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February 3, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Superbowl Sunday

Assemblyman Peter Schabarum played for the 49ers in the 1950s.
Assemblyman Peter Schabarum played for the 49ers in the 1950s.

Just to confirm what you probably already suspected: no California legislator has ever played in a Super Bowl game.

Assemblyman Peter Schabarum played for the San Francisco 49ers (who will hopefully win today) in 1951 and 1953-54.

Senator Ed Vincent played for the Los Angeles Rams in 1950s, as did Marlin McKeever (a 1970s candidate for State Assembly).

Then there were the legislators who played other sports; Assemblyman William R. Wheaton was one of the first-ever baseball umpires and Bob Mathias (ok, he was a California congressman, not legislator) won two Olympic gold medals.

And who could forget Senator Tony Strickland, who played for a season with the Los Angeles Lightening (International Basketball League) in 2009? Not I.

So, no Superbowl champions in the Legislature yet… but there’s always 2014.

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