Before Joe Delaney was inducted in the Chiefs Ring of Honor on Sept. 26, 2004, Mark and Kelly Neath walked outside Arrowhead Stadium with their own homage — a homemade poster bearing an image of the late Chiefs running back and an image of their infant daughter in a Chiefs cheerleader uniform tethered by these words:
“Gone but not forgotten … Our tribute to the legend … Delaney Nicole.”
A young woman approached and asked about the girl on the placard.
“Is that your daughter?” she said.
When told yes, Crystal Delaney gestured to the picture of Joe Delaney and said, “That’s my dad.