The Kansas City Committee of 101 was founded by Jack Wheeler. The name was chosen because the membership was limited to 101 Kansas City Chiefs fans and cost $1,000 annually (over $6,550 adjusted for inflation). The group began presenting its annual NFL awards in 1969. They started as NFL and AFL Awards. After the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, however, they have been awarded to the top AFC and NFC players and coaches. The "Committee of 101" is a national media committee of 101 sportswriters and sportscasters, who cover the NFL, and are asked to vote on the top offensive player, defensive player, and coach on each of the National Football League conferences, rather than the NFL as a whole.
The annual NFL 101 Awards, is the nation's oldest awards event dedicated exclusively to professional football.
The awards are handed out at an annual event in Kansas City, Missouri, and all proceeds from the 101 Awards benefit the Kansas City Chiefs Charities.
Offensive Player of the Year awards
Defensive Player of the Year awards
Coach of the Year awards
- See: National Football League Coach of the Year Award#Kansas City Committee of 101 AFC/NFC Coach of the Year Awards
Lamar Hunt Award
- 2008â€" Members of "The Foolish Club" (the group that founded the AFL; Lamar Hunt (Dallas Texans) and Bud Adams, Jr. (Houston Oilers), Harry Wismer (New York Titans), Bob Howsam (Denver Broncos), Barron Hilton (Los Angeles Chargers), Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. (Buffalo Bills), Billy Sullivan (Boston Patriots), and Chet Soda (Oakland Raiders).)
- 2009â€" Tony Dungy
- 2010â€" Monday Night Football (Created by ABC Sports' Roone Arledge in 1970.)
- 2011â€" NFL Films (Revolutionary sports cinematography)
- 2012â€" Roger Staubach (Hall of Fame quarterback)
- 2013â€" Len Dawson (Hall of Fame quarterback)
- 2014â€" Paul Tagliabue (former NFL commissioner)
- 2015â€" Super Bowl I
Source
See also
- Bert Bell Award
- Maxwell Football Club
- Touchdown Club of Columbus
- Washington D.C. Touchdown Club
- National Football League Most Valuable Player Award
- NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
- NEA NFL Defensive Players of the Year
- NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award
- UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year
- UPI NFC Player of the Year
Footnotes
External links
- 2012 NFL 101 Award Winners Announced
- Don Shula Selected as the 2013 Lamar Hunt Award Winner
