Family ‘disappointed’ after former boss Lineman who killed wife, even denied place in court

The controversial Pro Football Hall of Fame candidacy by Jim Tyrer ended on Thursday when the former Chiefs Lineman, who killed his wife and then himself back in 1980, lacked the required votes to be honored in Canton, Ohio.

After disappearing from the Hall of Fame consideration for more than 40 years, Tyrer’s name was brought back to consideration in the midst of evidence that he may have suffered from football-related head trauma decades before the idea became a regular part of the public discourse .

Tyrer’s children had supported his candidacy, and in a recent ESPN story, his son Brad said he and his siblings knew that the man who committed the terrible act “was not our father.”

Brad Tyrer said he and his siblings were “very disappointed”, their father did not enter the Hall of Fame, but were grateful to the people who helped bring his name back into consideration.

Tyrer had been among 182 former players who were originally nominated for senior consideration, and he made it through a series of cuts before the senior committee chose him as one of three player finalists. Together with a coach and a contributor candidate, bulls were among five men who fought for three spots.

The others were Mike Holmgren, who led Packers to a Super Bowl -win and coached 17 seasons in the league; Former Packer’s Wide Recipient Sterling Sharpe; Maxie Baughan, a nine-time pro bowl linebacker in the 1960s; And Ralph Hay, who has been called the basic father of the NFL.

Sharpe was elected, but no other candidate received enough votes.

Tyrer was a dominant strength for Chiefs in the American Football League in the 60s and after the merger with the NFL in 1970. Like a left tackle that protected Future Hall of Famer Len Dawson, played bulls in 180 consecutive matches and started each game in His 11 seasons in Kansas City. He made nine Pro Bowls, was named AFL’s team at all times and is in Chiefs’ Hall of Fame.

Tyrer had seemed like a safe bet to reach Canton, but that changed after the shocking news of September 1980 that he was killing his wife and then turning the gun to himself.

The Hall’s statutes are unequivocal that voters should only consider on the scene when they sentenced a candidate’s merit, but then it became clear-and-now-to some voters were not comfortable with choosing bulls because of the murder self-murder.

“It wasn’t like we were waiting for this to bring us closure or something,” Brad Tyrer told ESPN, recognizing that voters were in a “tough” situation. “But we just feel more in terms of right and wrong, that’s the right thing to do because, based on the current rules, he really had to be in there.”

Said his brother, Jason, “I’m disappointed because I thought he deserved it -felt problems.”