Chief Vets Lanier, Lynch To Retire

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Willie Lanier and Jim Lynch, 11-year veterans who in their prime helped give the Kansas City Chiefs one of the finest defenses in the National Football League, announced their retirement Wednesday. They will end their careers after the Chiefs' final season game Dec. 18 at Oakland. Lanier and Lynch were chosen in the second round of the 1967 draft.

[source: ap]