'It brings the whole city together -- Kansas City together as a city. That's what I like about the Chiefs football. ... We're all united.'
The Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl for the first time in half a century. Despite the drought, it is a bit of a homecoming. The Chiefs played in the first-ever Super Bowl, and the team's original owner was instrumental in forming the modern NFL and its championship game. Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.FRANK MORRIS, BYLINE: At Johnnie's on Seventh in Kansas City, Kan.
MORRIS: Of course, it's hard to quantify the benefits of a winning sports franchise. But Corinne Foreman says successful baseball and soccer teams have energized Kansas City before.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: And people loved each other. MORRIS: Kansas City has a long history with the Super Bowl. The Chiefs were originally a part of the upstart American Football League, a rival to the older, established National Football League. In the mid-1960s, owners hatched the idea of a game between the champions of the rival leagues. The owner of the Chiefs then, Lamar Hunt, came up with the name Super Bowl, based on a remarkable new toy ball his kids were playing with. Here's Hunt in a video produced by Royal House Studios.
MORRIS: The Chiefs played in the very first Super Bowl. And after the owners consolidated the two leagues into the NFL, the game became a match between the winners of the two conferences. The Chiefs won Super Bowl 4 in 1970. They haven't been back since.
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