Tom Brady might’ve made the best pass of his career when he launched the Lombardi Trophy to another boat during the boat parade a few days ago. Not everybody was pleased with what they saw.
Lorraine Grohs, who said that her father Greg Grohs was the master silversmith at Tiffany & Co. from 1967 to 1994 and designed the first Vince Lombardi Trophy, went viral today after she called on the Tampa Bay Bucs QB to deliver a swift apology for his behavior while speaking with Leslie DelasBour of Fox 4 in Southwest Florida.
“It just upset me that this trophy was disgraced and disrespected by being thrown as if it was a real football,” said Grohs said. “I have a big history of this trophy being made by my father, and it’s such an honor, and I know all the craftsmen that made it when my dad was there also at Tiffany’s. And it takes a lot of hard work.”
Grohs actually said the stress of watching Brady throw that trophy affected her ability to sleep.
“I’ve seen this trophy being made at the factory at Tiffany’s and it’s a beautiful trophy,” Grohs said. “My father had to chisel the seams, he had to chisel the seams by hand. There is a newspaper article that shows him working on that trophy. The ball is hand-formed and the base is as well.”
That throw:
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“I personally would like an apology, not just to me and my family and the other silversmiths but to the fans, all the football fans, the other team players.”
