Lamar Hunt was a promoter of American football, soccer, tennis, basketball, and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee of the first three sports' halls of fame. He was one of the founders of the American Football League (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS predecessor the North American Soccer League (NASL). He was also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, and at his death owned two MLS teams, … Wikipedia
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The Patriots, Bills, Jets, Titans, Broncos, Chiefs, Raiders, Chargers, Dolphins and Bengals would not have existed if it hadnt been for Lamar Hunt. www.remembertheafl.com/LamarHunt.htm
For his efforts in building the sport of soccer in the United States in the modern era, Hunt was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982. www.soccerhall.org/builders/lamar_hunt.htm
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Lamar Hunt was quietly an ambitious proponent and farsighted investor of soccer in America and his loss will be keenly felt, says Frank Dell'Apa. soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=394199&root=us...