Kansas City Chiefs RB Joe Delaney's selfless act of heroism lives on 42 years after his death originally appeared on A to Z ...

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs honored a former player who died while attempting to save the lives of three children. The ...

Joe Delaney is one of those legends, and his life story continues to resonate as time goes on. Forty-two years after the ...

Forty-two years ago, former running back Joe Delaney lost his life while trying to save three children from drowning near his home in Louisiana during the NFL preseason. Today, the ...

Children in Kansas City, Kansas, received free swim lessons through the Joe Delaney Learn to Swim Program, honoring the late ...

Since he drowned 40 years ago, the Chiefs’ Joe Delaney’s has been well-remembered. But a new program honors his memory in a vital new way.

Thirty-seven years after the haunting death of No. 37, Joe Delaney, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has proclaimed Oct. 30 “Joe Delaney Day” in Kansas City.

Seventeen years prior, the shock in Kansas City was for another Chiefs phenom, Delaney. The early 1980s, in fact, didn’t afford the NFL much opportunity to exhale during the offseason ...

JUNE 29 JOE DAY It's been 41 years. And rightfully, we still remember. June 29, 1983, and a trio of kids in a pond in the Louisiana hometown of Chiefs running back Joe Delaney were struggling.

The Kansas City Chiefs have paid tribute to former team running back Joe Delaney, who passed away 42 years ago Sunday trying to save three children from drowning near his offseason home in Louisiana.

June 29, 2024, marks the 41st anniversary of the tragic yet heroic death of former Kansas City Chiefs RB Joe Delaney. Delaney played college football at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.