KC joins this list of cities that have won Super Bowl and World Series in 5-year span
Some cities haven’t had the fortune of experiencing major sports championships in decades, like Buffalo and San Diego. Kansas City has posted two in five seasons starting with the Royals’ 2015 World Series championship.
Which got us wondering, how often has than occurred? Since the creation of the Super Bowl, how many times has one city enjoyed the amount of success that has touched Kansas City?
Limiting it to the Super Bowl and World Series, we counted six other cities that have celebrated a NFL and a MLB championship in a five-year window.
New York has done it three times, the latest a decade ago when the Yankees won their last World Series in 2009 and the New York Giants won Super Bowls after the 2007 and 2011 seasons.
Boston has dominated the pro sports scene in the 21st century. The New England Patriots and Red Sox have twice won titles over five-year spans, and just for good measure the NBA’s Celtics and NHL’s Bruins have raised banners in the last 12 years.
The other cities besides KC: Los Angeles, Baltimore, Pittsburgh (two spans of Pirates and Steelers titles in the 1970s) and Oakland.
(Note: Super Bowl championship years reflect the NFL season in which the team won the title, not the following year in which the Super Bowl was played)
New York: 1968-69
Jets 1968 Super Bowl, Mets 1969 World Series
Throw in Knicks’ 1970 NBA title and was New York’s finest sports year.
Baltimore 1970
Orioles 1970 World Series, Colts 1970 Super Bowl
They shared Memorial Stadium, and football lines were part of October baseball.
Oakland 1972-76
A’s 1972, 1973 and 1974 World Series, Raiders 1976 Super Bowl
Heyday for Kansas City rivals in both sports.
Pittsburgh 1971-75 and 1978-79
Pirates 1971 and 1979 World Series and Steelers 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 Super Bowls
When Pittsburgh started billing itself “City of Champions.”
Los Angeles 1981-83
Dodgers 1981 World Series and Raiders 1983 Super Bowl
Al Davis’ move to LA gave city its lone NFL title.
New York 1986
Mets 1986 World Series, Giants 1986 Super Bowl
Giants’ first Super Bowl championship.
Boston 2001-04 and 2004-07
Patriots 2001, 2003 and 2004 Super Bowls, Red Sox 2004 and 2007 World Series
Beantown begins its takeover of 21st century sports scene.
New York 2007-11
Giants 2007 and 2011 Super Bowls, 2009 Yankees
Yankees looking for first World Series title in more than a decade.
Boston 2013-16 and 2018
Patriots 2014, 2016 and 2018 Super Bowls, Red Sox 2013 and 2018 World Series
How many parades is that for Boston?
Kansas City 2015-19
Royals 2015 World Series, Chiefs 2019 Super Bowl
Competition heats up at Truman Sports Complex.