KANSAS CITY - The sea of red at Sunday night’s Chiefs-Colts game had one family standing out for a different reason.
Cole and Kayla Henry, along with a group of friends, showed up in yellow-haired hats as a tribute to Jack Henry, a retired Kansas City police officer who spent 25 years on the force and was also a die-hard Chiefs fan and season ticket holder since 1994.
Jack Henry had a habit of going beyond the usual game-day gear. According to his son, Colt Henry, that meant hunting down Chiefs items wherever he traveled.
“Anytime my dad was on vacation, he was always constantly looking for anything Chiefs-related, so when he saw some of these hats in Mexico that had the spiky yellow hair, he’s like, ‘Oh, I can wear that to the Chiefs game,'” Colt Henry, Jack’s son, said.
Jack Henry died from cancer in hospice care on Thursday. On Sunday, his family made sure he was still part of the experience in their own way.
“My buddies here decided to do a little ode to my dad,” Colt said. “As a matter of fact, that’s where the number here kind of comes from, is the 94.
This is one of the season ticket members’ gifts that the Chiefs gave him. So, yeah, we’re just kind of showing a little respect in memory to him.”
Kayla Henry said Jack Henry’s seat was kept in the family for the game, with his jersey draped over it.
“We have his seat ticket today and didn’t sell it, brought his jersey to hang over it [the seat] for the game,” Kayla Henry, Jack Henry’s daughter-in-law, said.
For Colt, the yellow, spiky-haired hats are more than a one-night tribute. He says he plans to carry that tradition forward.
“I know for him, there was a level of comfort knowing that he was going to pass along kind of the traditions and everything to me, and that maybe I would take the helm of everything he kind of started,” Colt said.
Colt told FOX4 he had one last chance to watch the Chiefs with his dad during Monday Night Football, when Kansas City beat the Broncos 31-10.
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