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Every major professional sporting event usually hands out two trophies. One trophy is given to the winning team and the second trophy is given to an individual player. Most team based professional sports like Hockey, Cricket and Football etc hand out trophies with the same concept.

The individual who is rewarded the trophy in pro sports is usually for “Player of the event” or “player of the series.” The most incredible example of such a trophy is the Conn Smythe Trophy handed out every year to the NHL Player of the Year.

The Stanley Cup playoffs’ rewards this trophy each at the end of the series. Since its inception in 1964-1965 games, this trophy has been given 44 times to 38 players. The trophy is rewarded based on the votes casted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writer’s Association.

Though it is rewarded each year the trophy is not duplicated. The same trophy is handed over to the new recipient and mostly is on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.

The trophy is named after Conn Smythe who is the former owner, general manager and coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The design of the trophy is rather unglamorous and is shaped in the form of a step like pyramid decorated with maple leaves on each step. The trophy design is inspired by the Maple Leaf Gardens where the NHL was played from 1931 to 1999.

The heavy trophy has a wooden base crowned with maple leaves made of sterling silver. Each step of the trophy has a similar flat disc shaped as maple leaf with the name of the winner and year embossed on it.

Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche has won the trophy thrice followed by Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr and Bernie Parent who have won this trophy twice each.

The interesting trivia is that many players have been rewarded this trophy despite the fact that their team didn’t win or reach the finals of the NHL. They are: Roger Crozier (1966), Glenn Hall (1968), Reg Leach (1976), Ron Hextall (1987) and Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2003).

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The Frank Worrell Trophy is a series of test matches of Cricket played between the team of Australia and the team of the Western Indies. It was instituted in 1961 by the Australian cricket board in commemoration of the tied test match between Australia and the West Indies at Brisbane during the series of the 1960-1961 season and named after Sir Frank Worrell who led the West Indies in that match. The trophy was to be awarded to the winning captain of each Test series.

The trophy’s design incorporated a ball used in the Tied Test. Along with The Ashes, The Frank Worrell Trophy, is considered to be one of the most respected trophies in the world of cricket.

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The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is an award trophy for Test cricket series, played between India and Australia. It is named after the cricketing legends Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar, from Australia and India respectively. It is currently played via the International Cricket Council’s future tours program, with varying lengths of time between matches. If the series is drawn, then the country holding the trophy retains it. In the recent times it has provided very competitive cricket from the both sides with results usually either being a narrow win for one of the sides or a closely-fought draw.

The first Border-Gavaskar Trophy match was played in the 1996/97 season, which was won by India. Since then, the trophy has alternated between teams. India spoiled Steve Waugh’s fairwell part with a draw in the 2003-04 series but the Aussies conquered ‘ The last frontier’ during the 2004-2005 series and defeated India 2-1 in India.

In the 2007/08 season, the Border Gavaskar trophy match was played in Australia, with Australia retaining the trophy by winning the first two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney against India winning one as part of the four Test series. In the latest 2008/09 edition, India defeated Australia 2-0 in a four match series in India to regain the trophy.

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The Webb Ellis Cup, also referred to as the “Webb Ellis Trophy”, is named after William Webb Ellis, who is often credited as the inventor of rugby football and is the main award of the Rugby World Cup since the first competition in 1987. At 38 centimetres high, the gilded silver trophy is similar in size to football’s FIFA Cup. The Webb Ellis Cup was inspired from an existing model – a 1906 trophy based on a 1740 design. The satyr on one handle maybe represents rugby’s traditionally rough culture. The nymph on the other one looks pleased to be forever unattainable. On the face of the trophy, the words “International Rugby Football Board” and below that arch “The Webb Ellis Cup” are engraved.

History The trophy design was chosen at the royal jewellers in London in 1986 by the English chairman of the organising committee, John Kendall-Carpenter, and the then secretary of the IRFB. It was chosen for use in February 1987, Ronnie Dawson of Ireland, Keith Rowlands of Wales, Bob Stuart and Dick Littlejohn of New Zealand and the Australians Nick Shehadie and Ross Turnbull approved of the choice of the trophy. New Zealand becomes the first nation to win the Webb Ellis Cup when they won the 1987 Rugby World Cup. The Webb Ellis Cup has been held by four nations; New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and England. The current holders of the Cup are South Africa after beating former Champions England 15-6 in the 2007 Final. At the moment Australia and South Africa have both won it twice. Article From: Imperial Trophy Sydney - Fine Sport Trophy for Rugby

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Rugby Union’s Bledisloe Cup is contested by Australia’s Wallabies and New Zealand’s All Blacks. This famous and large silver trophy cup was designed in New Zealand by Nelson Isaac, and crafted by Walker and Hall in London. It is the largest trophy in world rugby and was first contested in 1931 when the then Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe, presented the Cup as a perpetual Rugby trophy and a reward between Australia and New Zealand. History From 1931 to 1981 Bledisloe Cup was contested irregularly in the course of rugby tours between the two countries. New Zealand won it 19 times and Australia 4 times in this period including in 1949 when Australia won it for the first time on New Zealand soil. In the years 1982 to 1995 it was contested annually and during these years New Zealand won it 11 times and Australia 3 times.

