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To: yankeedame

My memory of this comes from the goal line stand keeping Dallas out. Worth a mention in the irony class, the first Dallas pro team was the Dallas Texans, owned by Lamar Hunt. The team cratered both financially and on the field. Lamar packed up in high dudgeon and went to Kansas.


4 posted on 01/15/2007 6:54:56 AM PST by barkeep (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc)
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To: barkeep

FYI: the first pro team in Dallas was the 1952 Dallas Texans, which folded and went on to become the Baltimore Colts. They were not owned by Hunt.

Hunt founded the AFL and did indeed own the 1960 Dallas Texans, who moved to KC after the '62 season.


14 posted on 01/15/2007 8:39:35 AM PST by fgoodwin (Fundamentalist, right-wing nut and proud father of a Star Scout!)
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To: barkeep
Worth a mention in the irony class, the first Dallas pro team was the Dallas Texans, owned by Lamar Hunt. The team cratered both financially and on the field. Lamar packed up in high dudgeon and went to Kansas.

When the AFL first started, an interviewer asked Lamar's father what he thought about his son investing in such an uncertain thing as a pro football team.

His reply, "Well, everyone should have a hobby."

Interviewer: "But sir, this hobby could wind up costing a lot of money for your son."

Hunt: "What do you call a lot of money?"

Interviewer: "Your son could lose upwards of one million dollars a year."

Hunt was very thoughtful and finally said, "Well, that means that in 500 years the family will be broke."

17 posted on 01/15/2007 9:18:57 AM PST by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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