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LAMAR HUNT ; Creator of the Super Bowl
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When he was at high school, Lamar Hunt was known as "Games" for
his love of sport, and the epithet might be applied to his entire
life. He was born into one of the greatest oil fortunes in the
United States, but his lasting - and perhaps unequalled - legacy is
as a sports entrepreneur. Soccer, tennis and above all gridiron (or
American) football, whose Super Bowl he literally invented, will be
forever in his debt.
Lamar was the youngest son of H.L. Hunt, the Texan oil magnate
who in his heyday was one of the US's half-dozen richest men.
Throughout his life Lamar Hunt was a modest and ...
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