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American football and baseball executive
Jim Schaaf
(May 22, 1938 ? July 13, 2022) was an
American football
executive in the
National Football League
(NFL). He served as general manager for the
Kansas City Chiefs
from 1976 to 1988. Alongside his son, Schaaf owned and operated Jim Schaaf & Associates (established in 1989), a sports insurance firm.
From 1961 to 1966 Schaaf worked with the
Kansas City Athletics
of
Major League Baseball
. In 1966, he joined the
Kansas City Chiefs
front office staff. He was promoted to general manager after
Jack Steadman
left the role to become the Chiefs' vice president. Schaaf was fired in 1988 in favor of the Chiefs hiring
Carl Peterson
. Following this, he founded his insurance business.
Schaaf died July 13, 2022 in Overland Park, KS. According to Legacy.com, the cause of death was Alzheimer's disease.
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