One day Lamar Hunt, architect of the AFL and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, came across his daughter’s Super Ball and was given the inspiration for the name of the championship game between the upstart American Football League and the old-guard National Football League.
“Why not,” he wondered, “call our championship game the Super Bowl?”
The name caught on quickly and thus, an American tradition was born.
January 15, 1967 – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Green Bay Packers 35
Kansas City Chiefs 10
A one-minute television commercial sold for $75,000 to $85,000; pocket change compared to the millions spent on air time now.
The Chicago Bears will take on the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI! ALL TAKING PLACE in Miami!
Daisy Says: GO PLAYERS!
