Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, 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 (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS predecessor the North American Soccer League (NASL).

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  • Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, 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 (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS predecessor the North American Soccer League (NASL). He was also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, the Kansas City Wizards and at his death owned two MLS teams, Columbus Crew and FC Dallas. 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. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972; into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982; and into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993. The National Soccer Hall of Fame bestowed upon Hunt their Medal of Honor in 1999, an award given to only 3 recipients in history thus far. He was married for 42 years to his second wife Norma, and had four children, Sharron, Lamar Jr. , Daniel and Clark Hunt.
  • Lamar Hunt war eine einflussreiche US-amerikanische Sportpersönlichkeit. Der Sohn des Ölmilliardärs H. L. Hunt investierte in den Vereinigten Staaten in Teams und Spieler in den Sportarten American Football, Fußball, Tennis und Basketball. Hunt starb nach langer Krankheit in Dallas an Komplikationen nach einer Prostatakrebs-Operation.
  • Lamar Hunt is een Amerikaans ondernemer. Hij was vooral een promotor voor het American football, het Amerikaanse voetbal, het Amerikaanse basketbal en het Amerikaanse ijshockey.
  • Lamar Hunt - amerykański przemysłowiec, promotor sportu. Był członkiem rodziny teksańskich przemysłowców branży naftowej, synem magnata naftowego Haroldsona L. Hunta. Zainteresowania sportem realizował m. in. na studiach - należał do reprezentacji uczelni w futbolu amerykańskim. Był współtwórcą American Football League (połączonej później z National Football League, NFL), właścicielem drużyny futbolu amerykańskiego Kansas City Chiefs oraz drużyny piłkarskiej Dallas Tornados. Należał również do grona założycieli World Championship Tennis, organizacji działającej w latach 1967-1990, która znacznie przyczyniła się do rozwoju tenisa zawodowego w pierwszych latach ery "open". Został wyróżniony członkostwem w kilku Hall of Fame: zawodowego futbolu amerykańskiego, piłki nożnej w USA oraz tenisa.
  • Lamar Hunt foi um pioneiro e promotor do futebol, tênis, basquetebol e hóquei no gelo nos EUA. Hunt é membro do International Tennis Hall of Fame desde 1993.
  • Lamar Hunt, född 2 augusti 1932, El Dorado, Arkansas, död 13 december 2006, var en amerikansk gynnare (på engelska "promoter") av amerikansk fotboll, soccer, tennis, basketboll och ishockey i USA. Han blev under sin livstid upptagen i tre olika Hall of Fame. Hunt var en av grundarna av the American Football League och olika Soccer-ligor. Han var också grundare av och ägare till the National Football League's Kansas City Chief. Hunt var huvudgrundaren av tennisens WCT och inom ramen för den verksamheten möjliggjorde han för professionella tennisspelare att från år 1968 delta i Grand Slam-turneringar. Lamar Hunt upptogs i the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1972), the International Tennis Hall of Fame (1993) och the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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    National Soccer Hall of Fame
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    HOF Medal of Honor 1999
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    Founder/owner of Chicago Bulls Charter Investor of Major League Soccer
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    Founder/owner of Columbus Crew
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  • Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, 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 (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS predecessor the North American Soccer League (NASL).
  • Lamar Hunt war eine einflussreiche US-amerikanische Sportpersönlichkeit. Der Sohn des Ölmilliardärs H. L. Hunt investierte in den Vereinigten Staaten in Teams und Spieler in den Sportarten American Football, Fußball, Tennis und Basketball. Hunt starb nach langer Krankheit in Dallas an Komplikationen nach einer Prostatakrebs-Operation.
  • Lamar Hunt is een Amerikaans ondernemer. Hij was vooral een promotor voor het American football, het Amerikaanse voetbal, het Amerikaanse basketbal en het Amerikaanse ijshockey.
  • Lamar Hunt - amerykański przemysłowiec, promotor sportu. Był członkiem rodziny teksańskich przemysłowców branży naftowej, synem magnata naftowego Haroldsona L. Hunta. Zainteresowania sportem realizował m. in. na studiach - należał do reprezentacji uczelni w futbolu amerykańskim.
  • Lamar Hunt foi um pioneiro e promotor do futebol, tênis, basquetebol e hóquei no gelo nos EUA. Hunt é membro do International Tennis Hall of Fame desde 1993.
  • Lamar Hunt, född 2 augusti 1932, El Dorado, Arkansas, död 13 december 2006, var en amerikansk gynnare (på engelska "promoter") av amerikansk fotboll, soccer, tennis, basketboll och ishockey i USA. Han blev under sin livstid upptagen i tre olika Hall of Fame. Hunt var en av grundarna av the American Football League och olika Soccer-ligor. Han var också grundare av och ägare till the National Football League's Kansas City Chief.
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