# The Championship Rings (or Banners) Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 29, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934 "2021-03-29T01:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/1 "2021-03-29T01:46:03Z")
The first championship ring in modern times was worn by…the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893. [https://sihrhockey.org/\_\_a/public/column.cfm?cid=3&aid=470](https://sihrhockey.org/__a/public/column.cfm?cid=3&aid=470) It looked like a…wedding band. What are your favorite championship rings? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/2 "2021-03-29T01:51:14Z")
The Chiefs ring was pretty badass. [![](https://fox4kc.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2020/09/kansas-city-chiefs-super-bowl-54-ring.jpg) ](https://fox4kc.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2020/09/kansas-city-chiefs-super-bowl-54-ring.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/3 "2021-03-29T01:53:11Z")
GS Warriors 2018 ring was pretty good, too: [![](https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/styles/gallery_slide/public/archive/assets_media_gallery/bayarea/2018/10/17/gsw-curry2.jpg) ](https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/styles/gallery_slide/public/archive/assets_media_gallery/bayarea/2018/10/17/gsw-curry2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/4 "2021-03-29T01:54:15Z")
As a Cards fan, I gotta rep this: [![](https://media.bleacherreport.com/f_auto,w_800,h_533,q_auto,c_fill/br-img-slides/003/421/736/St-Louis-Cardinals-819x1024_crop_exact.jpg) ](https://media.bleacherreport.com/f_auto,w_800,h_533,q_auto,c_fill/br-img-slides/003/421/736/St-Louis-Cardinals-819x1024_crop_exact.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/5 "2021-03-29T01:56:11Z")
This is what I like about Discourse, btw; being able to show images directly. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/6 "2021-03-29T01:57:17Z")
As a Rangers fan, that ring evokes the painful-est of memories. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/7 "2021-03-29T03:02:57Z")
Oh, those were some of the best memories of my existence. 🕶 But I did feel bad for Ron Washington and Josh Hamilton. I’m a sucker for hard-livin’ guys…who are otherwise basically good dudes, flaws aside. p.s. How you felt in 2011 is how I felt when the Giants took us to the wood shed in 2012 and 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/8 "2021-03-29T05:43:08Z")
The Seahawks Super Bowl ring looks pretty lame from the top (sadly); it has no color at all aside from the 'action green" of the Hawk’s eye. [![](https://www.profootballhof.com/pfhof/media/Default/spacer.gif) ](https://www.profootballhof.com/pfhof/media/Default/spacer.gif) However it looks really nice from the sides, which again is a shame because that’s not what people will normally see. [https://www.profootballhof.com/assets/1/19/Seahawks\_SB\_ring\_right\_side\_630.jpg](https://www.profootballhof.com/assets/1/19/Seahawks_SB_ring_right_side_630.jpg) [https://www.profootballhof.com/assets/1/19/Seahawks\_SB\_ring\_left\_side\_630.jpg](https://www.profootballhof.com/assets/1/19/Seahawks_SB_ring_left_side_630.jpg) I also like the engraving inside the ring and the 12th Man Flag on the back of the ring. Also underneath the ring are 12 feathers like you’ll see as part of the uniform design. [https://www.profootballhof.com/assets/1/19/Seahawks\_SB\_ring\_inside\_630.jpg](https://www.profootballhof.com/assets/1/19/Seahawks_SB_ring_inside_630.jpg) Most of the ring is well-made, again except for the most important part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/9 "2021-03-29T06:51:21Z")
Yeah, that ring would have looked better with a lot of bright green and dark blue, with clear-white diamonds serving as contrast. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/10 "2021-03-29T12:19:40Z")
I have a [picture of myself wearing four super bowl](https://i.imgur.com/enUcY4N.jpg) rings. Well, four SB rings and a college ring. A friend of mine is retired from the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/11 "2021-03-29T12:33:58Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/12 "2021-03-30T15:05:05Z")
My favorite is the 2015 World Series ring I’m wearing here. My step-brother works for the Royals, and they were very generous to staff after they won. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50999017049_7b8b123b26_z.jpg "WS Ring") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjconnor10/50999017049) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-championship-rings-or-banners-thread/938934/13 "2021-03-30T18:04:05Z")
Awesome! Not that I’m a Royals fan but very cool that you can wear one