A footnote in NFL lore
Sunday's extravaganza between the Packers and Steelers is a direct descendant of a little-known title game in1932 between the Chicago Bears and the Spartans Of Portsmouth, Ohio
Proud history at Spartan Municipal Stadium provides visitors with brief refuge from the harsh economic realities that have ravaged once-booming Portsmouth, the seat of Scioto County, and its 11.7 percent unemployment rate.
Visitors gaze at the footprints on the snow-covered field about 90 miles south of Columbus and see the ghosts of leather-helmeted players taking Portsmouth to the precipice of a world championship.
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