Mara, a grandson of the original, is currently the president, CEO and co-owner of the Giants.ДЄrt Rooney was born in 1901 in Coulterville, Pennsylvania, to descendants of Catholic immigrants from Ireland. He also was a bookmaker and a regular at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. And as his eulogists kept pointing out, he was the last of the old-school, sports team owners, a throwback to footballвЂ™s leather-helmet era.вЂќ He was a Catholic who attended Mass daily and fathered 11 children. When Mara died, The New York Times Magazine noted: вЂњHe had an earthy, pug-nosed Irish face and an authentic New York accent, of the kind you hear now only in movies from the вЂ™30s and вЂ™40s. HeвЂ™s best known for his nine years as coach of the Green Bay Packers, which he led from ineptitude to domination in the 1960s, including winning the first two Super Bowls.Д«orn in 1887, Irish American Catholic Tim Mara became the founding owner of the New York Giants in the 1920s and was one of the founders of the NFL. The winner of the Super Bowl gets the Lombardi Trophy, named for one of footballвЂ™s most beloved figures - and a devout son of the church.Д«orn into a Catholic family of Italian descent in Brooklyn, New York, in 1913, Vince Lombardi, a lifelong daily Massgoer, attended a high school seminary with thoughts of the priesthood.Д«ut after faith and family, LombardiвЂ™s love was football. Here are just a few Catholics without whom the National Football League and the Super Bowl might not exist. 13, Catholic viewers may not realize how much their fellow believers have been involved in the history and success of American football. CNS photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters My own parish priest, a Los Angeles Rams fan, jokingly referred to Super Bowl Sunday as вЂњa holy day of obligation,вЂќ and thatвЂ™s what it feels like for many Americans.ДЄs fans prepare to watch the Los Angeles Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl at Los AngelesвЂ™ SoFi Stadium Feb. An NFL football is seen during a game in Foxborough, Mass., Oct.

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