 However, the 1936 team and the Seven Blocks of Granite became college football immortals.Associated with the name, the Rotary Club's Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best college football lineman or linebacker.The main part of the trophy, awarded to a down lineman on either side of the ball or a linebacker who lines up no further than five yards deep from the ball, is a block of granite, giving homage to Lombardi's college days as a lineman.