Remembering Joe Delaney, 38 years later

On this day 38 years ago, running back Joe Delaney died trying to save three kids from drowning in Louisiana.

Remember Delaney’s story by watching the Chiefs Kingdom special above made by our friends at Chiefs dot com. The most well-known written piece on the story came via Sports Illustrated’s Franke Deford back in 1983:

There was a huge hole there, carved out of the earth some time ago. The hole had filled with water, and three boys waded in. They didn’t know it, but a short way out the bottom dropped off precipitously, and suddenly the boys were in over their heads and thrashing and screaming. There were all sorts of people around, but only Joe dashed to the pond. There was a little boy…