Leonard Ray Dawson, Popularly known as Len Dawson was born on June 20, 1935, in Alliance Ohio. He was an American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for 19 seasons.

Len Dawson died on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at the age of 87. Dawson accomplished many things during his career. The seven-time Pro Bowler led the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowl appearances, including a Super Bowl victory in 1970, and then translated that success into decades as a successful broadcaster.

But it’s one photo of Dawson that puts him in a different category. During halftime of Super Bowl I against the Green Bay Packers, Dawson, and the Chiefs found themselves down 14-10. So what did Dawson do? Something very commonplace in 1967. Fire up a cigarette with a glass bottle of a Fresca soft drink (which was discontinued in 2020) at his feet.

At the time, the photo of Dawson taken by Bill Ray was not made available to the public when Life Magazine photographed the sights of the game at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Jan. 15, 1967, which the Chiefs went on to lose 35-10.

It took more than four decades for the game’s photo to see the light of day when Life published a photo slideshow.

Len was the seventh son of a seventh son James Dawson. He was the ninth of 11 children overall. He was married to his high school sweetheart from 1954 until she died in 1978. He has two children. He was remarried to Linda Dawson. Len and Linda have remained a couple until his death.

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