*** Dallas billionaire Clark Hunt and his family waited a half-century for their Kansas City Chiefs to get a crack at winning a second Super Bowl. They’re...
Clark Hunt’s father, Lamar, moved the team from Dallas to Kansas City in the early days of what’s now the NFL
The 54-year-old chairman of the Hunt family’s $3 billion sports empire had just received a trophy named for his iconic father, who’d been instrumental in creating what is now the National Football League.“It was so special — not just for me but for my entire family and the Chiefs organization,” Hunt said at his office in downtown Dallas. “Not only had we qualified for the Super Bowl, but for the first time in club history, we’d won the trophy with my dad’s name on it. ...
Hunt remembered looking up into the stands at Chiefs Kingdom, where fans stood resolute despite braving below-zero wind chills for more than five hours. Clark was just 4 in January 1970, when his parents took him to his first Super Bowl. They saw the Chiefs upend the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 23-7 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. He doesn’t remember anything about the game.
“I knew that my dad had big shoes that I would never be able to fill,” Clark said. “But he taught me to be my own man. That’s really how I’ve tried to run both the Chiefs and FC Dallas — to be my own independent thinker.” People are quick to point out that Clark is definitely his father’s son. That’s true, most of the time.
“Lamar would be extremely proud of how Clark has maintained the extremely positive image and reputation that he created during his lifetime. Clark has absolutely succeeded in making his own mark.”She’s a Kansas City native, whose late father was an illustrious U.S. federal judge and an ardent Chiefs fan. When her father died, the Hunts held on to his season tickets. They donate them to good causes.
Coach Reid thanked him for that as Hunt handed over the trophy. So did general manager Brett Veach at a postgame news conference. “To see Clark holding that trophy tugged at all of our hearts,” Veach said.Clark Hunt is a low-key, erudite and collaborative guy. He and Jones seem as different as night and day — except when it comes to athletic wiring and intense competitiveness.
“Clark is a very unique NFL asset,” Jones said last week. “In my time of ownership in the NFL, I have not known of a bigger figure than Lamar Hunt, but Clark is to be commended, especially on this historic trip to the Super Bowl in the NFL’s 100th season.
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