Vahe Gregorian: 'Joe Delaney Memorial Highway': New local tribute honors late Kansas City Chiefs hero Vahe Gregorian, The Kansas City Star Jun. 30—Befitting the shattering act of heroism that ended his life 38 years ago on Tuesday, Joe Delaney of the Chiefs has been honored, commemorated and appreciated many times over: — With a Presidential Citizens Medal bestowed by then-U.S. vice president George H.W. Bush in Delaney's home state of Louisiana weeks after he died in 1983 trying to save drowning children — despite the fact he couldn't swim — Inside Arrowhead Stadium, where he was inducted into the team's Ring of Honor in 2004; at his grave with its Biblically inspired message ("Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for another")