The 1980 Pittsburgh Steelers were the first Super Bowl champions to visit the White House. By. Samantha Stutsman. Samantha Stutsman. Samantha Stutsman is a writer and surveillance editor at PEOPLE. 2016 New England Patriots — Super Bowl champions. One thing to know: Truex was the first NASCAR champion to visit the Trump White House and presented the president with a helmet. 11 of 13 | . Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left, presents President Joe Biden, center, with a Chiefs helmet Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, right, watches during an event with the Super Bowl-champion Chiefs on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 31, 2024, to celebrate their championship season and victory in Super Bowl LVIII. Super Bowl winners heading to the White House was a tradition started with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1980. Therefore, the Chiefs' 1969 Super Bowl IV squad didn't have the option. As Super Bowl champions, they were welcomed to the White House on Monday and got to meet President Joe Biden. In February, the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII to win Rashee Rice of the Kansas City Chiefs warms up before the 2024 Super Bowl. Jamie Squire / Getty Images file Butker and Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice were both at the White House. WASHINGTON — President Biden welcomed the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Friday, lauding the back-to-back Super Bowl champion team as showing sportsmanship on and off the field, and President Joe Biden wears a helmet presented to him by the NFL Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs as he speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, May 31, 2024. President Joe Biden hosted the Super Bowl LVII champions at the White House in Washington DC on Monday, nearly four months following the Chiefs’ thrilling 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on Friday, lauding the back-to-back Super Bowl champion team for its sportsmanship on and off the field The 1980 Pittsburgh Steelers were the first Super Bowl champions to visit the White House Super Bowl champs visiting the White House is a decades-old tradition that began with Jimmy Carter in 1980 President Barack Obama holds up a Denver Broncos team football jersey, as he welcomes the Super Bowl Champions during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 6 Super Bowl champions recall White House memories (2:35) Three-time Super Bowl champion Tedy Bruschi looks back on his visits to the White House with the Patriots and the time he stole a yellow Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers were the first men’s basketball NCAA champions to visit the White House when they met Gerald Ford in 1976. Carter hosting the Steelers marked the first Super Bowl champion to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Since Carter, every U.S. president has hosted Super Bowl winners at the White House. The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles’ White House visit has been canceled due to the controversy over standing for the National Anthem at NFL games, President Donald Trump announced Monday. The first Super Bowl champions to be honoured with a visit to the White House were the Pittsburgh Steelers, who joined the World Series-winning Pittsburgh Pirates in a dual ceremony with President Jimmy Carter in February 1980. After the White House announced President Joe Biden will invite the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Monday, February 8, posts circulating on social media made the claim that the 2021 Biden welcomes Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to White House It was the Chiefs' third championship but first team trip to the White House By Mike Gavin • Published June 5, 2023 Championship sports teams visiting the president at the White House goes back to the days of Andrew Johnson. The Pittsburgh Steelers were the first Super Bowl champion to visit, joining the The first Super Bowl champion to visit the White House was the 1985 Pittsburgh Steelers, who traveled to Washington D.C. alongside their fellow World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The trip
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