If you ever wanted to know everything about the first Super Bowl, the merger that led up to its creation, how the NFL–AFL rivalry started in the first place, and everything in between, noted sports author Harvey Frommer has written the perfect book for you.
“When It Was Just a Game: Remembering the First Super Bowl” (Taylor Trade Publishing, $29.95, 288 pages) is a book that delivers even more than the title suggests. Frommer gives you the full background leading up to Super Bowl I—then known as the AFL–NFL World Championship Game—as well as great insights into the historic game itself from his dozens of interviews of those closest to the action.
Frommer’s piece is a detailed oral history of how the NFL and AFL started, what led to their merger, and ultimately their inaugural championship game in 1967, which has gone from an innovative interleague matchup to the must-see mega sporting event it is today.
“The idea for this book was always in my head,” said Frommer in a recent interview with the Epoch Times. “I was fortunate really, to find guys who had played in the game, people who saw the game, and media who covered the game.”
Frommer then combined his recent interviews with those he had previously conducted with influentials like Howard Cosell and Pete Rozelle—originally for his thesis—and the result is a one-of-a-kind classic.
