Jack Kemp

Jack Kemp was an American quarterback and politician. After brief stints in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League he became a star of the American Football League, playing all ten of its seasons, serving as captain of both the Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers and the Buffalo Bills, and winning the league Most Valuable Player award in 1965 after leading the Bills to a second consecutive championship. He appeared in seven AFL All-Star games and five championship games, set many of the league career passing records and co-founded the AFL Players Association, serving five terms as its president. He later served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and was the 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee.