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2024 Super Bowl: Fun Facts About the Players and Places

It’s a rematch four years in the making: the San Francisco 49ers face off against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl Sunday.

The last time the two teams played against each other in a Super Bowl was in 2020, when the Chiefs beat the 49ers 31-20 in Miami.

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Many of the Chiefs’ players have played in multiple Super Bowls.

For some, this will be their fourth appearance in five seasons. Last year, the Kelce brothers – the Chiefs’ Travis and Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason from Cleveland Heights, Ohio — were on opposing teams. This year, Travis Kelce is back with the Chiefs and some sports and music fans wonder if his girlfriend, Grammy Award-winning pop singer Taylor Swift, will be there.

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Our interactive data visualization featuring stats about the players and their place of birth
The most common first and last names on the teams' rosters
NFL teams inside and outside of the top 50 metro areas

Related Data Viz: Big Game Census 🏈

The Big Game is this weekend! Is someone from your hometown in the game?

Use our Big Game Census data visualization to take a closer look at the players’ place of birth, what college they attended, and related Census Bureau statistics.

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2024 Super Bowl: Fun Facts About the Players and Places

Related Data Viz: Big Game Census 🏈

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