'69 Chiefs'69 Chiefs
a Team, a Season, and the Birth of Modern Kansas City
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Current format, Unknown, 2019, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats"It was a summer of convulsive cultural currents, of a country awash in contradictions and conflict, of the massive collective effort of the moon landing and the massive social expression of Woodstock. Against that backdrop, on a sweltering July day on the campus of William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, the 1969 season of the Kansas City Chiefs began in earnest. For the Chiefs and their driven, prideful, innovative coach Hank Stram, it was a last chance to excel in the only universe they'd ever known. The '69 season would mark the last year that the American Football League and the National Football League would operate as separate entities, and the final installment of the original AFL vs. NFL Super Bowl format. The six-month season would prove to be an epic journey for the Chiefs, their fans, and the city itself. Through the writing of author Michael MacCambridge, and the crisp, vivid photography of Rod Hanna, '69 Chiefs: a team, a season, and the birth of modern Kansas City provides an intimate portrait of one of the most important (and overlooked) teams in pro football history, and one of the great champions of the Super Bowl era. With dozens of new interviews, MacCambridge traces the narrative arc of the Chiefs' unforgettable season, with vivid support from the pictures of Hanna, many which have never seen before. The account follows the Chiefs from the devastating ending to the 1968 season, through Stram's intense offseason efforts to prepare his team for the 1969 campaign, and the early-season injury to the team leader, quarterback Len Dawson, which threatened the Chiefs' championship aspirations. The story concludes with the Chiefs' memorable playoff games in New York and Oakland, the dramatic buildup in New Orleans to Super Bowl IV, and the Super Bowl itself, which forever changed the perception of the Chiefs, the AFL, and Kansas City. The book's eloquent epilogue finds four of the great players on that team gathered together again, nearly fifty years later, reflecting on their signal achievement. A riveting piece of sports and cultural history, '69 Chiefs is required reading for young and old Chiefs fans alike, an evocative photographic record of a great team, and a unique time capsule of an important chapter in the history of Kansas City"--Jacket.
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- Kansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2019], ©2019.
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