From 1996 the cup has been contested as part of the annual Tri Nations tournament. All black won this match in 1996 and 1997, and The Wallabies regained the Bledisloe Cup in 1998 , and retained it again in 1999. The 1999 Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney provided a world record Rugby crowd of 107,046 at ANZ Stadium. Australia went on to retain the Bledisloe Cup for the next three years until 2003 when a very classy All Blacks team won back this cup in convincing fashion and since then New Zealand keep retain this silver trophy till now. Series Wins: New Zealand 38, Australia 12 Imperial Trophy Sydney - Fine Sport Trophy for Rugby

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The McClelland trophy is Australian rules football trophy and was inaugurated in 1951. It was awarded to the club accumulating the highest number of points over the three levels of competition.

History

IMcClelland Trophy was named in honour of former Melbourne player (75 Games) and administrator William Caldwell McClelland who is now a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Initially, the trophy was awarded to the VFL club with the best overall record all three grades according to the following points system: senior win 10 points; reserves win 4 points; thirds/under 19s win 2 points. After 1991, The McClelland Trophy is now awarded to the Minor Premier (ie the team finishing on top of the ladder after the Home and Away Season.) This is referred to as the “minor premiership”.

The award is relatively low key, because although finishing on top of the ladder ensures an advantageous draw in the AFL Finals Series the focus of attention is the Premiership winning the Grand Final.

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Jules Rimet Cup

Jules Rimet Cup,also called Victory”,or simply as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, which was designed by French Sculptor Abel Lafleur. The size of this trophy cup is 35mm High with 3.8 kg weight and is made from silver with gold plating. The model of trophy is image of Nike, Goddess of Victory in Ancient Greece. The Trophy base is made from blue stone lapis lazuli.

On 25 July 1945 In Luxembourg , Jules Rimet Cup is named officially by FIFA in memory of Jules Rimet who is currently FIFA’s longest serving president, having served for 33 years. As the Highest award for Soccer, for the Country who wants to own this Trophy permanently, her team must have 3 world champion titles from the first game in 1930.

Brazil is the first nation entitled with 3 world champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and owns this trophy cup permanently from 1970. Before Brazil, Uruguay, England, West Germany and Italy also hold this Trophy temporally.

The Stolen Trophy

In 1966, Jules Rimet Cup was stolen in the Westminster Methodist Central Hall in London before the game. England police department launched a great searching force in whole country and found this trophy.

In 1970, this trophy cup was belong to Brazil, but unfortunately been stolen again in Rio de Janeiro city in 1983 and never been found. Public believed it is quite possible that trophy has already been melted and sold. After this, Brazil adapted a replica Trophy made by Eastman Kodak. This replica was sold with $430000 USD at an Auction in 1997.

FIFA World Cup Trophy

After Brazil holds Jules Rimet Cup permanently, FIFA need to make the new trophy cup. On 4 April 1971, from 53 designs, FIFA choose the one from the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga. This is now today’s FIFA World Cup Trophy.

The trophy with size of 36mm High and weight 4.97kg depicts two human figures holding up the Earth. Gazzaniga said of the design of the trophy: “My inspiration for the design came from two basic elements – the athlete and the world. I had it in my mind to create something that symbolised effort and exertion, while at the same time expressing harmony, simplicity and peace. The silhouette had to be linear, in order that the observer’s attention would be drawn to the protagonist, that is to say, the footballer; a man who, at the moment of victory, would take on the aspect of a giant, without appearing superhuman. He had to be a hero, but a hero with the qualities of someone who has worked hard and suffered, who his fellow humans will identify with every day in life and whose arms, which seem to embrace the entire world, are the embodiment of the universality of sport.

From 1974, this trophy cup can be hold temporarily by the Champion nation till the next World Cup game. German team firstly gained this Trophy in 1974. The team that held the 3 world champion title will receive a replica of FIFA World Cup Trophy, but no any nation can own the original one, which still belong to the FIFA. The base the Trophy is engraved with names of champion nations from 1974 to 2038. In the other word, after 2038, FIFA World Cup will retire and be replaced by new design.

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