Kansas City Chiefs

External Link: Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame (http://www.kcchiefs.com/halloffame/). Robinson. Names are in italics for players who made a majority of their contributions with another team. Several older actresses starred as Mrs. Items are listed as Player Name (date inducted; years played as a chief) Short Bio. The movie was adapted as a play in 1998, which was a hit both in London's West End and on Broadway and has toured the United States. Records are listed in chronological order. Braddock: "Don't you think that idea is a little half-baked?"
Benjamin Braddock: "Oh no, Dad, it's completely baked.".

They may have been surpassed between the time of making the record and the current date. Mr. The following are team and league records. McGuire: "Plastics."
. The offense, unable to record the same high scores as the previous year, was unable to bring in the wins as they had the previous year. McGuire: "Are you listening?"
Ben Braddock: "Yes, I am."
Mr. However, the defense showed little improvement. Just one word."
Ben Braddock: "Yes, sir."
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In 2004 Gunther Cunningham was brought back as the defensive coach. McGuire: "I want to say one word to you. As with the loss to the Broncos in the 1997 season, this loss led to a poor following season. Mr. However, the season sputtered by November and the Chiefs lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the playoffs. Presumably, Mrs. Robinson, now elderly, would be forced to move in with Benjamin and Elaine, who by now have an adult daughter. Three years later, the Chiefs went 13-3 in 2003 and set many records along the way. In the opening of The Player, a writer (Buck Henry) can be heard talking to Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) discussing making a sequel to The Graduate with the same actors reprising their roles.

Another notable replacement was Priest Holmes at running back. Robert Redford tested for the part of Benjamin, but he and director Mike Nichols decided they needed someone else who was more uncomfortable with his sexuality. He immediately dropped Elvis Grbac, replacing him with his primary pick for the Rams' quartback, Trent Green. Robinson's first name; she is never referred to as anything else during the course of the film. Louis Rams to the Super Bowl and retiring, Dick Vermeil took over as head coach in 2001 with the statement that it takes three years to get a team ready for the Super Bowl. We never learn Mrs. After coaching the St. One of the tenants is Richard Dreyfuss, still an unknown in 1967.

The Chiefs' wins were mostly made by a high scoring offense rather than a powerful defense. Roper" on the popular 1970s sitcom Three's Company. After the loss of Derrick Thomas, the collapse of the defense was unmistakable. In the hotel where the disinherited Braddock ends up living, the owner of the hotel is Norman Fell, who would later gain fame as "Mr. In two years, Cunningham showed little improvement, going 9-7 and 7-9. An interview with Hoffman revealed that he was uneasy about his window-pounding antics, as the owner of the church had been watching the filming disapprovingly. Schottenheimer left as head coach, replaced by his defensive coach Gunther Cunningham. The film is consistently in the Internet Movie Database's top 250 films, ranked #9 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years, 100 Laughs, #7 on their list of 100 Years, 100 Movies, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

The following losing seaon with Grbac at quarterback did not help. This scene has been parodied numerous times, in Wayne's World, Family Guy and The Simpsons. The choice to play Grbac over Gannon made many fans angry with Schottenheimer. The escaping couple sits smiling at the back of the bus, the other passengers stare at them in mute disbelief, and the movie closes with a shot through the back window of Ben and Elaine's smiles fading to an enigmatic neutral expression, and Simon and Garfunkel's soundtrack. After going 13-2 during the season, Gannon was replaced by Grbac in the playoff game against Denver. After a violent struggle with a large cross, Ben and Elaine escape on a public bus. After a loss to Denver, Grbac was injured and Rich Gannon took over. His screams of "Elaine! Elaine!" do not garner much response at first, but when Elaine gives the return cry "Ben!" all hell breaks loose.

In 1997, he started with Elvis Grbac as quarterback. He arrives just as the bride and groom are exchanging vows, and stands looking down at the couple from an upper window. He was also in the midst of a quarterback controversy. He is forced to stop for directions, his car runs out of gas, and he is ultimately forced to run the final few blocks. Marty Schottenheimer took much of the blame for his failed attempts at clock control (also nicknamed Martyball by his critics). In the famous conclusion of the film, Benjamin undertakes a desperate drive to somehow head off Elaine's wedding. After going from 13-3 in 1997 and losing the playoff game to the Denver Broncos (10-14), the Chiefs fell to 7-9 in 1998. She proceeds to become engaged to another man—one her parents find acceptable.

