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| Established 1960 | |||
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American Football League (1960-1969)
National Football League (1970–present)
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Current uniform
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| Team colors | Red, White and Gold | ||
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K. C. Wolf (1985-present) Warpaint (1963-1988) |
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| Owner(s) | The Hunt Family (Clark Hunt, chairman) |
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| General manager | Carl Peterson | ||
| Head coach | Herman Edwards | ||
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League championships (3)†
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| Conference championships (0) | |||
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Division championships (7)
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| † - Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL-NFL Super Bowl championships prior to the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger | |||
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team in Kansas City, Missouri. The team is a part of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
Originally called the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. The team moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs in 1963 after then-Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle promised the team they would have more ticket sales. The Chiefs then joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger.
The term "chief" is sometimes considered to be insulting to American Indians. There has been no serious effort to change the team's nickname. They have used an arrowhead as their symbol for a long time. They also named their home field Arrowhead Stadium.
The Chiefs hold the distinction of being the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to beat an NFL club in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game when they beat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
Former Chiefs star linebacker Derrick Johnson (center). Under him you can see the Chiefs helmet, with the logo.
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Len Dawson led the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987
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The Chiefs and the Packers in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game (Super Bowl I)
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Tony Gonzalez at the 2005 Pro Bowl
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Priest Holmes became one of the league's top backs in the early 2000s
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Damon Huard (left) and Brodie Croyle (right) both served as the Chiefs' starting quarterback after Trent Green's departure
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By defeating the Jaguars on December 31, 2006, the Chiefs clinched a playoff berth after multiple other teams lost throughout the day
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Larry Johnson in 2006
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The Chiefs hosting the Buffalo Bills in 2009; Quarterback Matt Cassel, wearing #7
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Dwayne Bowe
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Arrowhead Stadium upon completion of renovations, July 2010
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Summer camp at Spratt Stadium at Missouri Western
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Chiefs Practice Facility near Arrowhead Stadium
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K. C. Wolf, the Chiefs' mascot since 1989
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Andy Reid (pictured in 2010), began his first season as the Chiefs' head coach in 2013
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Chairman of the Board Clark Hunt
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Map of radio affiliates.
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Arrowhead Stadium