Lamar Hunt Jr. (born October 20, 1956) is an American businessman. Hunt is president and owner of the

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professional hockey team. He is the son of

Lamar Hunt Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American businessman most notable for his promotion of American football, soccer, and tennis in the United States. He was the principal founder of the American Football League (AFL) and ...

, grandson of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, and part of the founding and operating family of the

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NFL team.

Early life and education

Lamar Hunt Jr. was born to Lamar and Rose Mary Whittle Hunt on October 20, 1956. He grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he spent the first 11 years of his life. Lamar and Rose Mary Hunt separated when Lamar Hunt Jr. was five years old and divorced In the summer of 1963. His childhood was spent between both parents, his father and his father's new wife, Norma Knobel, whom he married in 1964 and his mother and her new husband, a Texas businessman named John David Carr. Hunt attended private school at

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, an all-boys school located in North

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. After graduating from high school, Hunt attended the

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(UCCCM). He received a Master of Arts in Counseling in May 2003 from Dallas Baptist University.

Music career

While in high school, Hunt studied with David Vornholt, a flutist from the

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. After graduating from the

in 1979, Hunt auditioned for the

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and became second flute in the orchestra. He also recorded an album at St. James Catholic Church in Liberty, MO of Bach's flute sonatas in 1990.

Professional career

Hunt runs four organizations (one non-profit and three commercial), all under the Loretto name. The Loretto Foundation is a Catholic-education-focused charitable organization. Loretto Commercial works to develop commercial projects in Kansas City. Loretto Sports Ventures is closely tied to the

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hockey franchise. Loretto Sports Ventures also purchased the Topeka RoadRunners, a

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team, that was then renamed Topeka Pilots in 2018. Loretto Properties is a commercial and residential real estate development company dedicated to building projects of all types. An affiliate of Hunt's Loretto Sports Ventures, LLC purchased the Missouri Mavericks ice hockey team in January 2015, which became the

in June 2017. Another affiliate of Hunt's Loretto Sports Ventures, LLC also purchased the

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(of the North American Hockey League) in 2018. Hunt renamed the team the Topeka Pilots and operated in Topeka for two seasons. In February 2020, the team was moved to Kansas City and renamed the Kansas City Scouts but did not play during the 2020-21 hockey season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, Hunt sold the team to a group in Amarillo Texas that re-branded the franchise as the Amarillo Wranglers. In addition to owning the Mavericks, Hunt is part of the founding and operating family of the

NFL team.

Civil suit for sexual assault

In 2000, Hunt settled a lawsuit in which he was accused of sexually assaulting his mentally disabled sister-in-law.

References

External links

Kansas City Mavericks Bio

Loretto Companies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Lamar, Jr. 1956 births Living people American flautists American philanthropists American sports executives and administrators Dallas Baptist University alumni Hunt family St. Mark's School (Texas) alumni Kansas City Mavericks University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music alumni University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty Converts to Roman Catholicism from Methodism American Roman Catholics 21st-century Roman Catholics