Ever since the first Super Bowl, the weeks leading up to the Big Game has been super-charged with pressure. Most top athletes can handle the stress of the career-defining moment.
But others have crumbled when faced with the challenges leading up to the big day.
Some stories are funny. In the first Super Bowl, little used wide receiver Max McGee had spent the entire night out on the town prior to the game. He did not expect to play, having caught only four passes on the season. He told the starter, Boyd Dowler, that “I hope you don’t get hurt. I’m not in very good shape,” a reference to his massive hangover.
As luck would have it, Dowler separated a shoulder in the second offensive possession. McGee had not even brought his own helmet to the game and had to borrow a teammates,...
But others have crumbled when faced with the challenges leading up to the big day.
Some stories are funny. In the first Super Bowl, little used wide receiver Max McGee had spent the entire night out on the town prior to the game. He did not expect to play, having caught only four passes on the season. He told the starter, Boyd Dowler, that “I hope you don’t get hurt. I’m not in very good shape,” a reference to his massive hangover.
As luck would have it, Dowler separated a shoulder in the second offensive possession. McGee had not even brought his own helmet to the game and had to borrow a teammates,...
- 2/2/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Super Bowl Xlix may be upon us, but before the big game gets underway ... we need to take a trip back to 1967 and remember where this all began.Billed humbly as the First Afl-nfl World Championship Game, the Green Bay Packers whooped the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum -- and the game looked really different. 10. Idina Menzel who? 1967 only needed a trumpeter for the National Anthem. 9. That giant camera definitely...
- 1/30/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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