{"id":75549,"date":"2025-07-03T06:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75549"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:39:14","slug":"confirms-kansas-city-chiefs-icon-finally-retires-after-375-nfl-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75549","title":{"rendered":"Confirms: Kansas City Chiefs icon finally retires after 375 NFL games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dan Meers, who has been inside the &#8216;KC Wolf&#8217; mascot costume for the\u00a0Kansas\u00a0City Chiefs for the last 35 years is hanging up his headgear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meers is retiring from the NFL and handing over the responsibilities of team mascot to someone else after more than 10,000 events as &#8216;KC Wolf&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Who will take over inside the iconic costume has yet to be publicly announced as Kansas City looks to get back to its championship ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meers first portrayed the mascot, Truman the Tiger, for the nearby University of\u00a0Missouri\u00a0from 1986 to 1990, before becoming the second KC Wolf as his run at Mizzou ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mascot is incredibly popular with the Chiefs fan base, as he has been involved in several notable events with the team, on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the 2001 Pro Bowl, Meers, inside the costume, tackled a drunk fan on the field and kept him down until security could arrive to put the person into custody.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1940062845070094479&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fnfl%2Farticle-14870693%2FKansas-City-Chiefs-icon-finally-retires-KC-Wolf.html&amp;sessionId=b893d8df6e97b58b53f1ff4ba376c4ab29c3664f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1940062845070094479\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ebd9f47b460e0714\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/03\/06\/99956719-14870693-Dan_Meers_the_KC_Wolf_mascot_for_the_Kansas_City_Chiefs_for_the_-a-35_1751518897380.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Meers, the 'KC Wolf' mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs for the last 35 years, is retiring\" width=\"634\" height=\"792\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Dan Meers, the &#8216;KC Wolf&#8217; mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs for the last 35 years, is retiring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-73a081b60f17cddf\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/07\/03\/05\/99956489-14870693-image-a-31_1751517899456.jpg\" alt=\"Meers will hand the responsibilities of the mascot to someone else after 10,000-plus events\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\u00a0Meers will hand the responsibilities of the mascot to someone else after 10,000-plus events<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During a September 2007 game, Meers repeated the feat, this time in front of the home crowd at Arrowhead Stadium, of taking down a trespassing fan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Arguably Meers&#8217; worst moment inside the\u00a0KC Wolf costume happened in November 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He suffered several injuries while practicing a zip-line stunt including a broken back, seven broken ribs, a tailbone fracture, and a collapsed lung.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Even after the incident, Meers continued to be the Chiefs&#8217; 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