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observer
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 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: Super Bowl Rings |
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Fred Goodwin, CMA
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: Re: Super Bowl Rings |
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On Jan 30, 2:52 pm, "observer" wrote:
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> Website with fairly decent images, size-
> wise, of all Super Bowl rings:
> http://www.steelergridiron.com/history/rings/sbrings.html
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> Website with brief highlights regarding
> the Super Bowls, along with small-size
> images of all Super Bowl rings:
> http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/rings
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Thanx for posting these -- the timing could not have been better.
I just finished reading John Madden's first book, "Hey, Wait a Minute
(I Wrote a Book!)". In addition to being a bio of Madden's life and
career as coach of the Raiders, it talks about his life after football
as a broadcaster and beer commercial celebrity.
Madden includes many anecdotes and stories of players and coaches he
knew along the way. One of the stories he tells is of Al Davis
designing the championship ring after the Raiders won SB XI in 1976.
Recall that Oakland was one of the original eight AFL teams. Students
of football history will remember the old AFL logo with the capital
"A", stylized eagle clutching a football, embedded in a constellation
of six stars.
Compare that to the rather drab AFC logo, of a lone capital "A"
surrounded by six stars. In homage to the old AFL logo, the AFC logo
is red, but the "A" is much thicker than the skinny "A" of the old AFL
logo.
To see what I mean, look at the NY Jets Championship ring from SB III
in 1968 (pre-merger). Notice the skinny "A" on the shank of the ring.
Now look at the Raiders' ring from 1976 (post-merger). It carries the
skinny "A" from the AFL logo, not the thick "A" from the AFC.
According to Madden, Al Davis did this deliberately to point back to
the roots of the Oakland Raiders in the old AFL.
When I read that a couple of days ago, I didn't think much about it --
but seeing it really brings home the importance and influence of the
old AFL on the modern game of pro football.
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