Kansas City Chiefs Encyclopedia
Author: Mark Stallard
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Published: 2001-11-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781582612751
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Kansas City Chiefs Encyclopedia
Author: Mark Stallard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 1157
ISBN-13: 1613216041
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Texas oil millionaire Lamar Hunt’s pursuit of a professional football franchise led to the formation of a new league and ultimately a revolutionary change in the pro game itself. Hunt’s new team, the Dallas Texans, began play in the American Football league in 1960, and following the 1962 season, moved to Kansas City. They were renamed the Chiefs, and one of football’s great success stories was established. This chronicle of the history of the Kansas City Chiefs franchise covers everything—its beginning in Dallas with head coach Hank Stram, the great 1962 AFL championship game, the move to Kansas City, the AFL’s merger with the NFL, the team’s disappointing loss to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I, the magnificent victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, the down-and-out years, and the return to the playoffs under Dick Vermeil. All historical moments, players, games, and coaches are included. This newly revised encyclopedia offers statistics and biographies for each and every player that has been part of the Kansas City Chiefs. Included within is a foreword by former player Otis Taylor. The Kansas City Chiefs Encyclopedia includes hundreds of photos of players, game action, stadiums, and more. The complete reference book on the Chiefs, the encyclopedia is a book that all true Kansas City fans must have.
Kansas City Chiefs Encyclopedia
Author: Mark Stallard
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781582618340
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →All noteworthy moments, players, games, and coaches are included, such as: History--With year-by-year accounts of the Chiefs' 44 seasons, including game results, rosters, statistics, and draft lists. Player Biographies--With statistics and biographies for every player who has ever played for the Chiefs, including Len Dawson, Abner Haynes, Bobby Bell, Willie Lanier, Buck Buchanan, Jan Stenerud, Mike Garrett, Ed Podolak, Johnny Robinson, Gary Spani, Art Still, Joe Delaney, Deron Cherry, Christian Okoye, Joe Montana, Marcus Allen, Derrick Thomas, Tony Gonzalez, and Priest Holmes. The Big Games--With full reviews of all playoff games and Super Bowls involving the Chiefs, as well as important regular-season games.
Kansas City Chiefs, The
Author: Mark Stewart
Publisher: Norwood House Press
Published: 2012-07-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1599535270
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Have you ever really wanted to be on a team, but got cut during try-outs? If you have, don’t despair. The same thing happened to legendary Kansas City Chiefs player Deron Cherry who was cut by the Chiefs but later joined the team for 11 seasons and became a star player. “The Kansas City Chiefs” by Mark Stewart offers young fans a look into one of the most surprising teams in the NFL while including fun facts, team spotlights such as Len Dawson and Derrick Thomas, and pictures of Chiefs memorabilia. Have a young fan who likes to argue sports? Don’t miss the “Great Debates” section where readers get insight into some of the greatest debates surrounding the Chiefs and professional football!
Kansas City Chiefs
Author: Todd Kortemeier
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781680779073
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Introduces readers to the Kansas City Chiefs, providing exciting details about today's stars and going deep inside the key moments of the team's history. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary."--Publisher's description.
The 50 Greatest Players in Kansas City Chiefs History
Author: Robert W. Cohen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-10-28
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1493047868
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The 50 Greatest Players in Kansas City Chiefs History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of the NFL's most historic franchises. This work includes quotes from the subjects themselves and former teammates, photos, recaps of memorable performances and greatest individual seasons, as well as a statistical summary of each player's career with the Chiefs. The Chiefs' best are profiled here in what is bound to be a much discussed book among the team's broad fan base. An added bonus are the "honorable mentions," the next 25 players who have contributed to the Chiefs' astounding run as one of America's great sports teams.
Kansas City Chiefs
Author: Brian Howell
Publisher:
Published: 2015-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781634070003
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduces the Kansas City Chiefs and some history of the team.
Texas and Texans in World War II
Author: Christopher B. Bean
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2022-08-24
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 1623499704
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labor, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture. Texans in World War II makes local the frequently studied social history of wartime, bringing it home to Texas. An eye-opening read for Texans eager to learn more about this defining era in their state’s history, this book will also prove deeply informative for scholars, students, and general readers seeking detailed, definitive information about World War II and its implications for daily life, economic growth, and social and political change in the Lone Star State.
Kansas City Chiefs
Author: Aaron Frisch
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781608183784
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An elementary look at the Kansas City Chiefs professional football team, including its formation in Dallas in 1960, most memorable players, Super Bowl championship, and stars of today. Some of professional sports most famous heroes wear football spikes and helmets. This series puts readers ages six and up into the action, acquainting them with the story and larger-than-life stars of every National Football League team ever to win the games biggest prizethe Super Bowl trophy. Each title presents action-driven photos and close-ups, a concise history of the team from its origin to today, brief profiles of NFL stars, and a Facts File of the team.
Pass Receiving in Early Pro Football
Author: Jerry Roberts
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-12-31
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 078649946X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Big television contracts in the 1960s created the Super Bowl, as well as the 1970 merger of the National Football League with the pass-oriented American Football League. Since then, professional football has been America's most popular televised team sport, developing into a wide-open passing game by the 21st century. Handling the completion side of the aerial game, receivers are not often as celebrated as quarterbacks or coaches, even in the era of San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice's supremacy. This book provides a history of pro pass receiving and its influence on the game prior to the televised era. The author studies pro football's formative and mid-20th century years, highlighting the players who pulled pigskins from flight, like the legendary Don Hutson, Gibby Welch, Johnny Blood, Ray Flaherty, Crazy Legs Hirsch, Mac Speedie, Choo Choo Roberts and many others.