Since 1992, no NFL team has a better regular season home winning percentage than Kansas City (27-5 (.844) record). His affair is discovered and he is barred from seeing Elaine any further. Marty Schottenheimer helped establish six straight playoff appearances, three AFC West championships, nine winning seasons, and 76 consecutive soldout games at Arrowhead. From here, Benjamin's life falls apart. Peterson hired Marty Schottenheimer as the team's coach. Robinson) was trying to avoid. In 1989, Carl Peterson became the team's new President and General Manager. What follows is a relationship with the young Robinson, exactly what Benjamin (and Mrs.

They did not get to the playoffs for 15 straight years. After she storms out of the establishment, overcome with guilt, he pursues her and apologizes. The Chiefs had only two winning seasons between 1974 and 1986. He takes Elaine to a strip club where she is openly offended. The team won 43 games between 1966 and 1969. Therefore, he tries to ensure his date with her will be a disaster so she would not want to pursue a relationship with him. They earned revenge three years later, upsetting the Minnesota Vikings 23-7. However, because of his parents' plans, he is more or less forced to date her.

As the Chiefs, under coach Hank Stram, the team played in the first Super Bowl, losing 35-10 to Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers. Knowing getting involved with the daughter of his lover could be disastrous, he tries to avoid getting involved with her. Louis Cardinals 14). His parents also encourage Benjamin to date the Robinson's daughter, Elaine. Louis Cardinals (Chiefs 24, St. His affair may serve as an escape from his lack of direction or ambition. The Chiefs' first game at Arrowhead Stadium was against the St. Benjamin clearly is not interested in any more schooling and actually seems lost without any real direction.

Municipal Stadium was demolished in 1976; it is now a community garden. Meanwhile Benjamin is hounded by his father to select a graduate school to attend. In 1971, Municipal Stadium was abandoned in favor of the new Arrowhead Stadium. Their affair appears to last most of the summer. The Kansas City Chiefs' (under Dallas Texans name) first stadium was at 22nd and Brooklyn, called "Municipal Stadium". Municipal Stadium opened in 1923 and had 49,002 seats. Benjamin is clearly uncomfortable with sexuality, but he is drawn into the affair with the older, but still attractive, Mrs. Robinson. They have the largest presence in the American Football League Hall of Fame, with 24 representatives, and they had just one coach throughout their AFL history, Hall-of-Famer Hank Stram. A few days later he calls her and their affair begins.

The Chiefs dropped the first Super Bowl to the Packers, then pulverized the Vikings 23 - 7 in the final "true" AFL-NFL World Championsip game after the AFL's last season in 1969. Initially flustered, he flees. The Texans won the classic 1962 double-overtime AFL championship game against the Houston Oilers, 20 - 17, at the time the longest, and still one of the best professional football championship games ever played. Once inside, she exposes herself to him and offers to have an affair with him. The Texans/Chiefs franchise was the flagship team of the American Football League, with the most playoff appearances as an AFL team, six (tied with Oakland), the most American Football League Championships (3), and the most Super Bowl appearances, playing in the first Super Bowl, and in the last to be played between League champions. Arriving at her home, she asks him to come inside. It is said that Hunt actually considered keeping the team name as it was, and playing as the "Kansas City Texans."[1 (http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/60s/)]. Robinson, asks him to drive her home.

Bartle was the founder of the Native American-based honor society known as The Tribe of Mic-O-Say within the Boy Scouts of America organization, which earned him the nickname, "The Chief," and was instumental in persuading Lamar Hunt to move his team to Mid-America. One family friend, Mrs. Roe Bartle. Benjamin is visibly uncomfortable at the party attended by mostly his parent's friends. The name, "Chiefs" was selected by a fan contest, and is derived from the then-Mayor of Kansas City, H. The movie starts at a party at his parent's house celebrating his graduation. The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963. The film explores the life of Benjamin Braddock shortly after earning his bachelor's degree.

