He was, by accounts, a man for all seasons. He was an award-winning newspaper editor, a community leader, a persuasive voice for change, and later in his life, a study in quiet courage.
He was a father, a husband, a friend.
But above everything, Joe McGuff was the conscience of Kansas City sports for more than 40 years. When he died Saturday night at his Prairie Village home, finally succumbing to complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the city lost one of its most influential and revered citizens.
McGuff lived 79 extraordinary years. He spent many of them writing sports columns for The Kansas City Star and fighting for the town to be recognized as major league.
Always heard of him, never met him. No direct relation that I know of, but it's a small McGuff world so there is probably a distant connection. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here
