Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon to serve as Phoenix Veterans Day Parade celebrity grand marshal

Two-time Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon will serve as the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade celebrity grand marshal.

“Since my retirement from the NFL, I have devoted my time to thanking and honoring the men and women who have courageously served our nation. Their sacrifices have ensured our freedom, and for that I am forever grateful,” McMahon said in a news release.

McMahon played four years at BYU, set 73 NCAA records and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the Chicago Bears’ fifth overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft and led the franchise to a Super Bowl title in 1985.

McMahon played 15 years in the NFL, including a year with the Arizona Cardinals (1994), and won his second Super Bowl as the Green Bay Packers’ backup quarterback in his final season (1996).

He also earned NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1982, was a Pro Bowl selection in 1985 and won NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 1991.

Phoenix Veterans Day Parade details

The theme of the parade is “250 Years of Freedom, 30 Years of Honor” to celebrate Honoring America’s Veterans’ 30 years of presenting the parade.

It will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. along Third Street, from McDowell Road to Indian School Road.

The Phoenix Veterans Day Parade has grown into one of the largest Veterans Day celebrations in the country, according to the news release.

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