Stram dies at 82 Hall of Fame coach led Chiefs to two Super Bowls Posted: Monday July 4, 2005 5:42PM; Updated: Monday July 4, 2005 5:44PM Hank Stram was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. David Maxwell/Getty Images NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hank Stram, who took the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowls and was known for his inventive game plans, died Sunday at a hospital in suburban New Orleans, his son said. He was 82. Stram had been in declining health for several years and his son attributed death to complications from diabetes. He died at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, near his home in Covington, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. He had built the home there during his two-year stint as head coach of the Saints. Stram led the Kansas City Chiefs to their only two Super Bowl appearances -- The Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I, then defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Chiefs Hall of Fame in '87. Stram is the Chiefs' all-time winningest coach.
True Story: My wife was once a Delta flight attendant, and I was flying w/my one year old son to LA. He is 14 now, so this was 13 years ago. I think we were on a leg from DFW to LAX. We sat in 1st class across the aisle from Hank Stram. Anyway, my son Joel got very sick and barfed - some of which made it onto the coach's shoes. RIP coach, and sorry 'bout da shoes.
