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'Pretty surreal': Aussie's insane Super Bowl moment - CtrlF.XYZ

'Pretty surreal': Aussie's insane Super Bowl moment

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An Australian antheral who scored a past infinitesimal summons to the Super Bowl, walked distant from the memorable clash successful Arizona with the shot that sailed done the posts to unafraid the lucifer successful the last seconds.

In what could crook retired to beryllium an costly portion of memorabilia, Melbourne-raised Eamonn Dixon, 40, was successful the close spot astatine the close clip arsenic the shot ended up successful his thigh successful the packed State Farm Stadium, erstwhile the Chiefs' Harrison Butker kicked his squad to Super Bowl glory with a 27-yard tract goal with 8 seconds near connected the clock.

That was the quality arsenic Kansas City pulled disconnected a thrilling 38-35 triumph implicit the Philadelphia Eagles, the Chiefs' 2nd triumph successful 4 years.

"It was beauteous surreal to beryllium honest. I got a past infinitesimal summons to the game," Dixon told Nine's Today. "The shot floated implicit the nett and close into my arms which was incredible.

"I person nary thought (what it's worth). I was waiting for idiosyncratic to inquire for it backmost but past 1 of the information guards said, 'You should get retired of present with that happening arsenic soon arsenic you can.'"

Dixon, who grew up successful North Fitzroy successful Melbourne, said leaving the arena was a hard task.

"It was a beauteous breathtaking crippled and everyone was asking for photos with maine and giving maine high-fives," helium told Radio 3AW.

"Everyone was trying to get it disconnected maine but 1 of my friends who I was with, I shoved it successful her container and we benignant of got ushered towards the exit and each of a abrupt I was retired successful the car park. It was each conscionable a spot of a blur."

Dixon, who lives successful San Francisco, was offered the uncommon accidental to spell to the crippled by a lawsuit and caught a precocious formation to get to Arizona, making it conscionable successful time.

"I didn't person a summons to the crippled but 1 of my unthinkable Doritos clients called maine up successful the greeting and said that a spare summons had go available," helium said.

"I got to the crippled conscionable arsenic the nationalist anthem was being sung. I was conscionable sitting determination and past 4 quarters aboriginal the shot conscionable benignant of fell successful my lap, which was beauteous surreal."

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