RIP Len Dawson

[matt_garth]

Legendary Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, now 87, has entered hospice care

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article264466976.html

 

[exmediahack]

I hope Lenny the Cool eases into the next stage.

Fascinating in that he was at practice until 5 pm for years and then anchoring the sports at KMBC at 6.

 

[playthrough]

Dawson and Buoniconti on “Inside the NFL” were the good ol’ days.

 

[hondo]

Heater and a Fresca after the game. That's how the old boys rolled.

 

[poindexter]

Heater and a Fresca after the game. That's how the old boys rolled.

I remember reading that was halftime.
Kinda makes sense, none of the three in the picture are in any state of undress

 

[Octave]

A great gentleman, exuded class and kindness.
And the right stuff for TV, although he earned his chops on radio.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Heater and a Fresca after the game. That's how the old boys rolled.

What I love most is that the picture works regardless of context. Halftime or post-game? Up by 20? Down by 20? Close? Victory? Defeat?

Just a cool customer having a moment during which nothing in the world mattered other than what he was enjoying.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I believe (could be wrong) that picture is from halftime of Super Bowl I.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

 

[exmediahack]

I love his SBI halftime picture with the puff and the Fresca but it saddens me that I’m seeing that all over Twitter today. He was so much more than that picture, cool as it was.

 

[rtse11]

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[nickp]

Inside the NFL was all we had as kids to see highlights of every game it was appointment TV for those that loved the NFL

 

[BTExpress]

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Coulda been worse.

 

[maumann]

Just like the ABA, the AFL played a much more exciting game than the NFL. And that was because of guys like Dawson, John Hadl, Broadway Joe and the Mad Bomber.

If Pete Rozelle's biggest mistake was to play games after JFK's assassination, his smartest move was to merge the two leagues. And the current NFL is way more like the 1960s AFL than old-line NFL people would like to admit.

RIP, Len.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

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SURVEY SAYS! ...

... and back on topic, a class act. Fun photo of his enjoying one he fired up, but probably isn't what Chiefs fans remember.

RIP, good sir and Thank You.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Coulda been worse.

*Throws bats out of dugout at Joe West to hammer home his point*

 

[cyclingwriter2]

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Please tell me this is from some satire site

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

I love his SBI halftime picture with the puff and the Fresca but it saddens me that I’m seeing that all over Twitter today. He was so much more than that picture, cool as it was.

 

[exmediahack]

In Kansas City, Len was such a juxtaposition to the other sports royalty, George Brett.

We all have a “Len was so nice to me” and “George is such a ****” story.