A new edition of the Super Bowl will take place on February 12, the grand finale of the NFL that in this opportunity he will have the Kansas City Chiefs facing off once morest the Philadelphia Eagles and el State Farm Stadium de Arizona.
I find that year following year it brings together millions of casual viewers from all over the world and that, in other editions it has even featured Latino champions, almost a rarity considering that American football activity is located entirely in the United States.
Are there Chileans? Latinos who have won the Super Bowl:
Unfortunately there have been no Chilean winners of the Super Bowl rings, situation that we hope will change in the future with Sammis Reyes and his adventure in the NFL, however, if there have been other Latino champions that we will tell you regarding below.
Steve Van Buren: One of the best NFL players in its history and deserving of being part of the Hall of Fame was born in the city of Tela in Honduras in 1920 and remained in that country until he was 7 years old. Although his parents are North Americans, when Van Buren was born in Honduras, he is recognized as a Latino by birth.
He was selected in the 1944 draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, set in which he remained until 1951 and won the 1948 and 1949 NFL finals.
Tom Fears: Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1922, Fears of an American father and a Mexican mother is also considered a Latino NFL champion.
Originally selected by the Eagles in the draft, he eventually made his Major League Soccer debut representing the Los Angeles Rams as a catcher.
Won the 1951 NFL Finals and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1970.
Ted Hendricks: Another Latino NFL champion with an American father and a Latina mother, in this case from Guatemala. Ted was born in Guatemala City in 1947, However, early on he would move with his family to Miami, where a large part of Hendricks’ youth would reside.
Selected in the 1969 draft by the Baltimore Colts, Hendricks would go on to make an important career in the NFL also playing for the Green Bay Packers (1974) and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1975-1983).
Winner of four Super Bowls; V (Colts), XI, XV y XVIII (Raiders) and enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1990.
Efren Herrera: Another born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1951. Efrén Herrera lived on Aztec land until he was 15 years old with his family, following which they would all move to California where he would begin a story as an athlete that would lead him to great teams, such as the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills.
He won Super Bowl XII in 1978 with the Dallas Cowboys.
Raul Allegre: Born in Torreón, Mexico, in 1959. Allegre went to the United States as an exchange, there he went from being a footballer to an American footballer and was selected as a free agent in 1983 by the Dallas Cowboys, however, that same year he was transferred to the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts where he would remain for a couple of seasons until go to New York Giants, ending his career in 1991 with the New York Jets.
In the New York Giants he was part of the Super Bowl XXI and XXV championships.
Martin Grammar: Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1975, Gramática played football at Kansas State University, where he would achieve good performances that earned him selection by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1999.
From there he would begin a long stage in the NFL that would take him to Indianapolis Colts (2004), New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts (2006), Dallas Cowboys (2006-2007) and New Orleans Saints (2007-2008).
He would be crowned NFL champion by winning Super Bowl XXXVII in 2002 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
