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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The List You Never Thought You'd Want or Need

Working at a sports venue as I do engenders a host of questions that most people would find just too trivial to think about...but then again, these are sports fans or they wouldn't be touring a football stadium...and be excited about it. So, today the question arose: how heavy is the Heisman Trophy (given to the best college football player each year)? I surely didn't know, nor did I know where that weight ranked the trophy among the most famous of all time. However, since we have Paul Hornung's Heisman Trophy on display, I figured I should look it up. And knowing that you'd also want to know, I've decided to share the information with you. Thus far, it's only the weights I am concerned with, not how much each is worth. Obviously, the gold ones are worth more than the wooden ones, etc. The following is a list of the most recognizable trophies in terms of weight:

12. The Kentucky Derby trophy weighs 3.5 pounds (but it is solid gold)
11. The Ryder Cup trophy weighs 4 pounds (it, too, is gold)
10. The Lombardi Trophy for the Super Bowl winner weighs 7 pounds
9. The America's Cup sailing trophy weighs 8 pounds
8. The FIFA World Cup Trophy weighs 12.125 pounds of solid gold
7. Any NCAA Championship plaque/trophy weighs 12.5 pounds
6. The Larry O'Brien Trophy for the NBA Championship weighs 16 pounds
5. The Heisman Trophy is a hefty 25 pounds
4. The Commissioner's Trophy for the World Series weigh 30 pounds
3. The Stanley Cup weighs 34.5 pounds
2. The PGA Championship Trophy weighs in at 44 pounds (are golfers that strong?)
1. The Indianapolis 500 Trophy weighs 80 pounds, though a replica is actually presented to the winner that weighs far less.

There you have it: more useless information than you'd ever want to have. Oddly enough, those are the kinds of facts that are necessary in the life of a tour guide at Lambeau Field.
And I won't even charge you for it!

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