(1932-08-02)August 2, 1932 El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S.
Died:
December 13, 2006(2006-12-13) (aged 74) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school:
The Hill (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
College:
SMU
Career history
As an executive:
Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs (1960–2006) Owner
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (IV)
AFL champion (1962)
SMU Mustangs Jersey No. 80 honored
Lamar Hunt Trophy named for him
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American businessman most notable for his promotion of American football, soccer, and tennis in the United States.
He was the principal founder of the American Football League (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS's predecessor, the North American Soccer League (NASL), and co-founder of World Championship Tennis. He was also the founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL), the Kansas City Wizards of MLS, and at the time of his death owned two other MLS teams, Columbus Crew and FC Dallas. In Kansas City, Hunt also helped establish the Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun theme parks.
The oldest ongoing national soccer tournament in the United States, the U.S. Open Cup (founded 1914), now bears his name in honor of his pioneering role in that sport stateside. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972; into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982; and into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993 for his contribution to the birth of professional Open Era tennis.
The National Soccer Hall of Fame bestowed upon Hunt their Medal of Honor in 1999, an award given to only three recipients in history thus far. He was married for 42 years to his second wife Norma, and had four children, Sharron, Lamar Jr., Daniel, and Clark Hunt.
LamarHunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American businessman most notable for his promotion of American football, soccer, and tennis in...
Trophies named the LamarHunt Trophy are given to the winners of the following American football games: AFC Championship Game in the National Football...
Game has also received the LamarHunt Trophy, named after the founder of both the AFL and the Kansas City Chiefs, LamarHunt. The first AFC Championship...
the son of Chiefs founder LamarHunt and his second wife Norma Hunt, as well as being the grandson of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt. As of 2023, he had an estimated...
Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) from 2006 to 2023. Hunt was married to LamarHunt who founded the Chiefs. At the time of her death, she was the...
division. The team was founded in 1959 as the Dallas Texans by businessman LamarHunt, and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). In spring...
Herbert Hunt (March 6, 1929 – April 9, 2024) was an American oil billionaire, who along with his brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and LamarHunt tried but...
following the attempt by brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Herbert Hunt and LamarHunt (also known as the Hunt Brothers) to corner the silver market. A subsequent...
Anhaeuser to be the club's new coach. In 2008 Charleston Battery reached the LamarHunt US Open Cup final for the first time, playing against Major League Soccer...
1925), William Herbert Hunt (born 1929), and LamarHunt (1932–2006). He was married to Caroline Lewis Hunt of Ruston, Louisiana for 63 years until his...
team in the league, then named Kansas City Wiz. The team was founded by LamarHunt in 1995. Since moving across the state line, they have been the only major...
appointed assistant to the president of the American Football Conference, LamarHunt, and under the tutelage of Commissioner Paul Tagliabue filled a variety...
instead pitched as representative of Midwestern hard work. MLS investor LamarHunt, and his son Clark became the owners of both the Columbus Crew and Kansas...
United States. It was developed by late Kansas City Chiefs owner LamarHunt via Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development, Inc., with the trademarked the phrase...
campaign in which they again missed the playoffs. In August, club owner LamarHunt announced that the club would be re-branded and known as "FC Dallas" to...
At one time, Phil Anschutz's AEG operated six MLS franchises and LamarHunt'sHunt Sports operated three franchises. In order to attract additional investors...
of the Hunt oil/football family. Her brother Lamar founded the American Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs. Her nephew Clark, Lamar's son, became...
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