The Team That History Forgot

“If I could pick one person to write a history book about any era of football, give me Rick Gosselin. His perspective on the Chiefs in The Team that History Forgot is perfect, vivid, needed, and important. From his first sentence (Lamar Hunt’s nickname as a kid) to his last chapter (how Bob Lilly nearly was a Chief), Gosselin makes the roots of a proud franchise come to life. The stories in here absolutely sing.”—Peter King, veteran football writer and three-time National Sportswriter of the Year  “Rick Gosselin is the best person to explain the history of the game, not because he has worked in the NFL for the past forty years, but because he has lived in the NFL studying the game, the players, the coaches and how champions are made. Gosselin educates us with vivid detail and storytelling on the best team no one seems to remember.”—Michael Lombardi, general manager for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels football team and author of Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL “Rick Gosselin has captured a forgotten time in the overall history of professional football, and he selected the premier team from a talent standpoint not only in the American Football League but the NFL as well. This is a wonderful journey back in time to the birth of the AFL and the dedication and wisdom of Lamar Hunt in his endeavor to ‘own a football team.’ Canton, Ohio is missing some exceptional players from those Chiefs’ teams. Otis Taylor, Jim Tyrer, and Ed Budde were elite players in any era at their respective positions.”—Ron Wolf, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and former general manager of the Green Bay Packers