American Football League

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American football league professional sports league

The American Football League was a major professional football league that operated from 1960 to 1969 and rivaled the NFL before the two leagues merged.

Aliases (3)

AFL ×1
American Football League (1960–1969) ×1
American Football League (historical) ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football league → professional sports league →
activeSeasons	1960 → 1961 → 1962 → 1963 → 1964 → 1965 → 1966 → 1967 → 1968 → 1969 →
alsoKnownAs	AFL →
country	United States →
dissolved	1970 →
encouragedStyleOfPlay	wide‑open passing offense →
firstSeasonChampion	Houston Oilers →
hadTeam	Boston Patriots → Buffalo Bills → Cincinnati Bengals → Dallas Texans → Denver Broncos → Houston Oilers → