KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs franchise, and his son Clark Hunt is the team’s chairman and CEO. But quarterback Len Dawson became its first widely known personality.
Dawson, whose death at age 87 was announced by his family on Wednesday, played in the first Super Bowl, was the MVP of Super Bowl IV and is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
His career in media added to his fame. It began when Dawson became a sports anchor at KMBC-TV while he played for the Kansas City Chiefs. Later, he was a studio analyst for HBO’s groundbreaking Inside the NFL, and he spent more than three decades in the Chiefs’ radio booth.
