George Toma, a 95-year-old former Kansas City Chiefs groundskeeper, had worked every single Super Bowl since the very first.
That changes in 2024.
Groundskeeper George Toma, aka “The Sodfather,” worked the first Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until last year’s Super Bowl between the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Field.
He is unavailable this year after finally walking off into the sunset to retire.
At 95 years of age, Toma retired from working Super Bowls as he has been dealing with health issues and recently told Fox 4 KC that he told his crew as much last year.
“Last year, I told my ground crew, ‘I doubt I’ll be here with you next year. If I’m in heaven, I’ll be looking down and seeing what a beautiful field you have or I’ll be in hell looking up and seeing what type of roots system you have,’” he said.
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Kansas City groundskeeping legend George Toma made a big splash at last year’s Super Bowl when the Chiefs won their third in franchise history. But the field conditions in Arizona made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Toma, for the first time ever, isn’t on the scene to monitor it.
“Maybe something now will change,” said Toma on the prospects for this year’s field.
Nobody wants to repeat what happened in Glendale last year. Players stumbled on the grass during the Super Bowl, which the Chiefs won 38-35 over the Philadelphia Eagles.
