Marcus Allen was a highly recruited Parade All-American high school star. The fleet footed running back chose to attend the University of Southern California. His first two seasons saw him serve mostly as a blocking fullback. He returned to tailback as a junior and set 15 NCAA records and went on to win the Heisman… Read more »
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Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Fred Arbanas
He began his professional football career as a member of the Dallas Texans Football Club, after being selected in the 1961 AFL/NFL Draft in the seventh round by Dallas in the AFL and the second round by St. Louis in the NFL. He played for Dallas from 1961 to 1962, where he gained All-Pro honors… Read more »
Randy Ball
It’s the stuff of storybooks. As a teenager, he played high school football at Columbia Hickman. In his 60s, he became a National Football League scout, assisting in the Kansas City Chiefs’ turnaround. And, in between, Randy Ball lived a dream as a football coach and enjoyed incredible success in colleges. Put it this… Read more »
Empire Bank
Empire Bank has been serving the Ozarks since 1956 and offers a host of community based banking and financial services in Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Highlandville, Marshfield, Strafford, Fair Grove, Pleasant Hope, Republic, and Battlefield. Empire Bank’s holding company, Central Bancompany, has been ranked four years in a row by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s… Read more »
Dr. Cris Barnthouse
The signed National Football League game-day footballs sit on display at his home, some inscribed with personal messages from Kansas City Chiefs coaches and players themselves. From afar, one might assume those are for throwing a go-ahead touchdown pass or key blocks that led to the win column. In reality, they are for work that,… Read more »
Bobby Bell
Bobby Bell was an All-State high school quarterback, an All-America tackle at the University of Minnesota and an excellent defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs before he settled on the left outside linebacker position. It was a position that earned him a permanent niche in the history as the first Chiefs player to be… Read more »
Frank Boal
The story goes that Kansas City was just supposed to be a pit stop on the road back home, that he’d cut his teeth in a large television market and eventually go cover the boyhood teams he once cheered. And then Frank Boal met Kansas City, and its passion for sports and people. “Once I… Read more »
Dr. Jon Browne
For any successful sports franchise and its athletes, those who work behind the scenes in thankless roles may actually be the true MVPs. A case in point is Dr. Jon Browne, a Kansas City native who rose to the top in the sports medicine field as an Orthopaedic specialist. Primarily, he oversaw the care of… Read more »
Ed Budde
A native of Detroit and a graduate of Michigan State University, Ed Budde had an impressive 14 year career with the Kansas City Chiefs. A first round draft pick by the Chiefs in 1963, Budde went on to be a significant part of the Chiefs’ success in the AFL-NFL Championship Game in 1967 and the… Read more »
Carlos Carson
You can watch all the old highlight reels you want, ooh and awe over the athleticism that made him a blur in cleats – those were a beat writer’s words – and wonder. Yet to understand the greatness of Carlos Carson, a Kansas City Chiefs receiver of the 1980s, just listen to those who knew… Read more »
Jim Chappell
Jim Chappell, a native of Keokuk, Iowa, graduated from Drury University. Chappell has been regarded as one of the top sports personalities in the Kansas City area with his Chappell’s Restaurant and Sports Museum. Originally opening in North Kansas City in 1986, the restaurant has become a destination for athletes and sports fans alike while… Read more »
Deron Cherry
Deron Cherry is regarded as one of the finest free safeties to ever play the game of football. A standout for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1980’s, he recorded 50 career interceptions and holds a share of the National Football League’s record for interceptions in a game with four. He participated in the Pro… Read more »
1969 Kansas City Chiefs
The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs were a veteran outfit that played together for quite while. Three years earlier, the same group lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I. But it all came together in 1969. The Chiefs were stacked with future Pro Football Hall of Fame players Len Dawson, Bobby Bell, Buck… Read more »
Dustin Colquitt
In the history of the Kansas City Chiefs, there are 54 players in the team’s Ring of Honor, the best of the best. Of that group, Jerrel Wilson has been the only punter, but before long, Dustin Colquitt could well join him. Colquitt played for the Chiefs from 2005 to 2019 and his final game… Read more »
Curley Culp
Decades before the Pro Football Hall of Fame would welcome him with open arms, Curley Culp was facing quite a challenge entering his second season in the National Football League. This was in preseason 1969, the start of a path that ultimately led to the Kansas City Chiefs’ first Super Bowl victory. Culp had been… Read more »
Len Dawson
Len Dawson played 19 years, 13 years with the Chiefs from 1963-1975. At the time of his retirement, Dawson was the first on the list of all-time National Football League passers and was second in the AFC in touchdown passes. Dawson established a pro football record in 1967 with 15 consecutive pass completions against Houston. … Read more »