RIP Len Dawson

[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 deck" story.

 

[Azrael]

When I was a little boy, Len Dawson up the sideline 50 yards in the air to Otis Taylor on the dead run was one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

Still is.

Rest.

 

[rtse11]

Please tell me this is from some satire site

Few people remember that in the 60s, Len Dawson balanced a career as an AFL quarterback and a cast member on Hogan's Heroes.

 

[Liut]

Few people remember that in the 60s, Len Dawson balanced a career as an AFL quarterback and a cast member on Hogan's Heroes.

LMAO! Later got his head bashed in with a tripod.

 

[Slacker]

LMAO! Later got his head bashed in with a tripod.

C'mon, man. ... That was Bob Crane Griese.