Tragedy does not pick favorites. It can – and will – touch all of us, some in more fatal ways than others. For former Kansas City Chiefs running back Joe Delaney, tragedy found him at the same time of heroism. It was a mix of a terrible moment at a Louisiana watering hole on June 29, 1983, and the best of moments. It was a man laying down his life, in order to save another.
Ultimately, Delaney gave up his potential, his family, his last breath, to save a human being he did not know.
For those unaware of the story, Delaney burst onto the scene with the Chiefs in 1981.