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ACROSS THE HEART OF AMERICA

Author: By Bob Moore | Posted on: 06/27/11

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When the Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963 their games could be heard throughout the Kansas-Missouri region by the fast-talking team of Merle Harmon and Bill Grigsby on KCMO (810 AM). Meanwhile, the televised version of games appeared on … Read More

THE LAST OF HIS BREED

Author: By Bob Moore | Posted on: 06/20/11

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Chiefs Hall of Famer Johnny Robinson (1960-71) has the distinction of being the last remaining original Texans player to leave the scene. (See the bronzed cleats presented to him on his retirement now on display in the Hall of Honor’s … Read More

PODOLAK’S PREDECESSOR

Author: By admin | Posted on: 06/13/11

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Abner Haynes (1960-64) was one of the early stars of the American Football League. Lil’ Abner, Lamar Hunt called him. (For those of you who are of a later generation, Lil’ Abner was a popular comic strip series) The versatile … Read More

CARTOON CANDIDS

Author: By Bob Moore | Posted on: 06/06/11

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Any serious collector of early American Football League programs will come across the work of John Chase, a cartoonist for the New Orleans States-item, and the man responsible for many of the early AFL program covers produced for the Dallas … Read More