For their entire existence, the Kansas City Chiefs have been owned by the same family — the Hunt family.
Lamar Hunt, one of the central figures in the NFL’s rise to becoming the nation’s most popular sports league, founded the team as the Dallas Texans, who were originally a franchise in the rival American Football League (AFL), in 1960.
They then moved to Kansas City for the 1963 season, and Hunt remained their owner until his death in 2006.
Afterward, his widow, Norma Hunt, helped honor his legacy, until she passed away on Saturday.
The NFL posted a video to its official Twitter account to commemorate her life and impact on the Chiefs.
Norma Hunt was the only woman in history to attend every single Super Bowl.
Her impact on the @Chiefs and the league is immeasurable and her legacy will live on forever. ❤️🕊️ pic.twitter.com/uWlJKpraV5
— NFL (@NFL) June 5, 2023
Norma Hunt is notable as one of the precious few people who have attended every single Super Bowl and the only woman to do so.
She saw her Chiefs lose the first-ever Super Bowl in 1967 to Bart Starr and the Green Bay Packers, but three years later, her team won it all over the Minnesota Vikings.
She endured decades of mediocrity afterward, but her patience and devotion was rewarded with the Chiefs of the last few years, which have featured Patrick Mahomes, already an all-time great, at quarterback.
It is fitting that the last NFL game she attended was February’s Super Bowl, in which Kansas City overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win on a last-second field goal and claim their second Vince Lombardi Trophy in four seasons.
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