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Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback dies at 87

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Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and popular radio and TV sports personality Len Dawson has passed away. He was 87 years old.

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He led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl victory in 1970, even securing the MVP title.

"Lenny the Cool" guided major fans through his ups and downs as a broadcaster for more than 50 years.

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Dawson entered hospice care earlier this month. In a statement released by the Chiefs, "Lane Dawson is synonymous with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Lane embraced and came to join Kansas City and the people who called it home.

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You would be hard pressed to find a player who has had a bigger impact in shaping the organization as we know it today, than Len Dawson,” said Chief Chairman Clark Hunt.

Dawson was born in Alliance, Ohio in 1935. Fifty-two years later, he was inducted into Canton's Hall of Fame after a 19-year football career.

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He was only the third person to enter the Hall of Fame as a player and a broadcaster, after Frank Gifford and Dan Dearendorf.

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