Hunt, Lamar

Hunt, Lamar
▪ 2007

      American sports executive (b. Aug. 2, 1932, El Dorado, Ark.—d. Dec. 13, 2006, Dallas, Texas), was the founder in 1959 of the upstart American Football League (AFL), which rivaled the National Football League (NFL) in influence before the two agreed to merge in 1966. Hunt, the owner of the AFL Kansas City Chiefs (the Dallas Texans until 1963), was also credited with giving the Super Bowl its name. Besides his interest in football, Hunt was an investor in the North American Soccer League and helped establish (1967) the World Championship Tennis organization, which developed its own tour and signed promising amateurs before it disbanded in 1990. For his efforts Hunt was enshrined in the tennis, football, and soccer halls of fame.

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