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^[sic] 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

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026