Breaking News: Hall of Fame Chiefs Quarterback Len Dawson Passes Away
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Forever our quarterback.
Legendary Kansas City Chiefs quarterback and Kansas City broadcaster Len Dawson has died. He was 87 years old.
Rest well, Lenny. https://t.co/rRdEug4Dp1 pic.twitter.com/iCqtIZYxp2
— KMBC (@kmbc) August 24, 2022
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That canvas print showed up today, looks awesome…
Forever a legend. Thank you Lenny for everything you have done for this town.
His family should bang the drum for the home opener.
On the first offensive play from scrimmage at the home opener, Mahomes should do a tribute huddle for Len Dawson.
That’s a great idea……
Make it happen.
perfect
Len Dawson always reminded me of my Dad.
He really seemed like a decent man and I loved him from Ch 9 News, Inside the NFL, and obviously the radio.
I will miss him forever.
I listened to Len call games on radio for many years after I moved out of MO in 1989. I always thought Len gave the QBs, both ours and our opponents, every benefit of the doubt on any play. So when you heard him actually question or criticize a QB, you know that QB must have really blown it.
I will always remember hearing him just give up on Tebow his last year with the Broncos when he played KC. I don’t recall hearing him so exasperated with a QB ever before. That’s when I knew Tebow was done for. If you’re a QB and Len doubted you, you’re toast.
I’ve always liked the objectivity of our radio broadcasters. I think some of Lenny’s objectivity rubbed off on Mitch. Yes, they’re both homers (as the Chiefs sign their paychecks), but Mitch will also give credit to the opponents if they make a big play.
I grew up listening to Mitch and Lenny, since the Chiefs always seem to get saddled with the worst possible TV announcers (with very few exceptions), and so they were ingrained into my young psyche.
Rest easy, Lenny the Cool.
I’m heartbroken. I don’t really remember him playing since I was 4 months old when he won the Super Bowl, but I grew up with him as our sportscaster. The last few years have been weird not hearing his commentary though. RIP Lenny the Cool.
couple familiar names at the top of the all-time TD % leader list …
https://www.footballdb.com/leaders/active-passing-tdpct
If you hit the career list in the tab on that page, Len is right under Mahomes. I assume you may have intended to have that for your link, but you posted the active link instead.
yah, it somehow did an “auto-correct” or whatever (maybe an “auto-incorrect”)
bottom line: Dawson over his all-too-short career (confined to the bench with Steelers and Browns) had one of the best TD % Rates of any QB in the history of the game (period)
met him while on a tour of KMBC years ago when I was an educator … cool dude
loved him as QB and yeah, as announcer (I’ll always remember when someone on the Chiefs did SOMETHING wrong that resulted in a negative play or a turnover, and Dawson would almost always say “now see? you just can’t DO that!”) … also loved him with Nick B and Chris C on HBO’s Inside the NFL
Absolutely heartbroken
No words are adequate
Lenny has always been one of the best Chiefs of all time. On the field, in the booth and in the community. Can’t replace a guy like that. I’m so glad he got to see another SB ring come his way and I hope the organization continues to honor him in every way.
The hearts of all of Chiefs Kingdom are heavy today with this unfortunate news.
Rest in peace.
RIP Brother.
I have no words. So many family memories watching the Chiefs with Lenny at the helm. Condolences to his family and friends.
We love you Lenny. Thank you for not only bringing Kansas City a championship, but for bringing excitement to younger generations who would listen to Chiefs games on the radio. Your knowledge of the game made every listening experience even better. I’m so happy you could see Pat bring home a Lombardi before you left. Thank you for everything and we will miss you dearly!
I am not old enough to have seen him play, but I can’t even count how many of his called games I listened to on the radio.
You could always feel the genuine passion (and audible disappointment) he expressed in the way the team played. He always cared about the Kansas City Chiefs.
Truly Sad 🙁
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