Top 5 Kansas City Chiefs Players By The Decade: The 1960’s

Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame linebacker Bobby Bell (78) sacks Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr (15) during Super Bowl I, a 35-10 Packers victory on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by James Flores/Getty Images)

NUMBER 1: Bobby Bell

Bell was the first Kansas City Chiefs player to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Bobby Bell is one of the most dominating outside linebackers in NFL history. His 6’4, 228 frame was the ideal build for his position, though he started his career with the Chiefs as a defensive end.

Coming out of the university of Minnesota, Bell was highly touted earning the Outland Trophy and two All-American team selections. After so much talk of him for sure staying instate with the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, Bell shocked the world when he decided to skip out on the NFL and instead sign with Kansas City in 1963, starting a trend of the NFL losing great college recruits to the AFL.

As a linebacker, Bell was named to the All-NFL and All-AFL teams every year from 1965 through 1971, stringing together an era of dominance.

When he wasn’t crushing quarterbacks from off the edge, Bell was dropping into coverage intercepting 26 total passes and returning six of them for a touchdown. Perhaps his most memorable play was when he returned an onside kick for a touchdown against the Denver Broncos, showing his athleticism at its finest.

Bell had a relentless motor and passion for football and it reflected in the way his career turned out. He became the Chiefs first ever player to be inducted into the pro-football Hall Of Fame in 1983. He’s arguably the greatest player in Chiefs history and he makes this list as the number one player for Kansas City during the 1960’s.

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