player should be a down lineman on either offense or defense or a linebacker who lines up no further than five yards deep from the ball.[2]

The voting electorate is made up of the head coaches from all NCAA Division I schools, sports media personnel from across the country, and former winners and finalists of the Lombardi Award. The total number of voters is approximately 500.[3] Ohio State University holds the record for most Lombardi awards with six. Orlando Pace, the only two-time winner (1995 and 1996), is the most recent offensive lineman to be honored.

The main part of the trophy is a block of granite, paying homage to Lombardi's college days at Fordham University as an offensive lineman when his offensive line was referred to as the "Seven Blocks of Granite".[4]

Winners

The prior Lombardi Award logo.
YearPlayerSchoolPosition
1970Jim StillwagonOhio StateDefensive tackle
1971Walt PatulskiNotre DameDefensive tackle
1972Rich GloverNebraskaDefensive tackle
1973John HicksOhio StateOffensive tackle
1974Randy WhiteMarylandDefensive tackle
1975Lee Roy SelmonOklahomaDefensive end
1976Wilson WhitleyHoustonDefensive end
1977Ross BrownerNotre DameDefensive end
1978Bruce ClarkPenn StateDefensive tackle
1979Brad BuddeUSCOffensive guard
1980Hugh GreenPittsburghDefensive end
1981Kenneth SimsTexasDefensive tackle
1982Dave RimingtonNebraskaCenter
1983Dean SteinkuhlerNebraskaOffensive tackle
1984Tony DegrateTexasDefensive tackle
1985Tony CasillasOklahomaDefensive tackle
1986Cornelius BennettAlabamaLinebacker
1987Chris SpielmanOhio StateLinebacker
1988Tracy RockerAuburnDefensive tackle
1989Percy SnowMichigan StateLinebacker
1990Chris ZorichNotre DameDefensive tackle
1991Steve EmtmanWashingtonDefensive tackle
1992Marvin JonesFlorida StateLinebacker
1993Aaron TaylorNotre DameOffensive tackle
1994Warren SappMiamiDefensive tackle
1995Orlando PaceOhio StateOffensive tackle
1996Orlando PaceOhio StateOffensive tackle
1997Grant WistromNebraskaDefensive end
1998Dat NguyenTexas A&MLinebacker
1999Corey MooreVirginia TechDefensive end
2000Jamal ReynoldsFlorida StateDefensive tackle
2001Julius PeppersNorth CarolinaDefensive end
2002Terrell SuggsArizona StateDefensive end
2003Tommie HarrisOklahomaDefensive tackle
2004David PollackGeorgiaDefensive end
2005A. J. HawkOhio StateLinebacker
2006LaMarr WoodleyMichiganLinebacker
2007Glenn DorseyLSUDefensive tackle
2008Brian OrakpoTexasDefensive end
2009Ndamukong SuhNebraskaDefensive tackle
2010Nick FairleyAuburnDefensive tackle
2011Luke KuechlyBoston CollegeLinebacker
2012Manti Te'oNotre DameLinebacker
2013Aaron DonaldPittsburghDefensive tackle
2014Scooby Wright IIIArizonaLinebacker
2015Carl NassibPenn StateDefensive end
2016Jonathan AllenAlabamaDefensive end

See also

References

General
  • "Vince Lombardi Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
Footnotes
  1. ↑ "The Rotary Lombardi Award". The Rotarian. Rotary International. 167 (6): 34. December 1995. ISSN 0035-838X. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ Reineking, Jim (July 14, 2015). "2015 Rotary Lombardi Award watch list". NFL.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Texas' Orakpo wins Lombardi Award". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 10, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Michigan's Woodley wins Lombardi Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 6, 2006. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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