The American Football League a Year-By-Year History, 1960-1969

by Edward Gruver

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. He placed his team in Dallas, called them the Texans, and invited other young entrepreneurs to join him. The seven men who did called themselves members of the "Foolish Club," but on September 9, 1960, the AFL made its regular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786403993
• ISBN13: 9780786403998
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher