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Friendship forged at Super Bowl benefits Faulkton Youth Football

Minnesota branch of NFL Alumni Association provides grants for uniforms, equipment

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Jacob Brende
Aug 16, 2026
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Faulkton Youth Football plays a game against the Gettysburg Battlers. The program received a $10,000 grant from the Minnesota branch of the NFL Alumni Association. (Photo by Trisha Adams)

A years-long friendship that began at one of the world’s most high-profile sporting events is paying dividends more than a decade later for a small South Dakota football program.

It started in 2009, when Faulkton-area rancher and business owner Sal Roseland traveled to Tampa, Florida, for Super Bowl XLIII to promote outdoor recreation and South Dakota’s pheasant hunting opportunities.

There, Roseland met Lee Nystrom, a former Green Bay Packers offensive lineman and member of the NFL Alumni Association who was looking for ways to expand the organization’s fundraising efforts.

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