IW FACT

QUIRKY KIRK

Today’s Irrelevant Week fact: In 1976, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected the first Mr. Irrelevant, Kelvin Kirk.

A press conference for him was set to kick off the inaugural event in Newport Beach, but Kirk missed his flight to Southern California. When IW founder Paul Salata learned of Kirk’s absence, he scoured the neighborhood for an impostor. And so, the event began with a Safeway butcher filling in as Mr. Irrelevant. Kirk arrived in the middle of the press conference, relieving his body double of his duties.

Mr. Irrelevant XXIII, the final pick of the NFL Draft, will be picked by the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. The NFL Draft starts today.

Irrelevant Week, which celebrates the NFL Draft’s final pick, will be June 22-28 in Newport Beach.