It was called "Super Bowl" from the start!

Yes, technically it was called the "AFL-NFL Title Game".  Unofficially it was called "The Super Bowl" by some.  And the term was used before the game was played.  I don't know who or how it started.  It seemed like the official name was to bulky to say, so a shorter named seemed appropriate.  If there was any question if the name would stick, the next season would remove all doubt.  Maybe your information has some mention of where or who used the term first.  

Thanks for sharing.  

Cool!
Years ago a friend gave me "Sports Pages of The Los Angeles Times".
Introduction by Jim Murray. 1883 to 1990.
It's getting a bit yellow now, but lots of good stuff...
 

This outta piss off a few Queenie fans!

Happy (Belated?) birthday, BK! 

Ghost of Lambeau posted:

 Unofficially it was called "The Super Bowl" by some.  And the term was used before the game was played.  I don't know who or how it started. Maybe your information has some mention of where or who used the term first.  

 

It was from Chiefs owner Lamar Hunts kids who had a rubber super ball and to Hunt it sounded like Super Bowl.

In 1966, the NFL and AFL agreed to merge, with a championship game between the two leagues to be played after that season. In a July 25, 1966, letter to NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, Hunt wrote, "I have kiddingly called it the 'Super Bowl,' which obviously can be improved upon."

Hunt would later say the name was likely in his head because his children had been playing with a Super Ball toy. Although the leagues' owners decided on the name "AFL-NFL Championship Game", the media immediately picked up on Hunt's "Super Bowl" name, which would become official beginning with the third annual game, which was won by the AFL's New York Jets over the NFL's Baltimore Colts.^[9]

Simple... easy to remember... superlative... media already publicizing it... Okay, let's go with it. -- NFL

The Super Bowl is part of the Mandolin Effect?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chris...t-will-make-you-ques

Wait, it's Mandela Effect? Stop messing with my reality!

I have a Packers hat that has the Championships on it.  For 1967 it is called the NFL-AFL Championship Game.  For the next,1968 is Super Bowl II. For 1996 it is Super Bowl XXXI.  I purchased a pin at the Pro Shop for Super Bowl XLV.

1967 is a keeper!

NFL championships did not start when Jerry Jones called it sooper.