Listen to Mitch Holthus’ call when Chiefs clinched Super Bowl berth
As the final seconds ticked off the clock in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, Chiefs radio announcer Mitch Holthus was ready to make an historic call.
As the Chiefs wrapped up the 35-24 win, Holthus paid tribute to franchise founder Lamar Hunt, who died in 2006.
Here is what Holthus said: “Hail! Hail! To the king of the Chiefs Kingdom forever, because today the team that Lamar Hunt founded has just won Lamar Hunt’s trophy in the stadium that was Lamar Hunt’s dream. Kan-sas City is the AFC champion! They are headed to Miami for Super Bowl LIV!”
This was the moment that 101 The Fox shared:
Holthus also shared these tweets:
This story was originally published January 20, 2020 at 8:30 AM.
Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star