Kansas City Chiefs Mascot History

Wolf is the official mascot of the national football league s kansas city chiefs.

Kansas city chiefs mascot history.

The horse is associated with the chiefs glory days at municipal stadium when the team won two american football league afl championships and the horse led the team s victory parade after its win in super bowl iv. The character was elected to the national mascot hall of fame in 2006 and remains the only nfl mascot to be. He was first introduced in 1989 as a successor to warpaint a horse ridden by a man wearing a full indian chief headdress from the mid 1980s. Drums are important parts of native culture.

Kansas city chiefs owner clark hunt bangs the drum before a game. The kansas city chiefs have used a wolf named kc wolf as their mascot since 1989. The current mascot is the third to hold the position. According to the chiefs media guide the chiefs moniker was selected in honor of bartle who helped convince lamar hunt to move the dallas texans to kansas city as part of a name the team contest.