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The Little League That Could

A History of the American Football League

By Rappoport, Ken

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Wearing borrowed uniforms, practicing on obscure college campuses, and led by a former Marine Corps W.W. II fighter ace as commissioner, the American Football League (AFL) debuted in the Fall of 1960 to challenge the monopoly of the well-established National Football League. Within ten years it had won two Super Bowls and had forced a merger with its rival, splitting the NFL into the National and American Football Conferences. Here Rappoport recounts the startling success of an upstart league that prevailed against long odds.

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978-1-58979-462-7
Publisher
Taylor


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Reviewed on August 1, 2010

Fifty years ago, eight wealthy businessmen started the American Football League (AFL) as a rival to the established NFL, setting off an explosive decade of growth for both leagues that ended with an immensely popular merged league of 26 teams governing the game. Sportswriter Rappoport covered the AFL and has conducted interviews with scores of original participants t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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