Review of
Super Bowl: Pro Football’s Greatest Games
and Stars, by Steve Gelman
Four out of five stars
The first Super Bowls defined parity
When the NFL
and AFL merged, the common belief was that it was a combination of two unequal
leagues. The more established NFL was considered superior, and that belief was
supported by the two easy victories by
the Green Bay Packers over their AFL opponents in the first two Super Bowls.
However, that thought was overturned when the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore
Colts in Super Bowl III and the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Minnesota
Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
This book contains
brief histories of the first six Super Bowls as well as a brief biography of
the stars of each. It is a look back to a time when the Super Bowl was not the
incredible extravaganza that it is now. They were important, those first few
championship games defined the league, when the supposed upstarts demonstrated
that they could play with the big boys. Everyone considered it eventual, just
not as soon as it happened.
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