Len Dawson, a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and prominent radio and television sports broadcaster, has died.
Dawson led the Texans/Chiefs to three AFL championships (1962, 1966, 1969), as well as the franchise’s first Super Bowl triumph in Super Bowl IV, for which he was named MVP. Dawson left professional football following the 1975 season to work as the sports director at KMBC-TV in Kansas City and as a color analyst for the Chiefs Radio Network.
Dawson established the Chiefs’ single-season throwing touchdown record in 1964, with 30 touchdowns in only 14 games, a mark that remained until 2018, when Patrick Mahomes broke it in 10 games. Despite the fact that he last played in 1975, the NFL extended to 16 game seasons, and the growth into the NFL, he still holds the Chiefs career throwing yards, touchdowns, and victories records.
In 1987, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in 1970, even picking up the MVP title.
He was 87.
