With Super Bowl LII just around the corner, a crew of lifelong friends will be making their annual trip to watch the game in person — just as they have done for the last 51 years.
The five men – Sylvan Schefler, Lew Rappaport, Al Schragis, Larry McDonald, and Harvey Rothenberg who range in age from their late 70s to early 80s, began their annual tradition when the Super Bowl wasn’t even called that; back in 1967, it was simply known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
That inaugural game, between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, is now known as Super Bowl I, and it marked the start of a long tradition that has spanned nearly half a century.
In 1967, the five flew to Los Angeles to buy their tickets for the game, which retailed for just $10, and when they arrived at the stadium, it was less than half full.
As for the game itself, Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in front of 61,946 fans, and the furiously-fought sporting competition was enough to draw them in as fans for life.
Although the group admit that they never set out to keep up the tradition for so long, they are eager to keep enjoying it for as long as possible.
‘Nothing is forever,’ Sylvan told the Today show. ‘We all understand that. But we’ve been blessed to have had the opportunity to say this is 50 years.’
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