February 05, 2011

Never Miss a Super Bowl Club Down 1 Member: Bob Cook, the 79-year-old Green Bay Packers fan featured in a commercial as one of the fans who has never missed a Super Bowl, won't be able to make Sunday's game. "My father was sick over the holidays and it caught up with him again," said his daughter Patti Winter. "So he found himself in the hospital instead of on a plane to Dallas."

posted by rcade to football at 06:14 PM - 3 comments

Should never have started publicizing the fact, because you just knew the attention would jinx someone.

posted by dyams at 08:38 AM on February 06, 2011

There can be only one!
For some reason I imagine the 1972 Dolphins sharing champagne over this bit of news . . .

posted by geekyguy at 12:12 PM on February 06, 2011

When I first read the headline I thought this would have a much sadder reason though

posted by Demophon at 12:11 PM on February 07, 2011

You're not logged in. Please log in or register.