Meaning of today’s 50-year anniversary of NFL-AFL merger can’t be overstated. It was major turning point in football. — Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) June 8, 2016 “We were under a lot of ...

The Chiefs’ Super Bowl IV-winning lineup in 1970 featured 12 Black players among its 22 ... “I used to imagine some of the wild things you could do with a football,” he said. In the AFL, ...

Forty-five years have passed since the AFL’s final chapter was playing out in 1969, and a 10-team renegade league became a 13-team AFC in 1970, matching the 13-team NFC, all under the NFL umbrella.

Wednesday, November 19, 2003 NFL and AFL merge into single league By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com. June 8, 1966. Professional football's heated money war is over.

The AFL’s Skinny Football / The MMQB presents NFL 95 , a special project running through mid-July detailing 95 artifacts that tell the story of the NFL, as the league prepares to enter its 95th ...

The AFL was now defunct and they were now members of the National Football League. Times were a changing. ... Fifty Years of Patriots Football: The 1970's. Joe Gill Jun 7, 2018.

All the ways the Detroit Lions have suffered since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. Ryan Ford. ... The dawn of a new era in pro football actually started pretty well for the Lions.

Footy star who became the hero of one of the AFL's greatest grand final dies after helping revolutionise the game in retirement. Star wrote himself into footy folklore during 1970 grand final ...