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  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.
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).
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.
www.remembertheafl.com /AFL.htm   (2614 words)

  
  American Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Football_League   (3460 words)

  
 Bob Griese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was a star quarterback for the Purdue Boilermakers who was drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins.
An American Football League All-Star in 1967 and 1968, he was the only quarterback in modern professional football history to lead his team to a perfect season and a league championship, in 1972.
Griese is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bob_Griese   (178 words)

  
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Drafted in 1961 by the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, Billy Shaw of Georgia Tech was the prototypical "pulling guard" who despite his size held his own against Hall of Fame defensive linemen like Ernie Ladd, Earl Faison and Buck Buchanan.
Shaw was a first-team All-American Football League selection five times (1962 through 1966) and second team All-AFL in 1968 and 1969.
He is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/b/bi/billy_shaw.html   (158 words)

  
 Tom Sestak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was a starter in his rookie year and, until a series of knee injuries slowed him down, he played without parallel in the American Football League.
Sestak was on the All-American Football League teams in 1963, 1964 and 1965 and was the cornerstone of a defense that took the Bills to AFL championships in 1964 and 1965.
He was selected as a member of the All-Time All-AFL Team, and to the American Football League Hall of Fame.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tom_Sestak   (298 words)

  
 Len Dawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Len Dawson (born June 20, 1935) was an American college and professional American football quarterback from Purdue University.
But in his first year in the American Football League, Dawson led his Dallas Texans to a double-overtime victory over the two-time defending American Football League Champion Houston Oilers.
He led the league out in glory, with his Kansas City Chiefs defeating the heavily-favored Minnesota Vikings, who, like the Colts of the previous year, had been touted as “the best team in pro football history”.
www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Len_Dawson   (327 words)

  
 Fred Biletnikoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was the first consensus All-American football player at the Florida State University.
He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on 30 July 1988.
Biletnikoff is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fred_Biletnikoff   (179 words)

  
 O. J. Simpson
Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), known by the initials O.J. and nicknamed The Juice, is a hall of fame former college and professional football player and film actor.
Simpson is perhaps now most famous for being accused of the 1994 killing of his wife and his acquittal in criminal court in 1995 after a lengthy and highly publicized trial.
Polled African Americans across the nation were largely unconvinced or felt that he had committed the crime but to convict would be to give a green light to police misconduct.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/o_/o__j__simpson.html   (1737 words)

  
 Kansas City Chiefs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The team is owned by Lamar Hunt, who founded the team along with their original league, the American Football League, in 1960.
The Texans/Chiefs franchise was the flagship team of the American Football League, with the most playoff appearances as an AFL team, six (tied with Oakland), the most American Football League Championships (3), and the most Super Bowl appearances, playing in the first Super Bowl, and in the last to be played between League champions.
They have the largest presence in the American Football League Hall of Fame, with 24 representatives, and they had just one coach throughout their AFL history, Hall-of-Famer Hank Stram.
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kansas_City_Chiefs   (2103 words)

  
 AFA Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The American Football Association announced today the names of those former semi-pro football players, coaches, executives and officials that will be honored with enshrinement into the national associations Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 4th in Chicago.
As part of the American Football Association’s “Silver Anniversary” celebration in Chicago the AFA will host a semi-pro football ‘Convention/Seminar/Trade Show’ on Saturday morning and afternoon June 4th prior to their 25th annual Hall of Fame Induction Dinner.
One of the reasons so many Mid-West regional footballers have been singled out by the AFA for HOF honors over the years is because in the past two and a half decades 4 Illinois teams have won American Football Association National Championships (1986-1992-1993-2001).
eteamz.active.com /minorleaguehalloffame/index.cfm   (1006 words)

  
 Pro Football Hall of Fame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football League's Hall of Fame.
The American Professional Football Association, which was later renamed to the National Football League, was founded in Canton.
The Canton Bulldogs was a successful NFL team during the first few years of the league.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_Hall_of_Fame   (324 words)

  
 Education Hall of Fame - George Blanda   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Blanda also holds the longest professional football career ever, with 16 NFL and 10 American Football League seasons and a total of 340 games.
He is one of only 20 players to play the entire ten years of the AFL, a member of the All-Time All-AFL Team, and of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
www.uky.edu /Education/hofamers/blanda.html   (186 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.
Burford is a 1974 inductee of the Chiefs' Hall of Fame.
Wilson is a 1988 inductee of the Chiefs' Hall of Fame.
www.conigliofamily.com /TexansChiefs.htm   (3740 words)

  
 Goose Gonsoulin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Austin William "Goose" Gonsoulin (born June 7, 1938 in Port Arthur, Texas) of Baylor University was a professional football player, one of the original Denver Broncos from the 1960 season.
At the end of his Bronco career, he was the all-time American Football League leader in interceptions with 43.
"Goose" Gonsoulin was selected to the second unit of the All-Time All-American Football League Team, and is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Goose_Gonsoulin   (226 words)

  
 Clem Daniels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was voted into Prairie View's Hall of Fame in 1992 and the California Black Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
Daniels was drafted in 1960 by the American Football League's Dallas Texans.
He was the All-Time leading rusher in the American Football League and was selected to the All-Time All-AFL Team.
www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Clem_Daniels   (250 words)