The Dallas Texans, as they were known then, defeated the Houston Oilers in a dramatic 1962 AFL championship which went into double overtime. In the late 1990s the project was revived as a play and appeared in London and Broadway, as well as touring companies, starring such names as Kathleen Turner. The team is owned by Lamar Hunt, who founded the team along with their original league, the American Football League, in 1960. One such scene involves the one-word career advice given to Benjamin by family friends—"Plastics", "Aggregates," etc.—offered as a self-explanatory key to a certain life of corporate success. The Kansas City Chiefs are a National Football League team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Some scenes and themes in the film have become deeply embedded in the popular consciousness, even decades after its release, and have been widely parodied. Jack Steadman (General Manager). The film also made superstars out of Simon and Garfunkel, whose soundtrack rose to the top of the charts in 1968, (beating The Beatles' White Album).

Lloyd Burruss. The thirty-year-old also earned an Oscar nomination for his efforts. Tony Reed. The film was the breakthrough role for Hoffman, who had previously acted in The Tiger Makes Out (1967). Smith. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). T. Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman in the film), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, is seduced by Mrs.

J. The Graduate is a novel by Charles Webb, made into a 1967 film of the same name directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Gary Barbaro. Jerrell Wilson (Punter 1963-77; Chiefs Hall of Fame 1987, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.). Tyrer is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.).

Jim Tyrer (Tackle 1969 Super Bowl IV Champion; 6-foot-6, 270 pound Tackle would take on two defensive linemen at once. Died shortly after a car accident in 2000). Derrick Thomas (school record with 52 quarterback sacks and 74 tackles behind the line of scrimmage; Finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting; Kansas City Chief for eleven years; team career records: 119.5 sacks, 3 safeties and 18 fumble recoveries. Otis Taylor (46-yard touchdown reception in Super Bowl IV, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.).

5, 1980].). Oakland [Oct. Art Still (Career Sacks, 72.5, 1978-87; Season Sacks, 14.5 1980 and 1984; Game Sacks, 4.0 : vs. A member of the All-time All-AFL team, one of only twenty players who were in the American Football League for its entire ten-year existence, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.).

Johnny Robinson (In Super Bowl IV, helped defeat the Vikings, 23-7, picking off a Joe Kapp pass). Christian Okoye (Nigerian; omitted from his Country's Olympic team in track and field; drafted in 1987 by the Chiefs in the second round; Chiefs rushing records, including total yards in a season, attempts in a season, touchdowns in a season, attempts in a single game, 100-yard games in a season, and was the first Chiefs running back to rush for 1,000 yards for more than one season.). Curtis McClinton (scored a touchdown in Super Bowl I). Bill Maas.

Also played for the San Diego Chargers and the Houston Oilers, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.). Ernie Ladd (Defensive tackle; 1967-1968. Bobby Hunt (1962 [Dallas Texans] - 1967 [Kansas City Chiefs]; Defensive Back, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.). Holub (started the first world championship game between the AFL and NFL (before it was called the Super Bowl) at linebacker and started Super Bowl IV, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.).

E.J. Headrick played the entire game and the next game. Headrick is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.). Sherrill "Psycho" Headrick (Texan and Chief linebacker that withstood pain and injury when he played with a fractured neck vertebrae. All-time AFL leader in all-purpose yards with 12,065, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.).

Abner Haynes (1960 Rookie of the Year and MVP. In June 29, 1983, Joe drowned attempting to rescue two boys from a rain-swollen pit shortly after rescuing one other; posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal and the NCAA Award of Valor.) 37Forever.org (http://www.37forever.org) was formed to teach KC area kids how to swim in honor of the valor that Joe Delaney demonstrated. Joe Delaney (Running back 1981-82, Rookie of the Year 1981, Pro Bowl 1981, College Football Hall of Fame 1997, Chiefs Hall of Fame 2004. Deron Cherry (50 interceptions; 15 career fumble recoveries; Byron White Humanitarian Award for service to his team, community, and country).

Chris Burford (391 Pass Receptions, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.). Ed Budde (14 years as a Chief, member of the All-time AFL team, and a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.). #82 Dante Hall (NFL record returning a kick or a punt for a touchdown for four consecutive weeks; won four consecutive NFL weekly awards). #31 Priest Holmes (NFL record for most touchdowns in a season at 27).

#10 Trent Green. #88 Tony Gonzalez (2004 Season Lead the NFL in receptions with 102). #86 Buck Buchanan (Defense Tackle). #78 Bobby Bell (Linebacker).

