Tony Dungy (68) of the Indianapolis Colts became the first Black
NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl (XLl). The victory marked
the first time a Black head coach had reached the National
Football League’s championship game—one that featured not
just one, but two Black head coaches.
Hall of Fame head coach and NBC Football analyst Tony
Dungy.
On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball
game was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was
to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber (below) called
the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn
Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.
The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, known retroactively
as Super Bowl I and referred to in contemporaneous reports,
including the game’s radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl, was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The
National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers
defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas
City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.
Jazz trumpeter Al Hirt plays the national anthem prior to the
start of the game.
Packers quarterback Bart Starr
(January 9, 1934 – May 26, 2019)
CBS broadcaster and former player Frank Gifford.
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson
fires a pass.
Len Dawson will be 87 in June.
Wisconsin Gov. Warren Knowles (left) and Green Bay
Packers coach Vince Lombardi celebrate in the locker
room after Green Bay’s 35-14 victory over the Kansas
City Chiefs.
Some of the 10,000 balloons that were released.
On September 30, 1947, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 5-3, in Game 1 of the World Series—the first Fall Classic
game broadcast on television. It is the second “Subway Series”
between and Yankees and Dodgers and first World Series to
involve a black player. Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers broke
Major League Baseball’s color barrier six months earlier.
While Red Barber and Mel Allen (below) called the game on the
radio, Bob Stanton described the action on NBC.
Red Barber (1908 – 1992) Mel Allen (1913 – 1996)
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)
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On this day in 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon and it was dedicated as the world’s largest office building located just outside
Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of
land and has 17 miles of corridors.
The first National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl was played on
this day in 1967. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City
Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10.
Even though ticket prices averaged just $12, it was the only Super Bowl that
didn’t sell out. The game aired on two different networks, NBC and CBS and
drew in an audience of more than 61,000 fans. The popularity of the event
continued to grow after the leagues integrated.
Super Bowl I – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The Packers quarterback Bart Starr.
Football great and TV commentator Frank Gifford (second from left).
