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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : American football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport.
		The American football field is often called the gridiron because the markings on the field resemble that type of grill that can be used to cook food over a fire.
		Both American football and soccer have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, and American football is directly descended from rugby football.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /American_football (3601 words)

	Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Football, in its American version, is a physically tough team sport that rivals baseball as the most popular athletic event for spectators in the United States.
		The rules of football have evolved over a long time, partly because American football can be directly traced to rugby and the modifications that Americans made to that sport to develop their own version.
		In the National Football League, both types of conversion plays are worth one point; in college play, kicking is worth one point, but advancing over the goal line by a run or a pass is worth two points.
	www.angelfire.com /pa/dchome/football.html (3161 words)

	American Football League - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The American Football League (AFL) was a professional league of American football that operated from 1960 to 1969.
		Of all the leagues that have attempted to challenge the dominance of the National Football League, the AFL was the only one to be truly successful.
		The American Football League took advantage of the burgeoning popularity of football by locating teams in major cities that lacked NFL franchises, and by using the growing power of televised football games (bolstered with the help of major network contracts, first with ABC and later with NBC).
	www.voyager.in /American_Football_League (3589 words)

	American Football League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The American Football League was a professional league of American football which operated from 1960 to 1969.
		Of all the leagues that have to challenge the dominance of the NFL it was the only one to truly successful.
		In 1966 the two leagues paved the way a merger by agreeing to operate a draft and to carry out a championship between the two league champions.
	www.freeglossary.com /American_Football_League (1365 words)

	Billy Cannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Abb "Billy" Cannon (born August 2, 1937) is an All-American and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner from Louisiana State University, and one of the American Football League's most celebrated combatants.
		In 1960, his signing by the Houston Oilers followed a fierce bidding war that began when Oilers owner Bud Adams met Cannon in the end zone following LSU's Sugar Bowl victory, and ended in court, with the AFL winning against the NFL.
		Cannon amassed 2,043 all-purpose yards in 1961, and led the league in rushing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Cannon (470 words)

	1960 American Football League Draft - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation 1960 American Football League Draft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The draft for the 1960 American Football League season was held in late 1959, shortly after the organization of the AFL.
		An additional draft of 20 rounds was held by the AFL on December 2.
		Often, AFL teams cooperated in signing draftees, allowing other teams in the league to sign their choices, to keep the players in the AFL; for example, Bill Mathis, whose "rights" belonged to the Broncos, but who signed with the Titans; Ron Mix, drafted by the Patriots, signed by the Chargers, etc.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/1960-American-Football-League-Draft.html (223 words)

	Canadian Football League
		Because of their influence on the league that was to become the genesis of modern professional football in the United States, some of those players are acknowledged here.
		Boston Patriots in 1960 and became one of only twenty players to play the entire ten tears of the AFL, and one of only three to spend their entire AFL career on the same team.
		Buffalo Bills in 1962, when he was the first American Football League player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, (1,096 in a 14-game schedule), earning him league MVP honors.
	www.conigliofamily.com /CanadianFootballLeague.htm (1262 words)

	Remember the AFL
		The American Football League was the only league in North American pro sports ever to have merged with another major league and have all its teams continue to exist.
		Further, the league championships were evenly divided: five were won by Western Division teams, five by the Eastern Division; and of the original eight teams, all but two (Denver and Boston) won at least one AFL title, and only one did not make the playoffs at some time during the league's ten-year existence.
		It was, after all, a whole league of "expansion teams." But there were teams in the NFL in 1960 which would have found it rather difficult to achieve winning seasons in either of the AFL divisions.
	www.remembertheafl.com /AFL.htm (2410 words)

	Current Biography Excerpts: Football
		Many football fans were shocked when, in one of his first moves as the team's owner, he abruptly ousted Tom Landry, the only coach in Cowboy history, in favor of Jimmy Johnson, a brash college coach who had been Jones's teammate at the University of Arkansas in the early 1960s.
		Drafted after his junior year by the Detroit Lions, Sanders was named the NFL rookie of the year in 1989, and he has gained more than 1,300 yards rushing and has earned a starting spot in the Pro Bowl in each of his four seasons as the lone running back in the Lions' run-and-shoot offense.
		Drafted out of tiny Morehead State University in the first round of the 1979 draft by the then-struggling Giants, Simms showed promise as a rookie, but his potential seemed unlikely to be fulfilled as injuries forced him to sit out at least part of four successive seasons.
	www.hwwilson.com /currentbio/football.html (9786 words)

