THE SIX KINGS Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Just heard it on ESPN. He was 82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Big time innovator. I enjoy watching the NFL Films features where you can hear him miked-up on the sidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaumont Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Big time innovator. I enjoy watching the NFL Films features where you can hear him miked-up on the sidelines. 864472[/snapback] "Just keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys" - Hank Stram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Here's a story. Hall of Fame coach Hank Stram dead at 82 By KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press Writer July 4, 2005 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hank Stram, who took the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowls and was known for his inventive game plans, died Monday, his son said. He was 82. Stram had been in declining health for several years and Dale Stram attributed his father's death to complications from diabetes. He died at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, near his home in Covington, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. He had built a home there during his two-year stint as coach of the Saints and retired there. ``Pro football has lost one of its most innovative and creative coaches and one of its most innovative and creative personalities as well,'' Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt said in a telephone interview. ADVERTISEMENT Stram was the Chiefs' first coach. He took over the expansion Dallas Texans of the upstart AFL in 1960 and coached them through 1974, moving with them to Kansas City where they were renamed the Chiefs in 1963. The gregarious, stocky, blazer-wearing Stram carried a rolled up game plan in his hand as he paced the sidelines. He led the Chiefs to AFL titles in 1962, '66 and '69 and to appearances in two of the first four Super Bowls, beating Minnesota in 1970. He was credited with the two-tight end offense that provided an extra blocker. Stram was the first coach to wear a microphone during a Super Bowl and Stram's sideline antics, captured by NFL Films, helped bring the league into the video age. Stram later coached two seasons with the Saints and enjoyed a successful second career in CBS' television and Monday Night Football radio booths as an analyst. ``Everything he did in his life he was so passionate about,'' said his son, Stu. Stram was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. The then-80-year-old had to be pushed onto the stage in a wheelchair and his induction speech was videotaped. Len Dawson, the Hall of Fame quarterback who played under Stram at Kansas City, also called him an innovator. ``He was responsible for doing a lot of the things in the '60s that teams are still using now,'' said Dawson, citing the moving pocket and the triple stack defense. ``His whole life was football that's what he was born for, I think. He had a passion for it, not just a liking,'' Dawson said. ``He was really sincere when he talked about the team being a family. Everybody really loved him.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 That's a bummer. Stram and Jack Buck were a killer radio team for MNF games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 65 Toss Power Trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 "Just keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys" - Hank Stram 864474[/snapback] That was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Stram was a classic. He will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 GB Hank Stram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Rest in peace Hank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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