The NFL eventually outlawed the practice. But it did. They did it during the Super Bowl when an underdog, one that wasn't even in the NFL by the way, took it to this juggernaut of a team. But few, if any, Super Bowl-winning team had the moment captured quite the way the Chiefs did. Sometimes something transcends what you're trying to accomplish.

Coach Hank Stram would set 6-10 Stroud at the goal post so he could bat away low field goal attempts. "Before he died, it was always fun because I'd be walking through an airport with Dad and somebody would come up to him and go, '65 Toss Power Trap' or other things that he said when he was miked up. Former Chiefs tight end Morris Stroud dies | … He was 82. Stram won three AFL championships, more than any other coach in the league's history. He was such a people guy. He loved it. The idea was to get people to fall in love with the person as well as the sport. (1:25)As an AFL coaching pioneer whose success carried over to the NFL, Hank Stram made his mark on the sport as both a winner and an innovator.Stram's teams won three AFL championships and played in two of the first four Super Bowls, winning one.His coaching innovations can still be seen in today's game. I grew up in Pittsburgh and I can still see that play in my head. “The funniest part of it was Hank Stram came down to the helicopter with us, thinking that he had a seat on the helicopter. His knowledge of the game and communications skills helped him have a successful radio and TV broadcasting career when he was done coaching.He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 and died in 2005 at the age of 82. He referred to Chiefs players as rats, which to Stram was a term of endearment.And that playcall his son referred to, 65 Toss Power Trap, was one Stram predicted the Chiefs would score a touchdown on, saying, "It might pop wide open, rats. That's what that miking did. "You think of the picture of Joe Namath walking off and holding up the No. "I don't think that coin of the realm could possibly cover the amount of absolutely legendary press that miking has gotten over the course of time," said Rob Alberino, who formerly worked as a filmmaker for NFL Films. "We have this iconic moment," Donovan said. Posted on: Tuesday, July 5, 2005. NEW ORLEANS (July 4, 2005) -- Hall of Fame coach Hank Stram, who took the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowls and was known for his inventive game plans and exuberance on the sideline, died… "NFL Films president Steve Sabol once said Super Bowl IV was one of the most popular Super Bowl videos it ever produced.Because of that, Stram, who died in 2005, is still known to fans. It had been high noon, as it happened. Hank Stram became a very, very lovable character because of that. Memories have faded for others.

He is credited for developing the moving pocket, which he used to take advantage of quarterback Len Dawson's mobility. He moved on to work as an assistant football coach at SMU, Notre Dame and Miami (Fla.) in the late 1950s before moving to the pro ranks.After being turned down by Oklahoma head coach Bud Wilkinson and New York Giants defensive coordinator Tom Landry, AFL founder Lamar Hunt hired Stram to be head coach of the Dallas Texans for the league's inaugural 1960 season. Henry Louis "Hank" Stram (/ˈstræm/; January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005) was an American football coach. No. Hank Stram dead at 82. The Texans finished second in their division their first two seasons but broke through in 1962 to win the AFL championship.The franchise relocated to Kansas City and became the Chiefs the next year, and they won another AFL title in 1966. 1," Chiefs president Mark Donovan said. The young coach was an immediate winner in Dallas and won the 1962 AFL championship. After some negotiations, they settled on $500. '"Dawson: We were a better team than the Vikings (1:22)

That's storybook stuff. But football was his future.