#63 Willie Lanier (Linebacker). #36 Mack Lee Hill (Running Back). #33 Stone Johnson (Running Back). #28 Abner Haynes (Running Back).

#16 Len Dawson (Quarterback). #3 Jan Stenerud (Placekicker). Mike Webster (1997; 1989-1990). Head coach of the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs for the entire ten-year history of the AFL.

Post-season record 5-1. Post-season appearances 6. Victories 87. Hank Stram (2003; 1960-1974) Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs coach won three AFL titles.

48-yard field goal, the longest in Super Bowl history, against the Vikings in Super Bowl IV. six postseason All-Star games (four NFL Pro Bowl). 7 field goal attempts in a game. 44 field goals in a season.

Career 409 PATs and 436 field goals attempted. 186 consecutive games played. Only pure kicker in the Hall of Fame. 19-year career. Jan Stenerud (1991; 1967-1979) Placekicker.

Popular for come-from-behind wins, including the 1993 playoffs and the outdueling of Elway in 1994 as a Chief. Joe Montana (2000; 1993-1994) Quarterback. Marv Levy (2001; 1978-1982). 1969 Super Bowl IV Champion.

Second Chief selected to go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Willie "Contact" Lanier (1986; 1967-1977) Outside linebacker. Started American Football League that was the genesis of modern professional football. Lamar Hunt (1972; 1959-present) Owner.

1). 11th ranked passer in NFL history (retired No. 19-year career, passed for 28,711 yards and 239 touchdowns. MVP of Super Bowl IV.

Two AFL championships. Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1978. Len Dawson (1987; 1963-1975) Quarterback. NAIA All-America in 1962.

First player taken in 1963 American Football League Draft. Buck Buchanan (1990; 1963-1975) Lineman. Bobby Bell (July 30, 1983; 1963-1974) Linebacker. Inducted into the Pro Hall of Fame as a Chief.

Scored the 100th rushing touchdown of his career as a Chief. Marcus Allen (November 9, 2003; 1992-1997) Running Back. December 5, 2004: Trent Green extends team record of consecutive quarterback starts to 60. December 5, 2004: Will Shields extends team record of consecutive starts to 187 (actual consecutive games also a team record of 188).

November 28, 2004: Dante Hall sets team record with 213 kickoff returns. 2003: Will Shields extends franchise record of consecutive starts to 175. 2003: Priest Holmes surpasses Otis Taylor for most career touchdowns by a Chief. November 9, 2003: the Chiefs beat the Cleveland Browns (41-20), winning their ninth straight game which sets a new franchise record for consecutive victories.

2002: Priest Holmes sets the single-season rushing record with 1,615 yards. 2002: Team sets franchise record for most offensive yards with 6,000. 2001: Priest Holmes sets the single-season rushing record with 1,555 yards. 1996: Chiefs have first 4-0 start.

1995: Chiefs make team record sixth consecutive playoff berth. 1990: Derrick Thomas sets team record with 20.0 sacks in a season. October 24, 2004: the Chiefs completed 8 running touchdowns against the Atlanta Falcons, setting the league record for most running touchdowns in a single game. 2003: Priest Holmes sets league record for most touchdowns as well as most rushing touchdowns with 27.

2003: Dante Hall ties league record with 4 kick-returns for touchdowns in a single season. 2003: Morten Andersen has record 316 consecutive scoring games. 2003: Morten Andersen of Kansas City and Gary Anderson of Pittsburg tie for most seaons with 100 or more points with 14. December 22, 2002: Trent Green to Mark Boerigter tied for longest pass completion of 99 yards.

2002: Morten Andersen sets record with 40 field goals over 50 yards in a career. 1998: Chiefs set the record for most penalties (158) and most penalty yardage (1,304) in a season. Kansas City fans like having that record broken in 1998 by John Elway. 1993: Dave Krieg gets record 494 times sacked in a career.

1993: Nick Lowery sets record for most seasons with 100 or more points with 11. November 11, 1990: Derrick Thomas sets league record for most sacks in a game with 7.0. 1975: Len Dawson records 8 seasons leading the league in pass completions. December 25, 1971: Ed Podolak amasses 350 all-purpose yards against the Miami Dolphins, a playoff record.

1969: Len Dawson records 6 consecutive seasons leading the league in pass completions. 1966: Len Dawson ties Johnny Unitas for 4 seasons leading the league in touchdowns.