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The Little League That Could: A History of the American Football League

By Ken Rappoport

Book information

Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Year
2010
ISBN
9781589794627, 9781589794634, 2010005837
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
357 kB (365579 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-02 05:05:33
NonfictionSPO015000Sports & Recreations

Description

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. This colorful history of the AFL and its unforgettable cast of characters, from Billy Cannon to Joe Namath to its "Foolish Club" of team owners, arrives on the 50th anniversary of the AFL's first season to recount the startling success of an upstart league that prevailed against long odds.

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