Official Site of the Broncos · Oct 29, 2017
Sacco Sez: Remembering Jacky Lee
The Broncos' first win over the Chiefs was led by Jacky Lee, who ended up in Kansas City at the end of his career.
Sometimes historical figures get lost among the footnotes of time.This happens in sports very often, and as we get ready to play the Kansas City Chiefs, I think a brief shoutout to Jacky Lee is in order.
Most fans have never heard of him at all.
Those Broncos fans who have probably know him as the only player in football history to be traded in a lend-lease deal. That is, in 1964, the quarterback-desperate Denver Broncos traded a great defensive tackle, Bud McFadin, to the Houston Oilers for the rights to Lee for just two years.
It seemed crazy then and seems crazy now.
