Super Bowl Cartoon Art and Sports History

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Super Bowl Cartoon Art and Images

Historical Sports Research

Super Bowl Newspaper Cartoons

and Game Preview Art.

The editorial cartoon above was drawn in 1906 and publicized the inevitable coming showdown between pro football's dominant teams of that era. This is an early example of the type of images that are featured on this page. Throughout the history of the American football, the idea of a final showdown game has intrigued the fans.

1917

Early Professional Football Showdown.

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1930's-1940's

Coach Steve Owen led his New York Giants against the Chicago Bears in the NFL title game four times from 1933-1946.

1950

The 1950 showdown following merger of NFL and AAFC. Read About This Game HERE.

1959

NFL Championship Game 1959

Colts vs. Giants

On the right is a Sports Illustrated cover from 1963 predicted the coming war of the football worlds between the AFL and NFL. Since the inception of the Super Bowl in 1967, newspapers and magazines and, more recently, the Internet have thoroughly covered the greatest sporting event in American history. Click on the Super Bowl logo below to view an example of art and articles from that respective season.

Every year since the inception of the Super Bowl, editorial cartoonists from newspapers and magazines throughout the nation have hyped that year's Super Bowl. Since my childhood, I have collected these and assembled them below. Each year I find my favorites. As with any news or sports reporting endeavor, some guys get it and some guys don't. This collection is what I feel are the most artistic and insightful pieces from the respective years. Each cartoonist has caught the essence of the event in theme, beauty or sarcasm. It is what I consider the "Hall of Fame" of Super Bowl editorial cartoons. The artwork is the property of the respective cartoonist and they are noted where possible. I share them here out of appreciation for their work. As the newspaper industry in this country faces increased pressures that threatens survival, this is a special area of media that we cannot let die.

Click on the Super Bowl logo to view the best Super Bowl art from that season.

Some of the most wonderful sports artwork came from the early days of the American Football League.

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(The editorial and graphic art contained within these pages are the property of the respective artist, publications or news agencies and all rights are retained by those entities. They are presented here for private enjoyment only.)

Mark Bolding
mmbolding@sbcglobal.net

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