He formerly held the all-time tackles record for the Kansas City Chiefs, where he registered 999 career stops.

His single-season record of 157 tackles with the Chiefs, set in 1979, stood until 2002 when it was broken by Mike Maslowski.

[1] Daughter Shalin Spani played college basketball for the Kansas State University Wildcats from 2007 to 2010.

[2] She later married K-State star quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein.

[3] His third daughter, Tanis Spani, is a member of the Southwest Baptist University Lady Bearcat basketball team.