Football: On Strike

Miami, Jan. 8, 1969—The Green Bay Packers today defeated the Oakland Raiders 6-0, in the third annual Super Bowl game at Miami's Orange Bowl. The winning touchdown was scored by the Packers' general manager, Vince Lombardi, who took a handoff from Publicity Director Chuck Lane with two minutes to go and scuttled six yards around left end with his aloha shirt flapping. A crowd of 17 fans turned out for the game, which was blacked out on nationwide TV. There was some fear that the game might have to be postponed when beer...

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