Former K Nick Lowery will be officially honored as the newest member of the Chiefs Hall of Fame during festivities at Chiefs Alumni Weekend. Lowery is the 39th member of this prestigious group and will be recognized at halftime of Sunday’s game vs. Dallas (10/11). The franchise’s all-time leading scorer, Lowery recorded 1,466 points in a Chiefs uniform.

“On behalf of our family and the entire Kansas City Chiefs organization, we are extremely pleased to welcome Nick Lowery into the Chiefs Hall of Fame,” Chiefs Chairman Clark Hunt said earlier this year in announcing Lowery’s selection. “Nick’s penchant for making long-distance kicks and his history of last-minute heroics in pressure-packed situations made him one of the most admired kickers in the National Football League. He is richly deserving of being recognized as one of the all-time greats in Chiefs history.”

Lowery is just the second kicker to be enshrined into the Chiefs Hall of Fame, joining K Jan Stenerud who was inducted in ‘92. Lowery spent 14 seasons with Kansas City (’80-93), playing in 212 regular season games. Only P Jerrel Wilson (15) played more seasons for the Chiefs and only G Will Shields (224) played in more games.

The three-time Pro Bowl performer established numerous Chiefs career and season records during his tenure. During his time with Kansas City, he converted 329 of 410 field goals (80.2%) and 479 of 483 PATs (99.3%). In addition to holding the Chiefs all-time scoring lead, he holds Chiefs career records for made field goals (329), PATs made (479) and PATs attempted (483). He owns the three longest field goals in Chiefs history, including 58-yard efforts at Washington (9/18/83) and vs. the L.A. Raiders (9/12/85). In total, Lowery made 20 FGs from 50 yards or more as a member of the Chiefs, by far the highest tally in team annals. He also registered a team-record 14 game-winning FGs during his tenure in Kansas City.

Lowery was also elected to three Pro Bowls, following the ‘81, ‘90 and ‘92 seasons. In ‘90, he connected on a Chiefs single-season record 34 field goals and 37 PATs for 139 points, the highest single-season total ever amassed by a Chiefs kicker. In total, Lowery played in 17 NFL seasons with New England (’78), Kansas City (’80-93) and the N.Y. Jets (’94-96).

The lone Chiefs player to ever hail from Dartmouth College, Lowery originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the N.Y. Jets in ‘78 before seeing his first game action with New England later that season. Before landing with Kansas City in ‘80, Lowery was cut 11 times by eight teams over a two-year period. He played in 260 career games during the course of his 17-year NFL career. He converted 383 of 479 field goals (80.0%) and 562 of 568 PATs for 1,711 points. He also saw action in eight postseason contests, connecting on eight of 12 field goals (66.7%) and 13 of 14 PATs for 37 points. Lowery’s 383 career made field goals rank eighth in NFL history while his 562 made PATs and 1,711 points are each ninth in league annals.

Lowery was an active member of the Kansas City community during his time in the Midwest. He earned the ‘93 Byron White Humanitarian Award for service to his team, community and country, the most prestigious award given by the NFL Players Association. Lowery’s “Kick with Nick” program for cerebral palsy was the longest running player fundraising program in the NFL during Lowery’s career and set the standard for other player fundraising programs throughout the league. The program, in which Lowery’s donations for each point he scored were matched by sponsors or pledges, raised nearly $1 million dollars and raised much needed public awareness for the condition. Lowery launched the program in honor of his Aunt Margaret, who was born with the condition, and his efforts were recognized on the national level when he received the National Award from United Cerebral Palsy. He later established the Adult Role Models for Youth (ARMY), an organization that recruits and trains high-quality adults for work with at-risk children. In ‘95, the John Hopkins Center recognized his ARMY program and asked him to expand it to include work with Native Americans. The program was renamed Native Vision and recognized by Oprah Winfrey as the best new program for Native Youth in ‘97.

The Munich, Germany native earned a degree in Government from Dartmouth and won the college’s first President’s Award. He worked for President Ronald Reagan in the White House Drug Abuse Policy office in ‘88. He helped President George H.W. Bush establish The Points of Light Foundation in ‘89. He served as an advisor to President Bill Clinton to help shape AmeriCorps in ‘93. Lowery was a two-time All-Ivy League selection for the Big Green, connecting on 22 of 36 field goals and a Dartmouth-record 51 PATs for 117 points.