Thursday, January 15, 2009

This Day in History...


41 years ago, the Green Bay Packers won the first Super Bowl. They completed the season with this vicotry only after winning the famed "Ice Bowl" in the NFC Championship.

What I didn't know (until today):
  • The trophy they took home was called the "World Championship Game Trophy."  It was not call ed the "Lombardi Trophy" until 1970 when its namesake died of cancer.
  • Most of the NFL was concerned about the dominance of Green Bay when they followed up this victory by winning Super Bowl II

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