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    (October 21, 1961). "Len Dawson gets shot at old mates". Pittsburgh Press. p. 6. "Len Dawson Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. "Len Dawson joins Texans of...
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    and especially quarterback Len Dawson, were jinxed throughout the year. In the second game of the regular season, Dawson suffered a knee injury that...
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  • Raiders. Len Dawson signed with the Chiefs (then known as the Texans) on July 2, 1962 and played for the franchise for 14 seasons. With Dawson as the team's...
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    after Len Dawson suffered a leg injury which kept him out of most of the season's games. While getting plenty of help from the club's defense, Dawson returned...
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    (540 yards) all ranked among the top-ten rushers in the AFL. Quarterback Len Dawson was the top-rated passer in the AFL, completing 159 of 284 (56%) of his...
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    Roethlisberger Kurt Warner Frank Tarkenton Bart Starr Jim Plunkett Eli Manning Len Dawson Joe Theismann Brett Favre Russell Wilson Craig Morton Every Super Bowl...
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    2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023. Goldstein, Richard (August 24, 2022). "Len Dawson, Who Took Kansas City to a Championship, Dies at 87". The New York Times...
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    Under Len Dawson, the Texans/Chiefs won three American Football League championships and appeared in two Super Bowl championship games. Dawson was named...
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  • but Len Dawson returned to rally the club for three consecutive wins to get the club off to a 3–1 start for a third consecutive year. The aging Len Dawson...
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    was marred not only by an injury to quarterback Len Dawson, but also controversy surrounding Dawson and his purported involvement in a sports gambling...
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    Young has led the NFL in passer rating a record six different times while Len Dawson achieved the same feat in the AFL. Passer rating List of NFL career passer...
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    developing solid quarterbacks including Bob DeMoss, Dale Samuels and Len Dawson. These players helped grow a strong tradition at Purdue of great quarterback...
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  • quarterbacks to lead the team. Among the most prolific include Hall of Famers Len Dawson and Joe Montana, as well as superb quarterbacks of their era like Trent...
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    Montana, Steve Young, Drew Brees), and one player (Len Dawson) achieved the same feat in the AFL. Dawson holds the NFL record for most consecutive seasons...
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  • Merle Harmon and Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson respectively. In 1980, Merle Harmon left for NBC as Len Dawson was joined by fellow Hall of Famer and...
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    1955 and the head baseball coach from 1951 to 1955. In 1996, Stram and Len Dawson were inducted into the Purdue Athletic Hall of Fame. After coaching at...
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    passing yards to Ben Roethlisberger. He became the first Chief since Len Dawson in 1966 to lead the league in passing touchdowns. He helped lead the Chiefs...
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  • Ted Marchibroda (1956) Jack Scarbath (1956) Earl Morrall (1957–1958) Len Dawson (1957) Bobby Layne (1958–1962) Rudy Bukich (1960–1961) Ed Brown (1962–1964)...
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    Babe Parilli (1956) Tommy O'Connell (1956–1957) Milt Plum (1957–1961) Len Dawson (1961) Jim Ninowski (1962–1963, 1965) Frank Ryan (1962–1968) Gary Lane...
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  • led by such talented quarterbacks as John Hadl, Daryle Lamonica and Len Dawson. Despite having a national television contract, the AFL often found itself...
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  • career, single season and games records. Most pass attempts, career: Len Dawson, 3,696 Most pass attempts, season: Patrick Mahomes, 658 (2021) Most pass...
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  • preceding siblings who died in infancy. Pro American Football Hall of Famer Len Dawson was the seventh son of a seventh son, born the ninth of 11 children. Ivor...
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  • opening kickoff gave the Chiefs a short field to work with. Quarterback Len Dawson immediately took advantage of it, hitting Fred Arbanas for the game's...
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  • Western Division title five weeks earlier, on November 27. Quarterback Len Dawson finished the season with 2,527 passing yards and 26 touchdowns, with only...
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  • Plum (12) 1959 Milt Plum (12) 1960 Milt Plum (12) 1961 Milt Plum (13) / Len Dawson (1) 1962 Jim Ninowski (7) / Frank Ryan (7) 1963 Frank Ryan (13) / Jim...
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    Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson offered to let Montana wear since the organization had retired it. Montana declined Dawson's and Stenerud's offers and...
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    first-down by Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson apparently sealed victory for the Chiefs in the final minute when Dawson, as he lay on the ground, was speared...
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    Reference, LLC. Retrieved February 7, 2011. "Chiefs' 'Man Of The Moment' – Len Dawson: 1935-2022". Pro Football Hall of Fame. August 24, 2022. Retrieved February...
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  • Dawson (1839–1897), American lawyer and judge Len Dawson (1935–2022), American football player Les Dawson (1931–1993), British comedian Lynne Dawson (born...
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    Ted Marchibroda (1956) Jack Scarbath (1956) Earl Morrall (1957–1958) Len Dawson (1957) Bobby Layne (1958–1962) Rudy Bukich (1960–1961) Ed Brown (1962–1964)...
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