Chiefs tight end and local politician Fred Arbanas dead at 82
Arbanas was a part of Kansas City life for more than five decades.
His death was announced by the Jackson County Democratic Party on Saturday.
We are sad to learn about the passing of longtime Jackson County Legislator and advocate Fred Arbanas. His contributions to the county are too long to list here. He was a great man who will be dearly missed. Jackson County Dems (@jaxcodemocrats) April 17, 2021
He was a member of the Dallas Texans team that won the AFL championship in 1962 and the Chiefs teams that appeared in Super Bowl I in 1967 and won Super Bowl IV in 1970. He retired after the subsequent 1970 season, completing a nine-year career in which he had played in every game from 1962 through 1969 and he started in all but two of them.
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Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Fred Arbanas has died at the age of 82.
The Jackson County Democratic Party in Missouri announced his death Saturday, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN). Arbanas was heavily involved in county politics following his football career and was a player for the party for more than 40 years.
His professional football career lasted nine years from 1962 through 1970, and he was a member of the Chiefs for the final eight.
Arbanas played collegiately at Michigan State before helping the Dallas Texans win the 1962 AFL title.
He could have played for the St. Louis Cardinals, who selected him in the second round of the 1961 NFL draft but instead chose to sign with Dallas after it selected him with a seventh-round pick in the AFL draft.