Kansas City Star archives As the Kansas City Chiefs enter the playoffs this year, The Star is taking a look back at the team’s history, featuring photos of Lamar Hunt, who founded the team.

On Thursday night, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was announced, and noticeably absent from the list of names was former New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri.

Patrick Mahomes with the Lamar Hunt Trophy (Image Credit: Getty Images) For his contributions, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972. The Lamar Hunt Trophy and the Kansas City ...

It became the official name by Super Bowl IV in 1970, honoring Hunt's contribution. Kirby Lee - Imagn Images The ... the Pro Football Hall of Fame still recognizes Lamar Hunt for his role.

"Before there was a player, coach or a general manager in the league there was Lamar Hunt," late Patriots owner William Sullivan remarked at Hunt's Hall of Fame induction ceremony. "Hunt was the ...

In 1999, Lamar Hunt funded the first stadium dedicated solely to soccer in the US, Columbus Crew Stadium. That same year, he was awarded the National Soccer Hall of Fame Medal of Honor ...

The Chiefs were originally formed as the Dallas Texans as part of owner Lamar ... Hunt's contributions to the early years of the AFL-NFL merger earned him induction to the Pro Football Hall of ...

if you go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame you'll see a toy rubber ball proudly on display. That was Lamar Hunt's idea, too. According to the NFL: "The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any ...

Congrats to the 2025 Northwestern Oklahoma State University Sports Hall of Fame inductees! They are: Shannon Frascht (Rodeo), Selina Lamar-White (Women’s Soccer ... at halftime of the women's game.

Ichiro Suzuki, like Hank Aaron and Tom Seaver before him, is giving his personal collection to the Baseball Hall of Fame.