First Superbowl? does anyone know about the history and its historical importance??

Question

Im doing a 400 point report on the history of the super bowl.... and i need some web sites to look for information on. Does anyone know this or know of any sites that can tell me the historical importance, about the betting, the origin, and some possible interesting facts??? any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!! :)

Answer 1

Well historical significance is a little bit obvious...
but some sites are:
http://www.superbowl.com/ (the official site)
http://www.nfl.com/history

Answer 2

The first superbowl was won by the Green Bay Packers (shivers being a huge Vikings fan) and Vince Lombardi was the head coach and that is the name of the the superbowl trophy that each winner gets. Green Bay defeated Kansas City 35-10.

Answer 3

It was the First Super Bowl in the US and It Represented the Unity of a Nation and Has been ever since! it was the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS vs GREEN BAY PACKERS

You can find more at

WWW.NFL.COM

they have records of EVERY superbowl and possibly some videos and stuff check it out a TON of Facts look at the hall of fame and look for Vince Lombardi...

Answer 4

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.

The first of these "Super" contests pitted Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers (13-2) against Hank Stram's Chiefs (12-2-1) and was played before 61,946 fans in Los Angeles' 100,000-seat Memorial Coliseum.



The television audience for this game is estimated to have been approximately 60 million viewers.
The game itself featured an unlikely hero in Green Bay wide receiver Max McGee. McGee was strictly a backup and did not receive much playing time. In fact, in 14 games during the 1966 season he had caught only four passes for 91 yards.

Legend has it that Max had spent most of the previous night out on the town and was in no shape to play football, especially in a championship game. But he felt safe in knowing the only way he would get into the game was if Boyd Dowler got hurt.

McGee was later quoted as saying, "I waddled in about 7:30 in the morning and I could barely stand up for the kickoff. On the bench Paul (Hornung) kept needling me, 'What would you do if you had to play?' And I said, 'No way, there's no way I could make it.'"

But Dowler did get hurt early in the game and McGee was suddenly thrust into a game he had no business being in.

Just moments after entering the game though, he caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Bart Starr to cap off an 80-yard drive that gave the Packers an early lead. On the day, McGee caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers went on to win the first Super Bowl, 35-10.

Each player on the Packers received a $15,000 bonus for winning the game, while members of the Chiefs earned $7,500. A one-minute television commercial sold for $75,000 to $85,000; pocket change compared to the millions spent on air time now.

Answer 5

the super bowl evolved when the original nfl and the afl decided to play their champions. Green Bay of the NFL won the first. Then the first AFL team (the New York Jets) won after Joe Namaths famous guaruntee. Then the 2 leagues merged and the Super Bowl became THE championships.

Answer 6

I would have to do some research of my own but what I can tell you now is that the Green Bay Packers won it and I believe Bart Starr (Star..spelling?) was the MVP. Vince Lombardi was the coach of the Packers other than that I don't know.

Answer 7

http://www.supernfl.com/SuperBowl/sb1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579395/Super_Bowl.html