KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ At the unveiling of a 9-foot statue of
Lamar Hunt, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the founder of the
AFL and Kansas City Chiefs was a humble visionary who helped shape
the modern game.
The statue was unveiled Friday at the Founder's Plaza on the
north side of the renovated Arrowhead Stadium.
Hunt was the 27-year-old son of oil billionaire H.L. Hunt when
he talked several other wealthy men into forming the AFL and
challenging the National Football League. He had been rebuffed
several times in an effort to buy an NFL team, so he decided to
form his own league.
After a rocky beginning, the AFL became a huge success and
eventually forced a merger with the NFL.
Hunt died on Dec. 13, 2006.

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