- Tony Gonzalez
Anthony Gonzalez (born February 27, 1976 in Torrance, California) is an American football tight end who has played his entire NFL career for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Larry Johnson
Larry Alphonso Johnson, Jr. (born November 19, 1979 in La Plata, Maryland), often nicknamed as L.J., is an American football running back who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
- Brodie Croyle
John Brodie Croyle, (born February 6, 1983 in Rainbow City, Alabama) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. Croyle was the starting quarterback for the University of Alabama football team for the 2002-2005 seasons, graduating from the university with a degree in human environmental science. He is the son of John Croyle, who played defensive end at the University of Alabama (1971-73) under coach Bear Bryant.
- Priest Holmes
Priest Anthony Holmes (born October 7, 1973 in Fort Smith, Arkansas) is an American football running back who is currently a member of the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
- Carl Peterson
Carl D. Peterson grew up in Long Beach, California, and is an alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He has served in those roles since 1989. Peterson has hired four coaches for the Chiefs since 1989, Marty Schottenheimer, Gunther Cunningham, Dick Vermeil and most recently Herman Edwards.
- Trent Green
Trenton Jason Green (born July 9 1970 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. A 13-year veteran, Green has six times thrown for 3,000-plus yards in a season and has three seasons of 4,000 or more yards. He has completed 2,143-of-3,527 passes for 26,963 yards, with 157 touchdown passes and 101 interceptions in 112 games, including 107 starts. Trent is married to Julie Green.
- Jared Allen
Jared Scot Allen (born April 3, 1982 in Los Gatos, California) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Bobby Bell
Robert Lee Bell, Jr (born June 17, 1940, in Shelby, North Carolina, USA, is a former collegiate and professional American football linebacker/defensive end. He excelled in several sports at a then-segregated Cleveland High School. At the University of Minnesota, he was named an All-American and the winner of the 1962 Outland Trophy and the nation's outstanding interior lineman.
- Joe Montana
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., (born June 11 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania), nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "The Comeback Kid", is a retired American football player whose professional career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback (QB) for the next 14 seasons.
- Eddie Kennison
Eddie Joseph Kennison III (born January 20 1973) is a National Football League wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. Selected with the 19th pick of the 1st round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams out of LSU. In his 9 year career, he has caught 482 passes for 7,384 yards, and 37 Touchdowns. A big moment in his career was in 2001 while with the Denver Broncos he retired only 12 hours before he was scheduled to start, …
- Dwayne Bowe
Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe (born September 21, 1984 in Miami, Florida) is a current football player for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Louisiana State University. Bowe's primary position is wide receiver. He was selected as the 23rd pick, 3rd WR, in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Bowe's first year with the LSU Tigers was 2003, the year that they won the national championship.
- Lamar Hunt
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, …
- Christian Okoye
Christian Emeka Okoye (born August 16, 1961 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a former American Football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs (1987-1992). Nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," Okoye's six seasons in the NFL saw a league rushing title in 1989, two Pro Bowl appearances (1989, 1991), and three playoff appearances. His career was cut short by a knee injury. He wore number 35.
- Len Dawson
Leonard Ray Dawson (also known as Len Dawson) (born June 20, 1935 in Alliance, Ohio) is a former American football quarterback from Purdue University who played for three professional teams, most notably the Kansas City Chiefs. Dawson led the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV and won the game's MVP award. He is currently a sports broadcaster for KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Derrick Thomas
Derrick Vincent Thomas (January 1 1967 - February 8 2000) was an NFL linebacker who played his entire professional career for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Damon Huard
Damon Paul Huard (born July 9 1973 in Yakima, Washington) is an American football quarterback in the NFL. Huard spent four seasons with the Miami Dolphins from 1997-2000, three seasons with the New England Patriots from 2001-2003, and then was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004 where he is currently the back up quarterback, replacing an injured Trent Green for games 2-9 in the 2006 season.
- Dante Hall
Damieon Dante Hall (born September 20, 1978 in Lufkin, Texas) is an NFL kick/punt returner, and wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams. He was a fifth round draft pick out of Texas A&M University. Hall played high school football for Nimitz High School in Harris County, Texas (near Houston). He spent the spring of 2001 playing in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores. Dante Hall is known as the "Human Joystick" in the NFL for his moves during kick returns.
- Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeil is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles (1976-1982), St. Louis Rams (1997-1999) and Kansas City Chiefs (2001-2005). He has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the rare distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and the NFL.
- Joe Delaney
Joe Alton Delaney (October 30, 1958 - June 29, 1983) was an American football player in the National Football League, who died in the prime of his career while attempting to save three boys from drowning.
