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'We were just awestruck': NFL legend remembers what it was like to play in the first Super Bowl

Few at the time could have predicted that the Super Bowl would become the biggest sporting event in the nation, including one NFL Hall of Famer from Idaho.

Green Bay Packers guard Jerry Kramer (64) leads the blocking for running back Elijah Pitts (22) during Super Bowl I against the Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 15, 1967, at. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

BOISE, Idaho — Over the last half-century, the Super Bowl has become the most-viewed annual sporting event in the United States.

Televised in over 200 countries, the event is truly a spectacle that draws in viewers for not only the game itself but for the entertainment surrounding it as well.