[NU Sports] NU draftees

[Roy S. Lamberton]

At one point Lamar Hunt was losing $1 Million a year on the Dallas AFL Team.

One enterprising reporter asked his father, H.L. Hunt - of HLH Foods Fame - how long Lamar
could continue to lose that much money. HL thought a minute and said, "About a hundred
years."

And that's when a million dollars was a million dollars!

Lamar actually stuck it out three years in Dallas because they were winning more than the
Cowboys while both were playing in the Cotton Bowl, the Texans actually won the AFL
championship over the Oilers, before they moved to KC in 1963....



rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
Computer Applications & Support Associates
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"Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
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Northwestern University - Speech 1974 - 
Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
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Remember that when Rome started to fall apart, 
with scandals and financial ruin, the Caesars 
placated the masses with bread and circuses.

The problem is they'll be taking our bread, 
and the circus is in Washington....

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Dennis
W. Brandt
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:38 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU draftees

> Burton was drafted in the first round by The Patriots as well but as my 
> good friend,Mr Weinbaum reminded me,that was of course prior to the merger 
> and thus the AFL
>
I believe he played for the Patriots.  I don't recall him suiting up for the 
Eagles.

BTW, there was a great series on Showtime (and perhaps elsewhere) on the 
growth of the AFL and the eventual merger.  Worth watching.  Did you know 
that the Vikings and Cowboys franchises exist only because the fledgling AFL 
was preparing to put teams into those cities?  They did in Dallas, but the 
Cowboys overshadowed them.  That's why they became the Kansas City Chiefs. 

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