GLENDALE, Ariz. — George Toma is an institution when it comes to football fields.
KSHB 41 has shared his story before of coming to Kansas City and giving his heart and soul to groundskeeping.
“[I was] 10 years old," he said. "I got a job on a vegetable farm — 10 cents an hour for 10 hours a day, six days a week."
He’s been working ground ever since.
Super Bowl LVII marks his 57th with the NFL. He’s tended to the field for every single one.
Ed Mangan, the NFL's field surface director, says Toma's experience is invaluable.
“Fifty-seven years of experience. I mean, how do you replace that?" Mangan said. "There's not a tape or anything else you could get that out of. Human experience and his presence here is the cornerstone of what started as we are now.”
As for Sunday, Toma says the field at State Farm Stadium is the second-best field he’s ever seen for a Super Bowl.
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