	American Football League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The American Football League is the only league in North American pro sports ever to have merged with another and have all its teams continue to exist, unlike the AAFC (or in a different sport and later era, the World Hockey Association merger with the National Hockey League).
		In an early attempt by the established NFL to disrupt the new league, Winter and the Minnesota group were lured away from the so-called "Foolish Club" and promised a franchise in the older league.
		Further, the league championships were evenly divided: five were won by Western Division teams, five by the Eastern Division; and of the original eight teams, all but two won at least one AFL title, and only one did not make the playoffs at some time during the league's ten-year existence.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/american_football_league (1817 words)

	History: Chronology (1940 to 1959) - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		A six-team rival league, the third to call itself the American Football League, was formed, and the Columbus Bullies won its championship.
		The league by-laws were revised to provide for playoffs in case there were ties in division races, and sudden-death overtimes in case a playoff game was tied after four quarters.
		The new league was named the American Football League, August 22. Buffalo, owned by Ralph Wilson, became the seventh franchise, October 28. Boston, owned by William H. Sullivan, became the eighth team, November 22.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/general/chronology/1940-1959.jsp (2619 words)

	Texans and Chiefs
		Athletic Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, Chris Burford was a master of sideline receptions for the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs.
		Haynes helped launch the AFL in 1960, when he was the fledgling league's first Most Valuable Player, and its first Rookie of the Year.
		McClinton played on three American Football League Championship teams and in two AFL-NFL World Championship games, the first, in which he was the first AFL player to score a touchdown, and the last, in which the Chiefs defeated the Vikings 23-7.
	www.conigliofamily.com /TexansChiefs.htm (3186 words)

	History of the American Football League - 1960
		The early AFL's ideal schedule was a consequence of the eight-team makeup of the league.
		The exciting 1960 Thanksgiving game between the AFL's Titans and Texans, played six years before the Cowboys of the other league played a Thanksgiving game, was the first of many such games for the AFL, which continued the tradition of exciting contests throughout its ten year existence.
		Because another league was in competition for the class of 1961's college stars, the American Football League draft for 1961 graduates was actually held in 1960, with a six-round telephone draft on November 23rd, that saw the Buffalo Bills select Auburn's Ken Rice as the overall first draft pick.
	www.remembertheafl.com /AFLhistory1960.htm (3804 words)

	About the USA > Sports > Football
		American football is a distinct type of football that developed in the United States in the 19th century from soccer and rugby.
		Football is played by school, college and professional teams and is one of the most popular American sports, attracting thousands of participants and millions of spectators annually.
		American football was made popular by teams representing colleges and universities.
	usa.usembassy.de /sports-football.htm (460 words)

	History continued (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Canadian Football league posed a minor threat in the 1950's, but they were later suppressed by the NFL's implementation of an early draft held in December each year.
		In 1959 the American Football League emerged as a rival establishment.
		Although the AFL's eight teams were in a state of disarray, the league scored some major victories in 1960 by outbidding the NFL for drafted players.
	www.uwm.edu /People/rschular/drafthisory2.htm (312 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Out of football in 1925, he was a starter again in '26 with the Independents of the first American Football League, featuring Red Grange.
		The '22 professional football season would be as disappointing for Buffalo fans as the baseball season had been because the All-Americans finished in ninth place with a 5-4-1 record.
		Neither the football nor baseball halls of fame have much information on Samuel (Mike) Wilson, who was born Dec. 2, 1896, in Edge Hill, Pa. The 5-foot-10, 167-pound end/blocking back graduated from Lehigh University and played briefly for the National League Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921 before turning to pro football.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=2sport (2902 words)

	The Continental League
		The Continental League was a proposed 8-team baseball league which never got off the ground but still had significant impact on baseball.
		After failing to reach indemnity agreements with the minor leagues whose cities it would be invading, the Continental League officially folded at a meeting in Chicago on August 2, 1960.
		But in 1960 the owners of the original 16 teams were holding all the cards, and they were not going to endanger their franchises.
	webpages.charter.net /joekuras/continental.htm (1309 words)

	CNNSI.com - Pro Football - Ex-AFL, wrestling star McDaniel dies - Friday April 19, 2002 11:09 PM
		He was born in Bernice, La., on June 19, 1938, and was a schoolboy football star at Midland (Texas) High School in the 1950s.
		The 5-foot-11, 280-pound McDaniel was selected by Los Angeles in the second round of the American Football League draft in 1960.
		By the end of his football career, McDaniel had already established himself as a big name in minor-league wrestling circuits around the country.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2002/04/19/wahoo_mcdaniel_obit_ap (624 words)

