Editing Trophy (section)

==History==
In ancient Greece, the winners of the Olympic games initially received no trophies except [[laurel wreath]]s. Later the winner also received an [[amphora]] with sacred olive oil. In local games, the winners received different trophies, such as a tripod vase, a bronze shield or a silver cup.

In ancient Rome, money usually was given to winners instead of trophies.

[[Chalice]]s were given to winners of sporting events at least as early as the very late 1600s in the New World. For example, the [[Kyp Cup]] (made by silversmith Jesse Kyp), a small, two-handled, sterling cup in the [[Henry Ford Museum]], was given to the winner of a horse race between two towns in New England in about 1699. Chalices, particularly, are associated with sporting events, and were traditionally made in silver. Winners of horse races, and later boating and early automobile races, were the typical recipients of these trophies. The [[Davis Cup]], [[Stanley Cup]], [[America's Cup]] and numerous [[List of world cups and world championships|World Cup]]s are all now famous cup-shaped trophies given to sports winners.<ref name="madeHow" />

Today, the most common trophies are much less expensive, and thus much more pervasive, thanks to mass-produced plastic/resin trophies.

The oldest sports trophies in the world are the Carlisle Bells, a horse racing trophy dating back to 1559 and 1599 and were first awarded by Elizabeth I. The race has been run for over 400 years in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom. The bells are on show at the local museum, Tullie House, which houses a variety of historic artifacts from the area from Roman legions to present day.<ref>[[Carlisle Bell]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2017}}