The 夜明け of gridiron: Rare images of the first 最高の Bowl show players and coaches making

As we wait to see which teams will make it to 最高の Bowl XLVII in New Orleans next month, Life has 解放(する)d beautiful images of the first ever 選手権 game fought between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City 長,指導者s in? 1967.

The images, taken on the sidelines by Life photographers, show the struggle between two teams trying to make history.

In the first 最高の Bowl, Green Bay 勝利d with a 得点する/非難する/20 of 35-10.

The Wisconsin team would go on to four more 最高の Bowl 外見s, 含むing their 勝利,勝つ over the Steelers in 2010.

No one had any way of knowing they were 開始する,打ち上げるing the 首相 game of American sports.

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Gridiron: These rare pics show the excitement of the first 最高の Bowl where the Green Bay Packers 勝利d over the Kansas City 長,指導者s

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軍人s: In an epic 戦う/戦い the Packers took the first 最高の Bowl 35-10

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Smoking: This was the only 最高の Bowl game not to be a sellout

Sadly, 初めの broadcast (映画の)フィート数 of the game has since been destroyed as 網状組織s taped over the recordings, assuming the game would have no historical significance.

Compared to the extraordinarily 条件d players of today, football players in the late 70s can even be seen smoking after the game.

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勝利者s and losers: The Green Bay Packers were each paid a salary of $15,000 as the winning team while the 長,指導者s were paid $7,500 per player

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Legends: Though not a sellout, the first 最高の Bowl 設立するd a tradition still 無敵の in American sports

With tickets selling for a then-unheard of $12, it remains the only 最高の Bowl not to sellout.

Today the game attracts hundreds of millions of テレビ視聴者s 世界的な.

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The 未来: Shockingly, all known broadcast tapes of the game in its entirety were destroyed when they were 再使用するd

The first 最高の Bowl featured 15 未来 hall of fame players and coaches,

More of the rare images can be seen at the Life website.

Still more pictures of the historic game from 機関s like Getty show even more of the 急速な/放蕩な and furious play that won America's heart.

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Chased: Kansas City 長,指導者s cornerback Fred Williamson 追求するs Green Bay Packers wide receiver at the Los Angeles 記念の Coliseum

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直面する-off: Green Bay Packers wide receiver Max McGee leers 負かす/撃墜する at Kansas City 長,指導者s cornerback Fred 'The 大打撃を与える' Williamson

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Medic: Fred 'The 大打撃を与える' Williamson of the Kansas City 長,指導者s is taken off the field on a 担架

And while whoever 勝利,勝つs in February will certainly be en 肩書を与えるd to celebrate, there's nothing like 存在 the first.

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