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Former Lincoln-Way East Player Takes Home Super Bowl Win

Nick Allegretti has picked up his first Super Bowl win after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the 49ers Sunday.

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The Kansas City Chiefs take the field before the AFC Championship Game against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead Stadium on January 19, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Kansas City Chiefs take the field before the AFC Championship Game against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead Stadium on January 19, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

FRANKFORT, IL — In his rookie season in the NFL, former Lincoln-Way East football player Nick Allegretti has picked up a Super Bowl win. Allegretti, an offensive guard with the Kansas City Chiefs, participated in his first Super Bowl in the match-up against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday.

The Kansas City Chiefs beat the 49ers 31-20, winning its first championship in 50 years.

Allegretti was a stand-out player at Lincoln-Way East, and was also chosen to play for the All-American Bowl. He graduated from East in 2014. After high school, Allegretti went on to play at the University of Illinois, where he also served as a captain for two years.

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Allegretti was drafted by Kansas City in 2019 as a seventh-round pick.

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