The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs have worn a patch on the left shoulder of their jerseys since the 2007 season in honor of late founder Lamar Hunt, who was additionally the founding father of the American Soccer League, which merged with the NFL in 1970.
Commissioned shortly after his demise by his son and the crew’s present co-owner, Clark Hunt, the round patch was inspired by the 10-Year AFL Patch the Chiefs wore on their left shoulder in their Super Bowl IV victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
“For all of his countless accomplishments in the world of sports, my father’s legacy will always be most closely linked to the founding of the American Football League and its subsequent merger with the NFL,” Clark Hunt said in 2008 when the patch became a permanent fixture on Kansas City’s uniforms .
“The patch is a fitting tribute for his contributions to the league and a permanent reminder of the indelible mark he left on the game.”
It prominently shows a blue and white “A” that sits in entrance of a purple eagle holding a soccer in its talons and is surrounded by six blue stars, just like the original AFL logo. Whereas the 10-year patch had “AFL” within the soccer, the present patch has the elder Hunt’s initials.
This design additionally served as the inspiration for the Chiefs’ 60th season logo, which appeared ultimately zones at Arrowhead Stadium in the course of the 2019 marketing campaign, reverse of the Lamar Hunt tribute emblem. It was not worn as a patch, nevertheless.
The patch has since been joined by another that honors Hunt’s late wife, Norma Knobel Hunt, which sits on the suitable shoulder of the Chiefs’ jerseys, in addition to a Tremendous Bowl LVIII patch for Sunday’s sport towards the San Francisco 49ers. Group captains additionally put on a “C” above the Tremendous Bowl emblem.
