Jim Schaaf is a former American football

American football

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 executive in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 (NFL). He served as general manager for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 from 1976 to 1988. Alongside his son, Schaaf now owns and operates Jim Schaaf & Associates (established in 1989), a sports insurance firm.

From 1961 to 1966 Schaaf worked with the Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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. In 1966 he joined the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 front office staff. He was promoted to general manager after Jack Steadman

Jack Steadman

Jack W. Steadman is the former chairman, vice president, president and general manager for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League....

 left the role to become the Chiefs' vice president. Schaaf was fired in 1988 in favor of the Chiefs hiring Carl Peterson

Carl Peterson

Carl D. Peterson grew up in Long Beach, California, and is an alumnus of UCLA. He is best known as the former president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League...

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External links

• Jim Schaaf & Associates