- Son of billionaire H. L. Hunt.
- Co-founder of the North American Soocer League and Major League Soccer. Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Co-founder of World Championship Tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fall in 1993.
- Came up with the term "Super Bowl".
- Co-founder of the AFL. First AFL figure enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1972).
- Owner of the Kansas City Chiefs NFL team.
- Coined the name "Super Bowl" which became the popular name of American football's championship game.
- Played football at Southern Methodist University.
- Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982. Awarded this hall of fame's Medal of Honor in 1999.
- Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993.
- The Lamar Hunt Trophy is presented to the winner of the NFL's American Football Conference championship game.
- Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972, the first person associated with the American Football League to receive this honor.
- A founding investor in the NBA's Chicago Bulls.
- Cofounder of the World Championship Tennis circuit.
- Owned teams in the old North American Soccer League and the current Major League Soccer.
- A founder of the American Football League, and founder and owner of one of the original AFL franchises, the Dallas Texans. The team relocated in 1963 and became the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 2008.
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
- Inducted into the Sporting Kansas City Sporting Legends in 2014.
- Son of H.L. Hunt.
- Grandfather of Gracie Hunt.
- Father of Clark Hunt.
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