When pro football historians John Turney and Frank Cooney applied a point system based on honors won to rank 60 senior nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025, former Chiefs left ...
Chiefs great Jim Tyrer appeared destined for the Hall of Fame before he committed murder-suicide in 1980. Now he's on the ballot again, with advocates arguing that his heinous final act should be ...
Jim Tyrer retired as one of the best offensive linemen in NFL history in 1974. He was on the line as tackle for 14 years, almost all of them but the great Kansas City Chiefs of the 1960s and '70s.
For that matter, Tyrer’s credentials eclipse the 15 modern candidates: None was a first-team All-Pro as many times as Tyrer, who at 6-foot-6, 280 pounds and agile was a glimpse of what the vital ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada about the controversy over the hall of fame eligibility of Jim Tyrer, a great player who also committed a terrible crime.