KC Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, 74

Posted: Thursday, December 14th, 2006 11:19 am

DALLAS — Lamar Hunt, the Kansas City Chiefs’ owner who was a founder of the American Football League and one of the leaders of the AFL-NFL merger, has died.

Remembered as a humble and inventive entrepreneur, Hunt also came up with the term “Super Bowl.” He died Wednesday night at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas due to complications from prostate cancer, Chiefs spokesman Bob Moore said. Hunt was 74. … Read full obituary