Posted on 02/03/2024 3:52:50 AM PST by Libloather
SUPER BOWL I
1966: GREEN BAY PACKERS
Bart Starr, QB
Designed by Packers coach Vince Lombardi and teammates Willie Davis and Bob Skoronski, Starr was beyond proud of his Super Bowl I ring. "I think Bart just brought it home one day when they gave it to him at the Packers' office," said Starr's wife Cherry. It was pretty enough, with a one-carat diamond set in a globe of white gold. But Starr preferred wearing his Super Bowl II ring with three diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. One day Cherry got a call claiming that Bart's original Super Bowl II ring was being sold on eBay for $100,000. "I panicked," she said, "and went running back to our safe and opened it up and thankfully it was still there. It scared me. It was a duplicate, but it looked like the real thing." To ensure nobody ever sold Starr's rings, Cherry donated them to the team's Hall of Fame during Bart's final trip to Lambeau Field in 2017.
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A trip down Memory Lane. Thank you.
I'm waiting for the first one with a tiny video screen to play highlight from the game.
The New York Giants baseball team made the first World Series Ring 1922
I got to hold a Bears Super Bowl ring (XX in 1985) in 1986. All I remember about it is that it was huge, weighed a ton and completely covered my thumb.
57, one for each state.
Golf clap. Well played.
We met Lou Brock in Omaha when my son was probably 10 or so & Lou let him try on his World Series and Hall of Fame ring. He and his wife were very gracious to my son and I.
How many felonies?
Lol.
The style of the rings went from being classy, to being glorified pimp rings, decades ago.
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