Former cheerleader recalls first Super Bowl

One man recalls what it was like as a cheerleader on the sidelines of Super Bowl I.

I MET ONE CHIEFS FANWHO NOT ONLYREMEMBERS THE VERYFIRST SUPER BOWL - HEGOT TO GO AND BE ON THFIELD!MIKE NAUMAN HAS BEENCHEERING ON THE CHIEFSFOR DECADES -I've been a hardcore fan fromthe startBUT IN THE 1960S HEACTUALLY GOT TO CHEERRIGHT FROM THESIDELINESI think that's why i did it whenthey said oh yeah you'll be onthe field i thought - this is anobrainer!HE SPENT THREESEASONS AS A CHIEFSCHEERLEADER!

HE STILLHAS HIS SWEATER!Its a little snug right now.So we'd kind of try to get thechanting going.Try to get the crowd into thegame?Oh yeah well that wan'st hardat the time!What was the atmospherelike?Oh it was always electric.NATS -This was the first superbowlbook!Wow!HE EVEN GOT TO CHEER ATTHE VERY FIRSTSUPERBOWL.It was pretty exciting becausewe didnt' think we were gonnaget to go!CHIEFS VS PACKERS - 1967- LA - IN THE COLISEUMYou kind of felt like you wereon hallowed ground becausethat was a big sports venue.AND #CHIEFSKINGDOMWAS PUMPED.Kansas city?YeOh they were crazy!NOW A LIFETIME OFMEMORIESEven though the chies lostthey were doing a pretty goodjob of celebrating so.Lamar hunt was a great guyand he was real interestedand hank stram the coach.AND FIFTY THREESUPERBOWLS LATER -In retrospect, its kind of coolto have thought you werethere at the genesis ofsomething that's taken abigger than life significancenow with the chiefs.

They'rehuge.THIS TIME -HE'LL CHEERON HIS CHIEFS FRHOME.