MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why is it called the “Super Bowl”?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why is it called the “Super Bowl”?

It wasn’t always called the Super Bowl.  At first they tried out difference names like “The Big One” and “The Pro Bowl” then the league ultimately decided on the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”.

Then the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs,  Lamar Hunt, came up with the name “Super Bowl”, after seeing his kids play with a Super Ball. 

Fans and the media instantly loved the new name but the NFL Commissioner at the time hated it.

It took until Super Bowl 3 in 1969 to officially change the name of the game to Super Bowl.

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