	Three Rebels Follow Manning As Second Day NFL Draft Picks :: The four total Ole Miss players drafted marks the most ...
		Stacy Andrews was taken by Cincinnati in the fourth round of the NFL Draft.
		A 5-11, 184 pounder from Natchez, Miss., Hutchins was picked by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round as the 173rd overall pick, while Anderson, a 6-4, 240 pounder from Jackson, Miss., went to the Houston Texans, also in the sixth round, as the 200th overall selection.
		The most Ole Miss players drafted in one year was 11 in 1960 when the National Football League and American Football League both had drafts.
	olemisssports.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/042504aaa.html (1132 words)

	American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
		Miles Wolff, the American Association commissioner, founded the first modern independent league when six cities in the Upper Midwest and Canada began play in the Northern League in 1993.
		Wolff served as the commissioner of the Northeast League from 2003-2004 and the Central League from 2002-2005.
		Moushon began his professional baseball career for a South Atlantic League franchise in Charleston, S.C., in 1988, moved to the Springfield (Ill.) Cardinals of the Midwest League in 1989 and got his first general manager post with the Watertown (N.Y.) Indians of the New York-Penn League in 1992.
	www.americanassociationbaseball.com /staff.html (960 words)

	American Football League - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		Of all the professional major league US teams in baseball, basketball, American football and ice hockey, which seven team names do not end with the letter 'S?' (goto)
		Which two English football league grounds are closest to one another?
		There are four county cricket grounds that are also football (league) grounds.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Sports/American-Football-League-11055.html (442 words)

	Player Bio: Kay Dalton :: Football
		Jackson was drafted in the second round of the 2005 National Football League draft by the San Diego Chargers and became the highest drafted pick in UNC's history.
		Dalton was named Region V Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.
		This is Dalton's fourth head coaching position, having served as head coach at Trinidad State Junior College (1959-60), Western State College (1961-65) and the Montreal Allouettes (1968-71) of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
	uncbears.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/mtt/dalton_kay00.html (934 words)

	Major League Baseball : News : Baseball Perspectives
		In 1960, he created the save for relief pitchers and in 1989, was inducted into the writers' wing of the Hall of Fame.
		There is no problem with parity in baseball, except for the fact that some people believe this was a concept that was merely lifted from the National Football League.
		The first half is history, and here's a look at how the major awards races in the American League stack up at the halfway point.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/perspectives.jsp (398 words)

	Wildcats in the NFL
		All-American Clarence Scott was the fourteenth selection in the 1971 draft.
		Lynn Dickey was drafted in the third round in 1971 by the Houston Oilers.
		The roster includes players in the National Football League (1920-), the fourth American Football League (1960-69), and the All-America Football Conference (1946-49).
	www.kstatefootball.com /nfl.shtml (1037 words)

	American Football League Quizzes and Trivia -- World's Largest Trivia Site!
		Test your knowledge of the National Football League with this quiz on the American Football Conference (AFC).
		Questions about the players and teams of the American Football league.
		A short quiz on the playoff games that took place in the American Football League during their existence from 1960 to 1969.
	www.funtrivia.com /ql.cfm?cat=11055 (458 words)

	Pro Football
		He led the league eight times from 1957 to 1965 in his spectacular career.
		, awarded to the champion of the Canadian Football League, was introduced in 1909.
		Ernie Nevers - Ernie Nevers Born: June 11, 1903 Football FB earned 11 letters in four sports at Stanford; played...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0771581.html (303 words)

	San Francisco Dragons
		It was named for Mary Kezar (pronounced KEE-zahr), who had left a large endowment for its construction to honor her mother and some uncles who had been prominent citizens of San Francisco.
		The 49ers occupied the stadium from their founding in 1946 until after the 1970 season, when they moved to Candlestick Park, now Monster Park.
		The Oakland Raiders also played their 1960 American Football League season at Kezar.
	www.sanfranciscodragons.com (335 words)

	NFL History
		I don't know how much learning about the history of the NFL or its teams will help you in preparing for your fantasy football draft but it can be very interesting reading.
		Fantasy Football Bookmarks is not in any way associated with the National Football League, any NFL Team or any NFLPA member.
		The parchment, inkwell and quill pen is a trademark of Fantasy Football Bookmarks.
	www.ffbookmarks.com /nflhistory.htm (235 words)

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