An aerial view of the Arrowhead stadium pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. File photo
Walter White, the Chiefs 1975 Mack Lee Hill Award winner as the team’s top first-year player, died on Wednesday. He was 67.
In five seasons with the Chiefs, White appeared in 63 games as a tight end, including 37 starts. He started every game of the 1978 season. In his second season, White finished among the top ten in the NFL in receiving yards and touchdowns.
In his career, White recorded 163 receptions for 2,396 yards and 16 touchdowns.
White, who played at Mesa Junior College in Colorado and then at Maryland, originally joined the Chiefs via waivers from Pittsburgh after being drafted in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft.