A Perfect Celebration - Obama Celebrates 1972 Dolphins at the White House

On Tuesday, August 20th, President Obama hosted the 1972 Miami Dolphins team for a long-overdue salute to the team for their record-breaking, undefeated season over 40 years ago. At that point in history, it was not an established tradition, as it is today, for the Super Bowl-winning teams to visit the White House for a ceremony. Even if it had been customary, the timing was bad, as President Nixon was entangled in the Watergate scandal, though he was a known major sports fan. Legendary Coach Don Shula, who was present at the ceremony, divulged afterwards that he used to get occasional phone calls from Nixon, asking him to run certain plays. Who knows? Perhaps their monumental victory would have otherwise earned them the very first invitation to the White House.

The ceremony was jovial, as President Obama fired out some light-hearted jokes during his speech and engaged in friendly banter with Coach Don Shula. He even made a remarkable concession in reference to a previous comment he made about his favorite football team, the Chicago Bears. He said “I've got to come clean here. A couple years ago, I hosted the '85 Bears out on the South Lawn. They'd also missed their chance to have a White House visit. And that day, I called them the greatest team ever. But, I mean, take it with a grain of salt. The Bears lost once in their nearly perfect season.” At this point, Shula happily chimed in with “"Who beat 'em?!” and Obama accordingly replied, “It happened to be the Dolphins."

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