Our first member of the Kansas City Class of 2023 is President's Award recipient and former @Chiefs President & GM Carl Peterson #WhereTheGameLivesOn pic.twitter.com/e2B7oeioJX
— Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (@MoSportsHall) March 2, 2023
A former Kansas City Chiefs executive will headline the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame class of 2023 when they’re enshrined on April 23. Carl Peterson will receive the President’s Award in 2023, which is bestowed upon those who most champion sports in Missouri.
Peterson wore multiple hats for the Chiefs during his tenure with the team serving as president, CEO and general manager from 1989 through 2008. Legendary head coaches such as Marty Schottenheimer, Gunther Cunningham, Dick Vermeil and Herm Edwards were in Kansas City during Peterson’s stead as the team’s top executive. Under his watchful eye, the Chiefs had a great deal of success with a 176-141-1 overall record. The problem for Peterson’s teams in Kansas City always came down to the postseason, with just a 3-9 record in playoff games.
That, however, doesn’t take away from the job that Peterson did bringing relevance to Chiefs football again. His success came after 16 seasons where Kansas City hadn’t gone to but a single playoff game. 14 of those seasons the team was .500 or worse during the regular season.
Peterson will be joined in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame 2023 class by former Kansas City Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain, former Sporting KC defender Matt Besler, and Olympian Muna Lee, among others. You can read about the entire 2023 class here.
