The Kansas City Chiefs honored fallen military members from Kansas and Missouri Sunday before hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Each player received custom warm-up attire and cards about a soldier’s life.
ESPN’s Darren Rovell and Chiefs equipment manager Allen Wright shared the images:
Chiefs players in warmups wearing names of fallen soldiers from Missouri/Kansas today, players were given card about soldier's life pic.twitter.com/FUzv2JbYIp
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 6, 2016
Salute to Service!
Honoring Fallen Heroes from our Chiefs Kingdom. pic.twitter.com/pIU66o4E0g— Allen Wright (@AllenWright4) November 5, 2016
The list spanned 63 names, which the Chiefs described in detail in the video below:
The full list of the 63 fallen soldiers and which Chiefs are wearing those names ➡️ https://t.co/uvgIEcR0X2 https://t.co/Cw7Yfaeuq1
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) November 6, 2016
The Chiefs also added a new decor to the field for the event:
As you can see, Chiefs have "Salute To Service" painted at the end of both end zones for today's game. #JAXvsKC pic.twitter.com/WFkZ22kcKh
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) November 6, 2016
Kudos to the Chiefs for this one. As usual, one of the league’s classier organizations has hit this event out of the park.
Here’s to hoping more teams follow suit.
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