  
 American Football League Contributors
One of the banes of the early existence of the American Football League was misleading media coverage.
American Football League Hall of Fame who was not actively involved with the league or its reporting: he was 15 years old when the AFL ceased to be.
Felser covered every one of the first 37 Super Bowls, until his retirement, and was an impassioned advocate for American Football League players nominated to the pro football hall of fame, for which he served on the board of selectors.
www.conigliofamily.com /AFLcontributors.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Billy Shaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
William Lewis "Billy" Shaw (born December 15, 1938 in Natchez, Mississippi) was an American college and professional football player.
He played in eight American Football League All-Star Games and was named to the All-Time All-AFL Team.
He is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame and is the only player ever inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, without ever playing in the NFL.
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Billy_Shaw   (246 words)

  
 Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The BCAFL Hall of Fame was officially launched in 1997 after several months of consultation and research to help decide the most suitable initial entrants who were to form the Founding Class.
These were based on nominations from previous requests relating to the proposed BCAFL Roll of Honour and the nominations of those who have been involved with the League over substantial parts of its history.
Individuals are selected to the BCAFL Hall of Fame in recognition of major contributions to British University American football.
www.bcafl.org /halloffame   (113 words)

  
 Pro Football Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In conjunction with a week-long celebration honoring former quarterback Dan Marino, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is allowing the busts of all nine Miami Dolphins enshrinees to be brought to South Florida for display from Oct. 22-29.
DAVIE -- The Miami Dolphins are bringing a portion of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to South Florida as part of a celebration to honor former quarterback Dan Marino.
Included among the 11,147 items in the collection of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, are game balls signed by great teams of the past; jerseys from legendary players; programs and photos, helmets and uniforms - and, located in a prominent display on the Hall's main rotunda, one knee brace.
www.infothis.com /find/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame   (590 words)

  
 American Youth Football   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Members of the American Youth Football and Volunteers Hall of Fame are honored for their service to youth.
Joseph J. Tomlin was born of immigrant parents in 1902 in the coal-mining town of Shenandoah, Pa.
He played football for the major part of his life, beginning at age 8 in club leagues in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C. Jim was a Pop Warner coach and became athletic director and later executive director of the Salvation Army Boys' Club.
www.americanyouthfootball.com /hall_of_fame.cfm   (1168 words)

  
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American Football League, with the most playoff appearances as an AFL team, six (tied with Oakland), the most American Football League Championships (3), and the most Super Bowl appearances, playing in the first Super Bowl, and in the last to be played between League champions.
American Football League Hall of Fame, with 24 representatives, and they had just one coach throughout their AFL history, Hall-of-Famer Hank Stram.
Dante Hall ties league record with 4 kick-returns for touchdowns in a single season.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs   (1418 words)

  
 Home Page - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Class of 2007 enshrinee Michael Irvin received his Hall of Fame ring during a halftime ceremony of the Cowboys-Patriots game at Texas Stadium.
Class of 2007 inductee Roger Wehrli was presented with his Hall of Fame Ring as part of a halftime ceremony on Oct. 14.
Marshall Goldberg and Emmitt Thomas have been selected by the Hall of Fame's Seniors Committee as finalists for the Class of 2008.
www.profootballhof.com   (462 words)

  
 Floyd Little - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Floyd Douglas Little (born July 4, 1942 in New Haven, Connecticut) was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University.
Floyd Little was known simply as "The Franchise" in Denver, where he was the first No. 1 draft pick to sign with the Denver Broncos.
A charter member of the Broncos' Ring of Fame, in his fifth season, Little was the first Bronco to hold the rushing title, with 901 yds, and the next year was the first Bronco to eclipse 1,000 yds, gaining 1,133, the most in pro football.
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Floyd_Little   (260 words)

  
 The Ultimate Winston Hill - American History Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An offensive tackle from Texas Southern University, he started with New York’s American Football League franchise in the same year that they became the New York Jets, and went on to record the tenth-longest string of starts in pro football history, 174.
He was an American Football League All-Star in 1964, 1967,1968 and 1969, and a Pro Bowl selection in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973.
He was selected to the second-team All-time All-American Football League Team and is a member of the Texas Southern Sports Hall of Fame, the New York Jets All-Time team, and the American Football League Hall of Fame.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Winston_Hill   (176 words)

  
 Wahoo McDaniel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Edward Wahoo McDaniel (June 19, 1938 in - April 18, 2002 in Houston, Texas) a Native American who was a professional American football player turned professional wrestler.
He played linebacker for the American Football League's Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, New York Jets, and Miami Dolphins.
Wahoo McDaniel is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wahoo_McDaniel   (343 words)

  
 African Americans - Alan Cedric Page, African American football player who became the first defensive player to win the ...
African Americans - Alan Cedric Page, African American football player who became the first defensive player to win the Most Valuable Player award of the National Football League (NFL), for 1971.
He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1988.
In his 15 years of professional football, Page never missed a game, starting in 236 contests.
www.africanamericans.com /AlanPage.htm   (399 words)

  
 Larry Felser   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Felser covered every one of the first 37 Professional American football championship gamesSuper Bowls, until his retirement, and was an impassioned advocate for American Football League players nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, for which he served on the board of selectors.
As a Contributor, Larry Felser is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame/.
This was supposed to be a column about the pending rise of the New York Yankees, how they had healed themselves after their road trip into hell during which they won only three times in 12 games.
www.infothis.com /find/Larry_Felser   (189 words)

  
 Lance Alworth - Art History Online Reference and Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was an all-American Football League selection seven consecutive times, from 1963 through 1969 and is a member of the All-time All-AFL Team.
Alworth formed a formidable tandem with the Chargers' Hall of Fame quarterback John Hadl, and he was considered by many to be the best player at his position in all of professional football during the 1960s.
Alworth's citation in the American Football League Hall of Fame
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Lance_Alworth   (251 words)

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