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KCCI DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) In February, Super Bowl LV was played in front of thousands of fans and thousands of cardboard cutouts. Lifelong Buccaneers fan, LJ Govoni sat next to a cardboard cutout of a Chiefs fan, who he jokingly nicknamed “Frank”. After a social media hunt that connected Govoni with the real-life “Frank”. He found out his cardboard cutout friend was actually Clayton Whipple of Newton, Iowa. Govoni offered Whipple’s family a free trip to Florida and this past week he followed through on that deal. Whipple, his wife and two sons flew into St. Petersburg, Florida. Balloons and cardboard cutouts were waiting for them when they got off the plane. ....
Reply Clayton Whipple holds a cardboard cutout of himself in one hand and a cutout of his new Super Bowl buddy, L.J. Govoni, in the other at St. Pete, Clearwater International Airport. (PIE) CLEARWATER, FL When the Super Bowl took place in Tampa Feb. 7, only 25,000 fans were allowed in Raymond James Stadium to watch the Bucs vs. the Chiefs (about a third of the stadium s capacity) due to the coronavirus pandemic. To ensure social distancing, the NFL filled the empty seats with life-size cardboard cutout photos of fans who paid $100 for the privilege of a virtual seat at the big game with proceeds going to charity. ....
Bucs fan grabs beer with âFrank,â the Chiefs fan whose cardboard cutout he sat next to at Super Bowl Elizabeth Fry reports. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A welcome committee of cardboard cutouts waiting in the terminal of the St. Pete-Clearwater Airport may seem strange, but not for Clayton Whipple. He is the man behind one of the most infamous cutouts ever. I am shocked. This is not what I was expecting at all, said Whipple. I discovered there’s this whole story about this guy at the Super Bowl who’s next to this cardboard cutout and has befriended him, said Whipple, the Kansas City Chiefs fan from Iowa who turned out to be the man behind the cutout. ....