As the Kansas City Chiefs aim to capture their fifth Super Bowl championship (and fourth under coach Andy Reid), fans—or new-to-football-viewers (hello, Swifties)—may be curious about the family that has owned the Chiefs since the team was founded: The Hunt family.
With the Lamar Hunt Trophy staying with KC, team chairman and CEO Clark Hunt spoke about what this current run means to his family.
Football fans poked fun at the robotic way Chiefs owner Clark Hunt delivered his victory speech on Sunday after Kansas City defeated the Bills in the AFC championship game.
So, in 1959, Hunt founded the AFL, later merging it with the NFL in 1966, reshaping the sport’s history. He brought his Dallas Texans to Kansas City in 1963, where they became the Chiefs, a centerpiece of the city’s sports identity. The team won its first Super Bowl in 1970.
Hunt was asked about pregame superstitions he might have, but he said those days are gone. But there is one sweet pregame tradition. It was started by his father, Lamar, who founded the Chiefs. Lamar Hunt, for whom the AFC Championship Game trophy is named, died in 2006.
The Kansas City Chiefs punched their ticket to yet another Super Bowl - their fifth in the past six seasons - with a 32-29 victory over Josh Allen and the
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The Kansas City Chiefs have shared a quick snap-shot of their third-straight Super Bowl jerseys, and they are pretty cool, to say the least
Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt addressed the media on Sunday following the AFC Championship victory over the Buffalo Bills. He praised the team’s success and reflected on what he believes his father, Lamar Hunt, would think of the current dynasty.
The use of Roman numerals did not become an NFL tradition until Super Bowl V in 1971. The first two Super Bowls were known as the AFL-NFL world Championship Game. The name “Super Bowl” was officially adopted for the third annual game and the league retroactively added Roman numerals to the Super Bowls before 1971.
Much has changed since the Chiefs played in a Super Bowl in New Orleans, but one thing connects the games: the chance to create a legacy.