The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Kansas City Chiefs Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Kansas City Chiefs History
by Althaus, Bill; Dawson, LenFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-08-01
Publisher(s): Triumph Books
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Summary
Are you ready for the real story of the Kansas City Chiefs? As one of the NFL's greatest franchises, the Chiefs have a long history of legends and goats, great comebacks and colossal failures, NFL championships and heartbreaking losses. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Kansas City Chiefs is a must for every fan who wants an unflinching look at the greatest-and worst - players, coaches, and moments in Chiefs history! Book jacket.
Author Biography
Bill Althaus is a sportswriter with the Examiner of Missouri. He won the Gordon Docking Award for Media Personality of the Year in Kansas City, and the Morris Excellence in Journalism Award. He has also been honored by the Missouri Press Association, the Associated Press, and United Press International. He lives in Independence, Missouri. Len Dawson is the sports director at KMBC-TV in Kansas City and a color commentator for the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network. Previously he was a longtime host of Inside the NFL on HBO. He is a former collegiate and professional football quarterback, most known for his time with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He won Super Bowl IV with the Chiefs, for which he was named Most Valuable Player. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and has been the National Football League Man of the Year. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| The Good | p. 1 |
| Lenny the Cool | p. 1 |
| The NFL's First Giant | p. 6 |
| One-of-a-Kind Linebacker | p. 9 |
| Just Call Him "Contact" | p. 13 |
| He Kicked His Way into the Hall of Fame | p. 16 |
| An Unlikely Hall of Famer | p. 22 |
| How It All Began | p. 26 |
| In Lamar Hunt's Words | p. 26 |
| They Weren't So Foolish After All | p. 34 |
| "The Foolish Club" and the AFL | p. 34 |
| Lamar "007" Hunt and the Merger of Two Leagues | p. 42 |
| On the Verge of Greatness | p. 46 |
| Otis Taylor | p. 46 |
| Mike Garrett | p. 48 |
| Chris Burford | p. 50 |
| Fred Arbanas | p. 51 |
| Jerry Mays | p. 52 |
| Jerrell Wilson | p. 54 |
| Emmitt Thomas | p. 54 |
| Ed Budde | p. 55 |
| E.J. Holub | p. 56 |
| Jim Tyrer | p. 57 |
| Jim Lynch | p. 58 |
| Johnny Robinson | p. 59 |
| Deron Cherry | p. 60 |
| Nick Lowery | p. 62 |
| Neil Smith | p. 63 |
| Priest Holmes | p. 64 |
| It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over | p. 67 |
| A Day the Defense Ruled | p. 67 |
| Revenge Is Sweet for Chiefs | p. 69 |
| Coming Through in the Clutch | p. 73 |
| Gambling Probe No Distraction for Super Bowl IV MVP Dawson | p. 73 |
| The Nigerian Nightmare | p. 78 |
| The "Will" to Succeed | p. 81 |
| Dante's Inferno | p. 84 |
| Just Call These Unlikely Friends the Chiefs' "Odd Couple" | p. 85 |
| Johnson Stars When Given the Opportunity | p. 90 |
| Johnson Needs No Motivation | p. 92 |
| Green Becomes Quiet Team Leader | p. 94 |
| Numbers Don't Lie | p. 97 |
| Marty and Carl | p. 97 |
| Thomas Paved the Way to Chiefs' Return to Glory | p. 100 |
| 'It's Time to Step Down" | p. 106 |
| Still in Search of Elusive Goal | p. 110 |
| The Dream Backfield | p. 113 |
| Joe Cool | p. 113 |
| Allen Leaves Lasting Legacy | p. 118 |
| Allen Walks Away from the Game He Loves | p. 120 |
| Do the Right Thing | p. 124 |
| Giving Back | p. 124 |
| Gonzalez Stars On and Off the Field | p. 127 |
| Living a Dream | p. 131 |
| Out of Africa | p. 131 |
| Retirement Hasn't Slowed Down Vermeil | p. 134 |
| The Bad | p. 138 |
| Tragedy Strikes Chiefs Twice | p. 138 |
| Delaney Was a True Hero | p. 139 |
| Teammates Stunned by Simmons's Death | p. 141 |
| DT | p. 145 |
| Blood Clot Claims Thomas's Life | p. 145 |
| Remembering a Friend | p. 146 |
| Thomas Will Never Be Forgotten | p. 149 |
| What Might Have Been | p. 152 |
| Playing for More than Pride | p. 152 |
| Chiefs Receive a Lump of Coal this Christmas Day | p. 157 |
| The Game of His Life | p. 161 |
| The Ugly | p. 164 |
| The Hall of Shame | p. 164 |
| The Quarterbacks | p. 166 |
| The Jail Birds | p. 172 |
| The Rest of the Worst | p. 175 |
| What Were They Thinking? | p. 178 |
| What Went So Terribly Wrong? | p. 178 |
| Warfield's "Dumb, Dumb, Dumb" Move | p. 181 |
| Monday Night Meltdown | p. 184 |
| Thomas Apologizes for Role in Monday Night Meltdown | p. 184 |
| Smith Watches as Chiefs Self-Destruct | p. 187 |
| Kicked in the Gut by Some Colts | p. 189 |
| Black Sunday | p. 189 |
| Not Even a Priest Could Save the Chiefs | p. 192 |
| The Playoffs Are a Different Beast | p. 194 |
| Chiefs Trivia | p. 200 |
| Retired Chiefs Jersey Numbers | p. 200 |
| Chasing that Playoff Dream | p. 201 |
| About the Author | p. 203 |
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