Len Dawson
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Leonard Ray Dawson was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League and American Football League for 19 seasons, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs
Dawson at Whiteman Air Force Base in 2014
Dawson versus Wisconsin, 1956
Dawson during a game against the Denver Broncos
Dawson (center) being tackled by the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I, January 1967
1957 NFL draft
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The 1957 NFL draft had its first four rounds held on November 26, 1956, at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 31, 1957, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, also
Len Dawson
…While at Purdue, Dawson was initiated into the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Dawson was the fifth overall selection in the 1957 NFL draft, taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he was unable to make an impact. Following his rookie season in 1957, his status became more tenuous when the…
The Warwick (venue for the first four rounds), photographed in 2010
The Bellevue–Stratford (location of the final 26 rounds), photographed in 2017