[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Super Bowl"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Jan 14 03:05:22 UTC 2020


Besides the date, the story goes that Hunt came up with the name based on the “Super Ball”, a popular toy of the time that his children played with.


> On Jan 13, 2020, at 8:58 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> That should be "18 July."
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> Fred Shapiro
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> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Slight Antedating of "Super Bowl"
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> Super Bowl (OED 1966 [25 July])
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> 1966 _N.Y. Daily News_ 18 Jly 28C (Newspapers.com)  "I think one of the first things we'll consider is the date of the Super Bowl -- that's my term for the championship game between the two leagues. I'm in favor of playing it on a neutral site where we would be assured of good weather," [Lamar] Hunt said.
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> Fred Shapiro
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