The Most TRIUMPHANT Game of Len Dawson's CAREER | Chiefs @ Jets (1969)
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2021
- On November 15, 1969, Kansas City Chiefs QB Len Dawson was informed that his father tragically passed away from a heart attack. Against all odds, Dawson decided to still play in the Chiefs' next game against the New York Jets the following day. Dawson, playing with a heavy heart, had one of the best games of his career, and overcame adversity to throw three touchdown passes and lead the Chiefs to an unbelievable victory. This is the story behind Len Dawson, the 1969 Chiefs, and the most triumphant and heroic game of his storied career
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Members of the 1969 Chiefs:
Noland Smith
Jan Stenerud
Warren McVea
Mike Livingston
Tom Flores
Ed Podolak
Jacky Lee
Len Dawson
Emmitt Thomas
Goldie Sellers
Mike Garrett
Willie Mitchell
Ceasar Belser
Frank Pitts
Paul Lowe
Gloster Richardson
Curtis McClinton
Wendell Hayes
Jim Marsalis
Johnny Robinson
Jerrel Wilson
Robert Holmes
Jim Kearney
Jim Lynch
EJ Holub
George Daney
Curley Culp
Willie Lanier
Remi Prudhomme
Bob Stein
Ed Budde
Dave Hill
Gene Trosch
Jerry Mays
Mo Moorman
Jim Tyrer
Bobby Bell
Mickey McCarty
Ed Lothamer
Fred Arbanas
Chuck Hurston
Buck Buchanan
Aaron Brown
Otis Taylor
Hank Stram (head coach)
Lamar Hunt (owner)
Members of the 1969 Jets:
Jim Turner
Joe Namath
Don Maynard
Babe Parilli
Al Woodall
Steve O'Neal
Jim Hudson
JIm Richards
Cecil Leonard
Bake Turner
George Nock
Bill Mathis
Emerson Boozer
Lee White
Billy Joe
Mike Battle
Matt Snell
Randy Beverly
John Dockery
Bill Baird
Cornell Gordon
Carl McAdams
Ralph Baker
John Schmitt
Jim Carroll
Paul Crane
Larry Grantham
Roger Finnie
Al Atkinson
John Neidert
Pete Perrault
Jimmie Jones
Randy Rasmussen
Dave Herman
Gordon Wright
Dave Foley
Sam Walton
Paul Rochester
Winston Hill
Paul Seiler
John Elliott
Gerry Philbin
George Sauer
Steve Thompson
Verlon Biggs
Pete Lammons
Wayne Stewart
Weeb Ewbank (head coach) - Спорт
Raiders, Chiefs, those were wars. Dawson, Lamonica, Stabler - great QB’s.
Thanks for the memories.
Another great video about a player going through tragedy. However, while that may have been the most adverse circumstance Len Dawson faced that year, it wouldn’t be his last. Before beating the Vikings in Super Bowl 4 NBC reported his name surfaced on a witness list in the trial of Donald “Dice” Dawson (no relation), a numbers runner from Detroit.
Underrated HOF QB that never gets talked about as much as he should.
Great story and I loved the way Jim Marsalis rallied behind Dawson and gave him good advice. I am a Dolphins fan and on Christmas it will be the 50th anniversary of the NFL's longest game won by the Dolphins over the Chiefs but I had and still do respect those Chiefs teams of the late 60s early 70s.
"Life is a team sport"-Joe Namath.
Len Dawson was also under pressure before Super Bowl 4 when a Huntley-Brinkley Report reported (wrongly) that Len was under investigation in a betting scandal.
I can't even imagine what would happen if that same story broke today. Best not to even think about it.
Yes!....I was in fourth grade and my dad told me that.Then he said something like,"It's going to end up just like last year with Namath.Chiefs will win it."
But,as it turned out, the report was probably right. Look up the name Daniel " Dice"Dawson, a used car lot owner in who had businesses all over the Midwest.
I think Len Dawson is still an all-time great (even his stats still hold up), and best of all, he's still around. I enjoyed his work on "Inside the NFL" on HBO as well.
He is gone now
@@teen_laqueefa Yes, R.I.P. to a great QB, informative television personality, and someone I considered very classy. Dawson was before my time, but nevertheless I'm a fan, and glad he lived a long & happy life.
RIP to Lenny Cool --- 2nd best Chiefs QB of all time!
Sure is.....He and Nick Buoniconti were great on Inside the NFL
@@bobma6342 I agree; I also remember Dawson as a spokesman for The Sporting News (the man even endorsed quality products) back in 1992. Dawson was seamless, but to me he was always genuine & decent.
I think Fran Tarkenton found out his father passed after Minnesota lost in the 1975 playoffs which was Roger Staubach's hail mary play won it for Dallas
Yes, very tragic for Fran. That had to be a tough one. His father died while watching the game on TV in Georgia.
To think: the Steelers could have gone through the 60s with their pick of Unitas, Dawson, Kemp, and Morall at QB.
The AFL and NFL played almost completely differently, which is why all those NFL rejects became Hall of Fame talent in the new league
@@SamnissArandeen Unitas and Morrall didn’t play in the AFL though
Add on to Jeremy; perhaps Don Meridith? (Dallas) more than likely Meridith wouldn't have left the Dallas Cowboys. His back up? Craig Morton. The Steelers were perfect for Morton. The Steelers not taking another look at Unitas? Bad decision. Unitas "The best quarterback ever.
@@robertvondran1317 no maybe about this. All 4 of those legends WERE Steelers in the 50s. They did at least get Bobby Layne for Morrall but that didn't help much. They were AWFUL throughout the 60s
Steelers were a struggling A.f.l. Team. Fast forward to the dynasty years and you remind Pittsburgh who they should have drafted in 83. Marino, would have been a phenomenal addition. Steelers were aging? However the Steelers eventually got a Pennsylvania quarterback in Todd Blackledge.
