Len Dawson, Legendary broadcaster and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback passes away at age 87.

MO.'S KANSAS CITY — Len Dawson, a quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and well-known sportscaster on radio and television, has passed away. He was 87.

In 1970, he coached the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl victory and won MVP honours as well. Along with serving as a broadcaster for more than 50 years, "Lenny the Cool" helped Chiefs supporters through their highs and lows.

Early this month, Dawson started hospice care. According to a statement made by the Chiefs, "The Kansas City Chiefs are synonymous with Len Dawson. Len accepted and eventually came to represent Kansas City and the locals. It would be difficult to identify a player who had a greater influence on the organization's development than Len Dawson did "Clark Hunt, the Chiefs' chairman, remarked.

In 1935, Dawson was born in Alliance, Ohio. After a 19-year football career, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame 52 years later in the adjacent town of Canton. After Dan Dierdorf and Frank Gifford, he was the third individual to be inducted into the Hall of Fame both as a player and a broadcaster.

In 2017, when the announcing booth at Arrowhead Stadium was officially dedicated to him, Dawson chuckled and added, "I was into working." Because they didn't have much themselves, my parents instilled in me the value of working hard for what you desire.

From 1984 until 2017, Dawson provided colour commentary for Chiefs radio broadcasts on the Chiefs radio network. Mitch Holthus, who worked with him on radio play-by-play for 24 of those years, was a longtime fan.

In reference to Lenny Dawson's jersey No. 16, Holthus commented, "I made sure my mom created a shoddy, stitched jersey with 1 and 6 on it because I wanted to be Lenny Dawson."

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Dawson in the first round of the 1957 draught out of Purdue, but he never saw much action with them or during his two seasons with the Cleveland Browns in 1960 and 1961.

Lamar Hunt established the American Football League in the meanwhile, in 1960.

"There are a lot of sons of wealthy people, Paul Brown (the owner and coach of the Browns) remarked. This is their pastime,"" Dawson remembered. "It will only last a year or two. It won't take long, I promise."

Before the 1962 season began, Dawson joined with the Dallas Texans of the infant American Football League, where he reconnected with Hank Stram, one of his Purdue assistant coaches. That year, the Texans won the AFL title and then relocated to Kansas City.

Dawson set a Chiefs record in 1964 with 30 touchdown throws, which Patrick Mahomes broke in 2018 with 50. Mahomes claimed he spoke to Dawson about it when he was set to surpass Dawson's record.

In 2018, Mahomes remarked, "When you throw 30 touchdowns in today's league where there is a lot more passing, you're still having a tremendous season." "I mean, he won a Super Bowl here, so for him to be that advanced. One of the all-time great quarterbacks was him."

In Super Bowl I, the Chiefs were defeated by the Minnesota Vikings, but in Super Bowl IV, they defeated them by a score of 23-7. The MVP was Dawson.

He remembered, "We were the underdog in that game. "We were predicted to lose by a few touchdowns. Fortunately, we didn't think that."

On December 1, 1970, a local television station in Kansas City, Missouri, broadcast a sportscast featuring Len Dawson, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback.

Author: William P. Straeter

When he was 40 years old and in his final season, Dawson. He was sacked seven times in a late-season game while playing behind an offensive line that was severely injured. By that point, Dawson claimed, he realised his playing days were finished.

It influenced my choice, he declared. "That's it, I said. I don't have to put up with this beating any longer."

In 1966, Chiefs president Jack Steadman initiated conversations with KMBC-TV and radio management about including Dawson in the broadcasts without Dawson's knowledge.

Dawson stated, "I had no idea he was doing that; in the end, it launched my broadcasting career.

He continued to play a significant role in Kansas City and rose to fame thanks to the landmark HBO programme "Inside the NFL."