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As a part-time scout for the AFL 's Kansas City Chiefs , he convinced Grambling defensive tackle Buck Buchanan to sign with the Chiefs in 1963. He also recruited defensive backs Jim Kearney and Emmit Thomas , and linebacker Willie Lanier . After becoming pro football's first black full-time scout, in a famous "babysitting" incident in 1965, he managed to get Hall of Fame receiver Otis Taylor ( Prairie View A&M ) away from the NFL's Dallas team. Wells' success was a catalyst for the older league to try to get up to speed in signing talented Black Players from small colleges, as the AFL had done from its inception. No less than eight of Wells' recruits made All-AFL during their pro careers. He had a major hand in staffing the Chiefs to enable them to win the fourth and last World Championship Game between the champions of the AFL and the NFL, in which they defeated the Vikings 23-7. Later in his career Wells was an advisor to Muhammad Ali and then to Tommy Hearns . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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