🚨YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS CLIP BUT THE VIRAL STORY BEHIND IT HASN’T BEEN QUITE TRUE.
The real story may actually be better.
In 1992, Donald Trump walked onto the field at Pilot Field in Buffalo wearing a plaid shirt and jeans and took a shot at a football challenge during Jim Kelly’s charity event.
The first task: throw a football through a small target to qualify for a chance at the $1 million charity throw.
Trump stepped up.
“Nervous as hell,” he admitted.
Then he nailed it 🎯🏈
The crowd erupted and Cris Collinsworth couldn’t believe it:
“HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!”
Trump laughed: “I have no idea … Who says there’s not luck in football?”
That successful throw advanced him to the long-distance $1 million attempt.
That’s where the viral version often gets the story wrong.
Trump did not make the million-dollar throw. He missed it, as did Jim Kelly and the other pros who attempted it. Nobody won the big prize that day.
But that first throw?
One shot. Right through the target. In front of a stadium crowd and a group of NFL stars.
34 years later, the video is still incredible to watch!
NFL football is back tonight, Raiders v Texans. Seems like the perfect time to bring this one back.
@BsSpin