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American Football League: A Year-By-Year History, 1960-1969
Author: Gruver, Ed
Paperback; Photographs, Diagrams, Appendix, Index
272 pages
Published: January 1998
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0786403993

Unable to buy into an existing team and rebuffed by National Football League owners who had no desire to expand, 27-year-old Lamar Hunt, the son of Texas billionaire H.L. Hunt, formed the American Football League in 1959. Unlike the NFL, the American Football League featured wide open offenses and innovative coaching strategies, capturing a new generation of fans dedicated to the leagueand its players. The AFL aggressively pursued college stars -- Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon in its inaugural season and Joe Namath in 1965. The eight teams signed a collective television agreement that split the money equally among the franchises, thus providing far more stability and balance than earlier start-up leagues. Based on interviews with owners, coaches, players, scouts, broadcaste


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