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1991 David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner for the New York Jets, dies at 81

1970 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3

1969 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25

1968 New York Jets win AFL championship

1968 New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game

1968 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24

1967 Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game

1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7

1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals

1967 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23

1967 Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game

1966 NFL and AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970

1966 NFL and AFL announce their merger

1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner

1966 AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19

1965 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game

1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)

1965 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14

1964 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game

1964 NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million

1964 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24

1963 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000

1963 AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets

1963 AFL's Dallas Texans become Kansas City Chiefs

1963 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14

1963 San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game

1962 Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game

1962 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27

1961 Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game

1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego

1961 Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL

1961 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16

1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game

1960 AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies

1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)

1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract

1960 AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact

1960 Oakland enters AFL

1959 Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of New York Titans (AFL)

1959 Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL

1959 AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, QB, Notre Dame

1959 Boston Patriots enters AFL

1959 AFL announced with 8 teams

1959 Buffalo Bills enter AFL

1959 AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver and Houston

1955 AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president

1955 U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO

1952 George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL

1952 William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79

1947 United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL

1941 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB, AFL leading passer 1967

1937 Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback, Oak, Dallas SF

1934 Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back, AFL Player of Year 1964

1913 Harry Wismer, born in Port Huron, Michigan, AFL owner, New York Titans

1906 Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback, Staten Island, New York Yanks, New York Giants

1904 Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach for the New York Giants

1896 AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City

1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president

1881 American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)



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