On January 15, 1967, the biggest football game in the world wasn’t known as the Super Bowl. Instead, the game between the National Football League champion Green Bay Packers and the American Football League champion Kansas City Chiefs was called the AFL-NFL Championship Game.
That game, that would later become known as Super Bowl I, was played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Sunday, over 55-years later, Super Bowl LVI or Super Bowl 56, will be played again in the City of Angels.
After we posted a story about where every player on the Bengals’ and Rams’ active roster played high school football idea, I thought it would be fun to look back at the first Super Sunday. Below you’ll be able to see the rosters from that AFL-NFL Championship.
15 Jan 1967, Sun The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Newspapers.comRelated: Super Bowl LVI rosters by high school
Like this year’s game, Texas led Super Bowl I with the most former high school football players. The Lone Star State was represented by 17 former high schoolers. California had seven former high school football players in SBI, followed by Alabama and Pennsylvania with six players each.
In all, 29 states, plus the District of Columbia were represented in Super Bowl I. This year, 28 states, plus D.C., are represented.
Lanett High School in Alabama was the only school with more than one player on the field. Former Panthers Bobby Hunt (safety) and Dave Hill (tackle) played for the Chiefs in the 35-10 defeat.
Super Bowl I High School Football Players by State
| State | Packers | Chiefs | Total |
| Texas | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| California | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Alabama | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Illinois | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Ohio | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Georgia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Indiana | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kansas | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Michigan | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iowa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Washington, DC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Green Bay Packers Roster
| No. | Name | Position | High School/State |
| 5 | Paul Hornung | HR | Flaget (Kentucky) |
| 12 | Zeke Bratkowski | QB | Danville Schlarman (Illinois) |
| 15 | Bart Starr | QB | Sidney Lanier (Alabama) |
| 21 | Bob Jeter | DB | Weir (West Virginia) |
| 22 | Elijah Pitts | HB | Pine Street (Arkansas) |
| 24 | Willie Wood | DB | Armstrong (Washington, DC) |
| 26 | Herb Adderley | DB | Northeast (Pennsylvania) |
| 27 | Red Mack | FL | Hampton (Pennsylvania) |
| 31 | Jim Taylor | FB | Baton Rouge (Louisiana) |
| 33 | Jim Grabowski | FB | Chicago Taft (Illinois) |
| 34 | Don Chandler | K | Will Rogers (Oklahoma) |
| 37 | Phil Vandersea | FB | Northbridge (Massachusetts) |
| 40 | Tom Brown | DB | Blair (Maryland) |
| 43 | Doug Hart | DB | Handley (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| 44 | Donny Anderson | HB | Stinnett (Texas) |
| 45 | Dave Hathcock | DB | Kingsbury (Tennessee) |
| 50 | Bill Curry | C | College Park (Georgia) |
| 56 | Tommy Joe Crutcher | LB | McKinney (Texas) |
| 57 | Ken Bowman | C | Rock Island (Illinois) |
| 60 | Lee Roy Caffey | LB | Thorndale (Texas) |
| 63 | Fuzzy Thurston | G | Altoona (Wisconsin) |
| 64 | Jerry Kramer | G | Sandpoint (Idaho) |
| 66 | Ray Nitschke | LB | Proviso East (Illinois) |
| 68 | Gale Gillingham | G | Little Falls (Minnesota) |
| 72 | Steve Wright | T | Manual (Kentucky) |
| 73 | Jim Weatherwax | DT | Redlands (California) |
| 74 | Henry Jordan | DT | Warwick (Virginia) |
| 75 | Forrest Gregg | T | Sulphur Springs (Texas) |
| 76 | Bob Skoronski | T | Fairfield Prep (Connecticut) |
| 77 | Ron Kostelnik | DT | Central Cambia (Pennsylvania) |
| 78 | Bob Brown | DE | East Tech (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| 80 | Bob Long | FL | Washington Twp. (Pennsylvania) |
| 81 | Marv Fleming | TE | Compton (California) |
| 82 | Lionel Alderidge | DE | Pittsburg (California) |
| 84 | Carroll Dale | E | J.J. Kelly (West Virginia) |
| 85 | Max McGee | E | White Oak (Texas) |
| 86 | Boyd Dowler | E | Cheyenne (Wyoming) |
| 87 | Willie Davis | DE | Booker T. Washington (Arkansas) |
| 88 | Bill Anderson | TE | Manatee (Florida) |
| 89 | Dave Robinson | LB | Moorestown (New Jersey) |
Kansas City Chiefs Roster
| No. | Name | Position | High School/State |
| 10 | Pete Beathard | QB | El Segundo (California) |
| 14 | Bobby Ply | DB | Mission (Texas) |
| 15 | Mike Mercer | K | Dubuque (Iowa) |
| 16 | Len Dawson | QB | Alliance (Ohio) |
| 17 | Fletcher Smith | DB | Booker T. Washington (Dallas, Texas) |
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | DD | Angleton Marshall (Texas) |
| 20 | Bobby Hunt | DB | Lanett (Alabama) |
| 21 | Mike Garrett | HB | Roosevelt (Los Angeles, California) |
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | DB | Wheatley (Texas) |
| 23 | Bert Coan | HB | Pasadena (Texas) |
| 24 | Fred Williamson | DB | Froebel (Indiana) |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | E | S.H. Archer (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | FB | Wichita North (Kansas) |
| 35 | Stewart Stover | LB | Oklahoma Military Academy (Oklahoma) |
| 42 | Johnny Robinson | DB | University High (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | FB | S.S. Murphy (Alabama) |
| 45 | Gene Thomas | FB | North (Akron, Ohio) |
| 52 | Bud Abell | LB | Southeast (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| 55 | E.J. Holub | C | Lubbock (Texas) |
| 56 | Bert Corey | LB | Derry Area (Pennsylvania) |
| 58 | Andy Rice | DT | Hallettsville (Texas) |
| 60 | Al Reynolds | G | Winchester (Kansas) |
| 61 | Dennis Biodrowski | G | Wirt (Indiana) |
| 64 | Curt Merz | G | Jonathan Day (New Jersey) |
| 66 | Wayne Frazier | C | Hillcrest (Alabama) |
| 69 | Sherrill Headrick | LB | North Side (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| 71 | Ed Budde | G | Denby (Detroit, Michigan) |
| 72 | Tony DiMidio | T | Upper Darby (Pennsylvania) |
| 73 | Dave Hill | T | Lanett (Alabama) |
| 75 | Jerry Mays | DE | Sunset (Texas) |
| 76 | Hatch Rosdahl | G | Ridgefield Park (New Jersey) |
| 77 | Jim Tyrer | T | Newark (Ohio) |
| 78 | Bobby Bell | LB | Cleveland (Shelby, North Carolina) |
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | E | Sir Francis Drake (California) |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas | TE | St. Mary’s (Redford, Michigan) |
| 85 | Chuck Hurston | DE | Jordan (Columbus, Georgia) |
| 86 | Buck Buchanan | DT | Parker (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| 87 | Aaron Brown | DE | Abraham Lincoln (Port Arthur, Texas) |
| 88 | Chris Burford | E | Oakland (California) |
| 89 | Otis Taylor | FL | Worthing (Texas) |
16 Jan 1967, Mon Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com