Chief fan since I was 11 years old in 1965. How I loved those 60s and 70s teams. Dawson, Taylor, Lanier, Holub, Tyrer, Bell, Robinson, Thomas etc. Don't forget Mike Livingston who was a big part of the Super Bowl season. He got stuck behind Dawson, but a damn good QB. So many good memories. Len was always my favorite.
Len Dawson is great miss him on inside the nfl
Thank you for doing a video about Len Dawson. I am a Chiefs fan
Never got to watch Len Dawson in uniform i grew up watching him on KMBC news always covering the Chiefs
He was a great quarterback, and that was a great team.
I remember him in the booth as the voice of the Chiefs on 101 The Fox for decades along side Kevin Harlan and then Mitch Holtus. His eye for the game continued to inspire for many years after he retired.🙌
Thanks for posting this great human-interest story.
The glory days of the Chiefs were before I was born, but I certainly respect their legacy.
What a great story--Excellent reporting on this feel good story and triumph after such a significant loss for Len Dawson. Wonderful video
RIP Len Dawson
Thank you for this. Thinking about Lenny the Cool today as he’s in hospice. My boyhood hero.
R.I.P. Len Dawson.
R.I.P Len Dawson
Lenny Dawson could sling it! Look at some of those deep throws he makes during the clips. Incredible!
RIP sir
Otis Taylor should be in Canton....Jim Marshall, too
52 Years Ago
I do remember this from watching America's Game: 1969 Kansas City Chiefs. Len Dawson spoke about that.
I have a suggestion for you my friend. How about when George Allen was fired by Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom after two preseason games in 1978
Len ended up being his Dad's last champon QB.
This performance was one of the many, many achievements by those Chiefs that brought a Super Bowl championship to KC!
OBJ9 is my boi, but did he really have to put in so many Dawson highlights against my team? 😢
This was a huge game for NBC; they broadcast it all over the country. I'm pretty sure Curt Gowdy and Al DeRoggotis were in the booth.
Is it just me or were the Chiefs Wide Receivers Frank Pitts (25) and Otis Taylor the prototypes of future HOF's that we see today, a la Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, Jerry Rice etc?
Hank Stram was so ahead of his time.
Absolute Great Story
10:22 This is a Mahomes-ian throw right here by Lenny, absolutely beautiful. Our history of QBs in terms of volume is pretty bad, but the quality of the top ones is staggering with Mahomes and Dawson. R.I.P. Lenny Dawson
Didn't Montana say that he chose to wear the #16 on his jersey for the '49ers because of Dawson?
Funny how they talk about Farve and never about Len
Ironic how Len Dawson is the greatest QB in AFL history and doesn’t get nearly enough recognition for it while Joe Namath, who became the face of the AFL after SB III, is probably not only the most overrated QB in the history of professional football, but the single most overrated player to boot.
Joe led the Jets to a victory in a game that they were 17 point underdogs. It was also the first Superbowl won by an AFL team. Joe is probably a bit overrated but I blame this on the New York media.
Joe Namath was more than his statistics. If you lived in that era, you remember he was a huge media star - his long hair, white shoes, and bold predictions, changed the game - bringing the NFL into the TV era. He put butts in seats for the NFL. Plus being in NYC which was the media capital, made him a household name. Even my wife knows who Joe Namath was, when he does late night commercials. She wouldn’t know who Lenny Dawson was.
Namath isn't in the hall based on numbers. He is in the hall for bringing the afl recognition and proving the afl was a legit league. Namth also helped bring the nfl those big tv ratings they crave today. And put fans in the seats for werblin-a must in nyc. And after the sb iii win all the afl players who played all of most of the afl years all thanked joe for that win. It wasn't just for joe and the jets, it was for all of the afl players who were laffed at and called inferior by the old guard nfl for nearly 10 years. Including lombardi who urged nfl teams to beat the afl bad. I guess lombardi wasn't smiling anymore after s b's iii and iv. And namath was not overrated and would tear the nfl up under todays pass happy schemes and rules tailored for offense. And joe was so respected players in the '70's when they had a chance to sack him hard on bad knees they let up and took him down soft. Not joe's fault that jets declined in '70's and joe throwing the ball on knees that were deteriorating each games was they only chance they had to win.
@Justin Joseph overrated? terry bradshaw was overrated too and he is in the hall. He would have been archie manning or jim plunkett if he hadn't landed with loaded steelers of the '70's. Some say farve is overrated too. Just a gun slinger that holmgren managed to harness in who made many bone head ill timed picks as well who also in the hall based on longevity numbers and that iron man streak.
His guarentee is certainly the most overrated moment in sports history for sure. I believe that game was rigged and Namath knew it.
he did a brett farve 35 years before farve did.
"I know this may sound corny..but I dedicated this game to my father"-Len Dawson at his locker after that game.
OBJ9 wasn't kidding about Dawson's dropoff in '69, his passer rating was nearly 30 points lower than the season before 😲😲😲
I wonder how Len Dawson and Bill Walsh would have gotten along.
2022 for #16
much like Favre 34 years later, in fact he was the same age Favre was that game
I BET Len Dawson's DAD'S spirit was on that field that day.
Seventh son of a seventh son.
All anyone ever talks about Dawson thst year is his gambling scandal right before the superbowl
I know that It didint hurt the Chargers but.. we gotta Talk about The false Start that Saved a Dumb Decision.. They went for 2 Up 8 instead of Takeing the 9th point.. But False start forced them to kick.. still a dumb Decision