Super Bowl 48 took place yesterday, in case anyone has been stuck under a rock. The Seattle Seahawks won. Here are some of the Greek-letter organization connections.
Four fraternity men hoisted the Lombardi Trophy: Coach Pete Carroll, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Richard Sherman, Phi Beta Sigma; and Kappa Alpha Psis Earl Thomas and B.J. Daniels. Carroll joined fellow SAE Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson as coaches who have won a college national championship and a Super Bowl.
Renee Fleming, the soprano who sang the National Anthem, is an honorary member of the music sorority Sigma Alpha Iota. If you missed her performance, see it at http://youtu.be/7etXoNrwP8c .
Purdue Chi Omega Ann Judge-Wegener rode the Denver Broncos mascot Thunder, a white Arabian stallion. See the article at http://www.jconline.com/article/20140131/NEWS/301310022.
Erin Andrews, a Zeta Tau Alpha, was part of the broadcasting team for her first Super Bowl.
Chi Omega Norma Hunt is the only woman who has attended all 48 Super Bowls. Her late husband Lamar co-founded the American Football League. He negotiated the league’s merger with the National Football League. He coined the term “Super Bowl.” The Lamar Hunt Trophy is named in his honor.
A faithful reader of this blog let me know that her Hillsdale classmate, Delta Sigma Phi Tom Heckert, is director of Pro Personnel for the Denver Broncos.
And because I should have asked my football loving sons to write something while I was away, I will include what one of my sons wrote on his facebook feed this morning. “Pete Carroll winning the Super Bowl is a victory for anyone who believes that it is management’s JOB to treat people like people, instead of as replaceable cattle.”
(This post, too, has been written from a Target in now sunny Florida. Additions, corrections, etc. are much appreciated.)
© Fran Becque, www.fraternityhistory.com, 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Tom Heckert is director of Pro Personnel for the Denver Broncos. (John Elway is his boss). He was a Delt Sig at Hillsdale College. Class of 1990.