Associated Press3:13 p.m. ET1 Minute Read
DETROIT — Jerry Green, a Detroit sportswriter who covered 56 straight Super Bowls, has died at the age of 94, the Detroit News said Friday.
Green retired as a columnist for the News in 2004, but continued to attend the Super Bowl for the paper up until this year. His winning streak began in 1967 with Green Bay’s 35-10 win over Kansas City in the first Super Bowl.
“Jerry Green is part of the fabric of the Super Bowl!” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told the News in January.
Green, a New York City native, died Thursday night, the News reported. He was a sportswriter in Detroit for The Associated Press before joining News in 1963.
“I never wanted to do anything else,” Green said earlier this year of a career that has spanned a variety of professional and collegiate sports.
News editor and publisher Gary Miles said Green was an icon.
“And he was unashamedly proud of the paper, his writing and his colleagues. He gave us everything and we will miss him,” said Miles.
Before the Super Bowl era, Green covered the 1957 NFL championship game won by the Detroit Lions. The Lions have yet to contest a Super Bowl.
“I don’t think I’ll last that long,” Green jokingly told Crain’s Detroit Business in 2019.