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• Retired National Football League quarterback Len Dawson currently serves as a sportscaster for KMBC-TV in Kansas City.

  Dawson played 19 seasons of professional football. After attending Purdue University, Dawson was drafted fifth overall in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Following the 1959 season, Dawson was traded to the Cleveland Browns. In 1962, he signed with the Dallas Texans in the American Football League where he was selected as the AFL MVP. He joined the NFL the next year as the team became the Kansas City Chiefs, earning his first of seven Pro Bowl selections that year. Dawson helped the Chiefs win Super Bowl IV in 1970, where he was also named Super Bowl MVP. He retired in 1975 and began his broadcasting career. In 1987, Dawson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Leonard Ray Dawson
  2. Born: June 20, 1935
  3. Birthplace: Alliance, Ohio
  4. Attended Purdue University
  5. Played football professionally for 19 years, most notably with the Kansas City Chiefs
  6. Led Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV, also named MVP of that game
  7. Seven Pro Bowl selections

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