News about Hank Stram

Ed Budde, 83, a long-time offensive lineman who helped the team win their first Super Bowl victory in 1970, is mourned by the Kansas City Chiefs. The family announced his death in a statement released by the Chiefs. There was no reason given for the death. Budde was born in Highland Park, Michigan, on Nov. 2, 1940. He was a standout at Denby High School in Detroit before heading to Michigan State, where he was an All-American under Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty in 1962. Budde's reputation as a trustworthy, hard-nosed lineman earned him as a professional. He was the fourth overall pick of the Eagles in the 1963 NFL Draft and the eighth overall pick of the Chiefs in the AFL Draft, and he ultimately signed to play for the upstart team coached by Hank Stram in the years before the two professional leagues combined.

Len Dawson, the Hall of Fame quarterback who helped establish the American Football League as a legitimate competitor to the NFL while leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl IV victory, died at the age of 87. The former Purdue star had recently started hospice care in Kansas City, 'Let Dawson's passing is with great sadness that we inform you of his family's death,' the family said in a televised interview with KMBC in Kansas City.' He was a wonderful husband, father, brother, and mentor.' Lenn was always grateful and many times overwhelmed by the numerous friendships he formed during his football and broadcast careers. He loved Kansas City and, no matter where his travels took him, he could not wait to return home.'

Len Dawson, the 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl victory, has moved to Kansas City, Kansas City. Dawson, who began his broadcasting career in 1966, was confirmed by KMBC-TV, who later learned he was in hospice care through his partner, Linda. Dawson, the MVP of the Chiefs' 23-7 Super Bowl victory over Minnesota in January 1970, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012.