Some readers have expressed surprise as to the evident danger the Chiefs franchise had in leaving Kansas City as early as 1965, two years after its arrival. The evidence is clear from news clippings and attendance figures that the move … Read More

The Chiefs ended their first year in Kansas City with a blow-out of the New York Jets, 48-0 at Municipal Stadium, ending on a disappointing season (5-7-2) on a positive note.  For the afternoon, the Jets made it into Chiefs … Read More

Christmas is not another day, even to NFL players who often times find themselves playing that day or preparing to play a day or so later.  Grow up in Kansas City in the 1950s and 1960s and you’ll find any … Read More

The Chiefs ended their first year in Kansas City with a blow-out of the New York Jets, 48-0 at Municipal Stadium, ending on a disappointing season (5-7-2) on a positive note.  For the afternoon, the Jets made it into Chiefs … Read More

The aches of getting organized behind them, the AFL by year two could count more consensus All-American rookies than the NFL by a count of two-to-one.  Moreover, by the start of the 1961 preseason close to 300 players had been … Read More