Lamar Hunt has died

[kepdawg]

:(

Mr. Hunt, 74, the youngest son of legendary oilman H.L. Hunt’s first family, died at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday of complications from prostate cancer at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Services are planned for Saturday at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in downtown Dallas.

[dogdad]

sad
he had a great influence on the sports scene
as a kid, I would go to Dallas Texans games instead of Cowboys
I hated it when the Texans moved to KC and left us with the Cowboys
Hunt was responsible for making the AFL a success
He was a big force in making professional tennis work in the US
He was a big influence in SMU athletics
also I think he was a force in professional soccer in the US in the beginning

[luvhoops34]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[kaorder1999]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/12-06/1214lamarlede.jpg

[BILLYFRED0000]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/12-06/1214lamarlede.jpg

Prayers for his family. He will be missed.

[44INAROW]

rec'd this from a friend - not sure where he got the story.....

GREATNESS OF HUNT - HE ALWAYS PUT HIS EGO ASIDE

America has lost its last great sportsman.

Lamar Hunt, founder of the American Football League and a Hall of Famer in three sports, died Wednesday night from complications due to cancer.

Hunt wasn't a rich guy who aspired to be a sportsman. He was a sportsman who happened to be rich. The choices the Dallas oilman made in life were always in the best interest of his sports, not his wallet.

That set him apart from the new breed of franchise owners in America. Hunt didn't involve himself in sports for wealth or ego. His involvement was based on his love for the games, not a love of himself. It was always about the "sports," never about the "man."

If Hunt was in it for the fame or fortune, he'd have become the owner of the NFL Cowboys in 1960. He also never would have involved himself in pro tennis, pro soccer or the NBA. But all four sports were enriched from his participation.

Hunt wanted to bring pro football to his hometown of Dallas in the 1950s and was steered by the NFL to the Wolfner family, who owned the struggling Chicago Cardinals.

But having been rebuffed twice by the Wolfners, Hunt decided to start his own league – the AFL – and recruited fellow millionaires Bud Adams, Barron Hilton, Ralph Wilson and three others to own the franchises.

The NFL tried to short-circuit Hunt's plan by offering him an expansion team in Dallas in 1960. If Hunt was in it for his own ego, he'd have accepted that offer. This time, the mighty NFL was coming to him.

What Hunt did next certainly wasn't in his own best interest, but rather the best interest of the fledgling AFL. He showed his integrity by turning down the NFL.

"I had actively sought people for a new league," Hunt said. "I wasn't in a position to desert them."

His Texans stayed in Dallas for three seasons, battling the Cowboys head-to-head for football fans. The Texans drew larger crowds than the Cowboys and won the state's first pro football championship in 1962.

If it was about his ego, Hunt would have continued to fight the Cowboys for his home turf – a fight he was capable of winning with his fortune and philosophy of signing the best players from the state.

But again, he put aside his own ego and acted in the best interest of the AFL. Hunt moved the Texans to Kansas City, where they became the Chiefs in 1963.