- Tamba Hali
Tamba Boimah Hali (born November 3, 1983, in Monrovia, Liberia) is a defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs. He was the 20th overall pick out of Penn State Nittany Lions in the 2006 NFL Draft. Hali grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and is a graduate of Teaneck High School. There was not much pre-draft hype for Hali heading into the 2006 NFL Draft until "The Sporting News" made his amazing story of escape from war-torn Liberia at age 11 their April 21, …
- Brian Waters
Brian Demond Waters (born February 18, 1977 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American football guard for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. He attended the University of North Texas.
- Jerrel Wilson
Jerrel Wilson (1941-2005) was an American football player. He was a punter who spent sixteen professional seasons, fifteen of them with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was selected to six AFL All-Star Teams. Wilson was elected to the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1988. He died of cancer on April 9, 2005.
- Frank Pitts
Frank Pitts (born November 12, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for ten seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders. Frank currently resides in Baton Rouge < Louisiana
- Derrick Johnson
Derrick O'Hara Johnson is an American football linebacker drafted fifteenth overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he received the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s top defensive player and the Dick Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker in 2004. Johnson started every game for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2005 and was selected Chiefs Rookie of the Year.
- Marcus Allen
Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26, 1960 in San Diego, California) is a former American football player, and until recently affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5,411 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997. He scored 145 touchdowns including a then league record 123 rushing touchdowns and was elected to six Pro Bowls when he retired.
- Tony Richardson
Antonio "Tony" Richardson (born December 12, 1971 in Frankfurt, Germany), is an American football fullback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL).
- Ty Law
Tajuan Law, best known as Ty Law, (born February 10, 1974 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania) is an American football cornerback who currently plays with the Kansas City Chiefs. He began his professional career after a three year run at the University Of Michigan where he lettered three years in a row (1992-94), earned first-team All-American honors from Walter Camp as a senior and was a two-time unanimous All-Big Ten Conference selection.
- Hank Stram
Hank Stram, was an American Football coach. He is best known for his 14-year tenure with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Stram won three AFL Championships (more than any other coach in the league's history) and Super Bowl IV with the Chiefs. He also coached for the most victories (87), most post-season appearances (6) and the best post-season record in the AFL (5-1).
- Kolby Smith
Kolby Smith (born December 15, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida) is a current football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at the University of Louisville. He was selected as the 148th pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Donnie Edwards
Donnie Edwards, Jr. (born April 6, 1973 in San Diego, California), is an American football linebacker playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Will Shields
Will Herthie Shields (born September 15, 1971 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a former American football offensive guard who played his entire NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs. In 14 seasons, Shields never missed a game, and he failed to start only one contest, his first regular-season outing, as a rookie in 1993. Shields is widely considered a first-ballot hall of famer once he becomes eligible.
- Gunther Cunningham
Gunther Cunningham is an American football defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs franchise. Cunningham has presided over some of the most successful defenses in NFL history (1995 & 1997), typically ranking at the top of the league in many statistical categories. Born in 1946 in war-torn Munich, Germany before moving to the United States at age ten.
- Johnnie Morton
Johnnie James Morton (born October 7, 1971 in Torrance, California) is a wide receiver in the NFL. He is currently a free agent after being released by the San Francisco 49ers in 2006. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (21st overall) in the 1994 NFL Draft. He played there until 2002, when he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played there for three years. He then signed with the 49ers and only played the 2005 NFL season with them.
- Willie Lanier
Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945, in Clover, Virginia) is a former American football middle-linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the American Football League All-Star team in 1968 and 1969 before being selected to the Pro Bowl from 1970 through 1975. He was inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
- John Welbourn
John Welbourn (born March 30, 1976) is a National Football League offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs. He has previously played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2003. Before the 2006 NFL season, Welbourn "retired" because he said he wanted to "retire on my own terms rather than somebody else's." Welbourn was in fact suspended for 5 games in 2005 after testing positive for steroids and arguably wanted to protect his image.
- Jan Stenerud
Jan Stenerud (born November 26, 1942, in Fetsund, Norway) is a former football player for the Kansas City Chiefs (1967-1979), Green Bay Packers (1980-1983), and Minnesota Vikings (1984-1985) of the National Football League. Stenerud was one of the first professional football players to be used as a dedicated kicker, due to his excellent "sharpshooting" ball kicking performance.
- Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett (born August 13, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
- Buck Buchanan
Junious "Buck" Buchanan (September 10, 1940 - July 16, 1992) was a former American Football defensive tackle who played for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Samie Parker
Samie Jabar Parker (born March 25, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an NFL wide receiver currently playing for the Kansas City Chiefs. He graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He is 5 foot 11 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. He was drafted in the 4th round of the NFL draft (105th pick overall).
- Patrick Surtain
Patrick Frank Surtain (born June 19, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football Pro Bowl cornerback who currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. He was a second round pick in the 1998 NFL Draft (14th pick of 2nd round). He attended The University of Southern Mississippi, where he majored in Sports Administration. In 1997 he was a finalist for the Conerly Trophy. He played for the Miami Dolphins from 1998-2004.