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The Kansas City Chiefs were the last professional sports team in the United States to adopt a name or logo referencing Native Americans, although indirectly. [5] In 1963, the Dallas Texans (AFL) was renamed Chiefs in honor of Kansas City mayor Harold Roe Bartle who was instrumental in relocating the team to Kansas City, Missouri.
The victory assured the Chiefs of a 9–7 record, the club's first winning mark since 1973 as coach Marv Levy increased the club's victory total for a third consecutive year. Inspired by the Washington Redskins's "Hail to the Redskins", Levy penned a fight song for the Chiefs called "Give a Cheer for Kansas City" which never caught on. [9]
Analysts quickly called Kansas City's selections as the best of the entire draft. [83] [85] [86] [87] Entering the season, the Chiefs were unsure if injury-prone quarterback Brodie Croyle, who was the incumbent starter, could be their quarterback in the long-term. [87]
Two Kansas City groups continue to protest the Chiefs’ use of Native American imagery in the team name and cheer. Why billboards urging Chiefs to ‘change the name and stop the chop’ return ...
Kansas City has won four Lombardi Trophies since losing the first Super Bowl in 1967. The Chiefs won their first title in Super Bowl 4 in 1970, the last iteration of the Big Game prior to the AFL ...
Lamar Hunt Jr. owns the Kansas City Mavericks, a hockey team that plays in the ECHL. Loretto Sports Ventures, an organization he runs, also once owned the NAHL hockey team now known as the ...
In 2008, the patch became permanently affixed to the chest of both Kansas City's home and away jerseys. [3] The patch itself is inspired by the Ten-Year AFL Patch, an acknowledgement honoring the league's decade-long existence worn by the Chiefs in the final game played by an AFL team, Super Bowl IV, which ended with a Chiefs victory.
In their pursuit of history, the Chiefs will be taking on the gravity of a league consumed with parity and increasingly resentful foes. Why the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for first-ever Super ...