Fact-A-Day from Harry K. Harry K. Jones on 30 Jan 2007 12:00 pm
Fact-A-Day from Harry K. - January 30, 2007
In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.
IT’S SUPER BOWL WEEK!!
- The first Super Bowl game was played in January 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
- After both leagues merged in 1970, the Super Bowl became the NFL’s championship game. Since then, the game has been played annually on a Sunday following the playoffs, originally early to mid January, then late January, and in 2002, the first Sunday in February. This became a permanent change for the 2003 NFL Season.
- No network footage exists of Super Bowl I. It was taped over, supposedly for a soap opera.
- The Vince Lombardi Trophy is made by Tiffany, awarded to the winning Super Bowl team, takes 72 man hours to produce, and costs $12,500. The NFL also pays for up to 150 rings for the winning Super Bowl team at $5,000 a piece (plus adjustments for extra gold or diamonds) and 150 pieces of jewelry for the losing Super Bowl team, each to cost up to half the price of the Super Bowl ring.
- Four teams have an undefeated record in Super Bowl play—the 49ers (5-0), Giants (2-0), Bears (1-0) and Jets (1-0).
- More Americans watched the Super Bowl last February than bothered to vote in the 2004 presidential election.
- The National Retail Federation estimates that about 44 million people attend 7.5 million Super Bowl parties on game day, making it a bigger excuse for a party than New Year’s Eve.
Harry K. Jones is a professional speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of motivational speakers who provide custom-designed keynote presentations, seminars, and consulting services. Harry has appeared all over North America addressing topics such as change, customer service, creativity, employee retention, goal setting, leadership, stress management, teamwork and time management for a number of industries, including education, financial, government, healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing. For more information on Harry's presentations, please call 800-886-2MAX or fill out our contact form.
