Len Dawson had an estimated net worth of $10 million at the time of death.
Len Dawson was an American football quarterback who played in the National Football League and American Football League for 19 seasons, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs franchise.
After playing college football for the Purdue Boilermakers, Dawson was selected fifth overall by Pittsburgh in the 1957 NFL draft. He threw for 28,711 yards and 239 touchdowns during his 19-year career with the Steelers, Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Texans who later became the Chiefs.
He was selected to six AFL All-Star games and one Pro Bowl. In 1962, he was named AFL Player of the Year.
Dawson led the Chiefs to a 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV in 1970. He was 12-17 for 142 yards in the game and was named the Most Valuable Player.
In 1987, Dawson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was also awarded the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012, becoming the third person in professional football history to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player and a broadcaster.
Following retirement from professional football in 1975, he served as the sports director at KMBC-TV in Kansas City and color analyst for the Chiefs Radio Network. He also served as a game analyst for NBC from 1977-82 and hosted HBO’s iconic ‘Inside the NFL’ from 1977-2001.
Len Dawson died on August 24, 2022, at age 87 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.