Australian expat Eamonn Dixon wasn’t planning on going to this year’s Super Bowl, but ended up in the right place at the right time when the ball ended up in his lap in a packed State Farm Stadium. Read more here:
Eamonn Dixon, 40, wasn’t planning on going to this year’s NFL showpiece game, but ended up in the right place at the right time when the ball ended up in his lap in a packed State Farm Stadium.
“You don’t expect it, that’s why I was a bit taken aback … luckily I held on to both the phone and the ball. Dixon told this masthead that he grew up playing Australian rules football, but reckons his catch was the result of “dumb luck” and not his home-grown sporting skills.He wasn’t even meant to be at the game, but his client, Doritos – with whom he had worked for their Super Bowl campaign – offered him the rare chance to go.
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