Who named it the Super Bowl?
- Thread starter Bif "The Hat"
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Lamar Hunts daughter.
The name was inspired by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt's daughter playing with a small rubber ball with high bouncing powers called a super ball. After the 1970 season, the game reverted from an essentially interleague championship to the NFL championship, featuring the champions of the NFL's two conferences, the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
The name was inspired by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt's daughter playing with a small rubber ball with high bouncing powers called a super ball. After the 1970 season, the game reverted from an essentially interleague championship to the NFL championship, featuring the champions of the NFL's two conferences, the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
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Actually, I'm not real sure thats right. I was watching an NFL Films "Lost Treasures" show the other day, and they were talking about the orginiation of the term "Super Bowl".....and said that the bouncing ball thing was a myth. They had acutal footage of one of their cameramen.....in Superbowl II I think....calling it the "Superbowl" on tape.
