Who is Dion Rich?

Dion Rich is the king of all Super Bowl scammers, conning his way into more than 30 of them with the highlight of his gate-crashing being the time he got to the Superdome in New Orleans, helping to carry an unwitting Tom Landry off the field at Super Bowl XII.The greatest Super Bowl gatecrasher that ever lived is still wheeling and dealing, still operating. He’s only missed one of these games, the Jets over the Colts, for a stupid, nonrefundable ski trip. He won’t let that happen again, ever. Rich used to ride team buses right into the stadium, pretending to be an assistant coach. Or he’d sneak past a young, rookie security guard who was looking the other way. When the authorities got wise to him, he’d wear a beard and bifocals for a disguise. This crazy stuff worked, most of the time. He’s crashed Oscar shows, the Golden Globes, All-Star Games, an Olympics, the Kentucky Derby. It was a mischievous habit he first picked up during the 1940s as a kid, sneaking into movie theaters in San Diego. He couldn’t stop himself.