| MIAMI, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson will be honored at Sunday's Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, the NFL said. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS Dawson, 69, the MVP of Kansas City's 23-7 Super Bowl IV victory over Minnesota Jan. 11, 1970, will carry the Vince Lombardi Championship Trophy to a stage at midfield and hand it off to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before it is presented to the game's winning team. Dawson was a longtime Kansas City star. Early in his pro career, he played for Pittsburgh and Cleveland before he joined the Dallas Texans, a team that moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs. "I wanted the chance to prove I could play professional football", Dawson recently told the Florida Sun-Sentinel. Dawson, 69, just finished his 25th season as a color commentator on the Chiefs Radio Network and has been a sports anchor at Kansas City's KMBC-TV the last 43 years. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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