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I can attribute my Chiefs fandom to my Dad. He was a real football fan back in the day. These days he watches the games but complains about players salaries being too high. I'm fine with that. He grew up poor as dirt and had 2 of his childhood homes washed away in floods. At 82 years of age, he's allowed to have a grievance or two where money is concerned.
The year was 1967. For Christmas he bought my a Chiefs uniform, complete with pads, helmet, pants and Len Dawson jersey. I was BIG TIME! From that moment on, I was sold for life.
I lived through the Paul Wiggins years, the Marv Levy Wing-T offense and the Todd Blackledge debacle. Mackovic, Gansz, 9 years of "Marty ball" and a pathetic year of Gunther Cunningham. Vermeil gave me hope but it was short lived. 6 miserable years of Edwards, Haley and Crennel. There were other sad times as well. Joe Delaney drowns, Derek Thomas passes away, and the horrible Jovan Belcher disaster. Life was never easy being a Chiefs fan. Then along came Andy Reid.
From the time I was a tike, grinning from ear to ear while wearing that Len Dawson uniform, I waited 50 long years for another Super Bowl victory. We now have 3 more than we did back then and, the football Gods willing, we may be looking at a 5th this year. We're now living in a time that Chiefs fans have never before experienced. Mahomes, Kelce, Jones with Andy Reid at the helm. Enjoy this time while it's here. It may never come again, or at least, not for a long while.
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