KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The majestic Otis Taylor retired from the Chiefs in 1975, and, alas, has been bedridden and on a feeding tube for well over a decade now. But even out of public view, a half-century after his heyday, he remains ever-visible in Kansas City when it comes to his tremendous case to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Many fans still wonder, if not exactly hope, this one day will change. Taylor was such a vital player in a then-revolutionary offense, a receiver whose statistics and presence were transcendent in the context of the era.
Even as recently as the last few years, a group from his alma mater, Prairie View A&M, has sought to rekindle support and find new avenues for compelling back to shore a ship that appears to have sailed away.
