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Page 1 Sports Guys Insights, Highlights and Hoo-hahs from Your Favorite Sports Authorities By Gene Fox Introduction By Lamar Hunt

Page 2 Bob Snodgrass Publisher Nelson Elliott Managing Editor Judy Widener Editor Laura Bolter Art Direction/Design Photos courtesy Sports Guys, Jim Chappell and Bob Sprenger Published by Addax Publishing Group, Inc. Copyright 1999 Gene Fox All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the Publisher. For information address: Addax Publishing Group, Inc. 8643 Hauser Drive, Suite 235, Lenexa, KS 66215 ISBN: 1-886110-87-5 Printed in the U.S.A 1 3 5 79 10 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fox, Gene, 1946 Sports guys : insights, highlights, and hoo-has from your favorite sports authorities/ by Gene Fox; introduction by Lamar Hunt. p. cm. ISBN 1-886110-87-5 (pbk.) 1. SportscastersUnited StatesQuotations. 2. SportswritersUnited StatesQuotations. 3. SportsUnited StatesQuotations, maxims, etc. I. Title. GV707.F69 1999 070.4'49796'092273dc21 99-045396

Page 3 Table of Contents Dedication 4 Acknowledgments 5 Introduction: It has been my good fortune... Lamar Hunt 6 Chapter One: There's some talent right here, baby... The Meeting 12 Chapter Two: It's a beauuutiful day... Bill Grigsby 25 Chapter Three: Winning it all... Joe Mcguff 62 Chapter Four: Gee, you gotta relax... Len Dawson 116 Chapter Five: They're retiring our number... Don Fortune 156 Chapter Six: I want a fishing show... Harold Ensley 197 Chapter Seven: The theory of my... Family Secrets 234

Page 4 Dedication To the original Sports Guys, Bruce Rice and Dick Mackey, men of our glorious, colorful past. And to Travis Gerard Fox and Nicholas Edward Eggleston, men of our promising new millennium.

Page 5 Acknowledgments As it is for any book, there is an army of people responsible. Sports Guys is no exception. It begins, I suppose, with the Sports Guys themselves. They made themselves available constantly... at home, at the office, at the spur of a moment. They tolerated probing and poking. Besides stories, they also produced lots of splendid photos. Jim Chappell was a prince, supplying a rich environment at his dazzling sports restaurant. And not only does he make a mean burger, he also made some astonishing photos available. Bob Sprenger lent some of his more memorable pictures. Thanks to editor Mark Zieman and librarian Derrick Donovan of The Kansas City Star for allowing me to poke through clips and files. Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, The Star op-ed page editor, was an early inspiration with tales of newspaper days past. And The Star's engaging outdoor editor, Brent Frazee, whose fishing boat turned out to be a great sounding board. Special thanks to Jim Monteleone of Fox 4 News. Then there were people like Hank Stram, George Brett, Tom Watson, George Toma, Preston Williams, Merle Harmon, Lamar Hunt, Bob Wormington, Phil Jones, Fat Boy and Bob Bowen, among others, who were so willing and excited to talk about their friends, the Sports Guys. You are reading about the Sports Guys because of the enthusiastic acceptance of the project from Bob Snodgrass, Nelson Elliott, Darcie Kidson and Michelle Zwickle-Washington of the Addax Publishing Group. And finally, my family, whose support on this endeavor was, as always, complete and unconditional.

Page 6 Introduction It has been my good fortune By Lamar Hunt How does one introduce five distinct, unique individuals as Bill Grigsby, Joe McGuff, Len Dawson, Don Fortune and Harold Ensley? Each one needs no introduction at all. They are all great "people persons" and each one meets the public in his own special way. It has been my good fortune to have known each of these five Sports Guys throughout much of the past 37 wonderful years of Kansas City Chiefs football in Mid-America. It is my sincere pleasure to introduce each individually now. The Storyteller Now, Bill Grigsby is a unique person.

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