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    1. [HUNT] Lamar Hunt Passed away Dec 13, 2006
    2. I am not sure Lamar Hunt had been to this list. I thought I mention that he passed away today. Lamar Hunt was involved in US Sport in Football. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Hunt Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932—December 13, 2006) was a promoter of American football, soccer, tennis, basketball, and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee of the first three sports' halls of fame. He was one of the founders of the American Football League and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS predecessor the North American Soccer League. He was also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, and at his death owned two MLS teams, FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew. The oldest annual team tournament in the U.S. in any sport, soccer's U.S. Open Cup (founded 1914) now bears his name in honor of his pioneering role in that sport stateside. In Kansas City, Hunt also helped establish the Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun theme parks. In 1972, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame; in 1982, into the National Soccer Hall of Fame; and in 1993 into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The National Soccer Hall of Fame bestowed u! pon Mr. Hunt their Medal of Honor in 1999, an award given to only 3 recipients in history thus far.

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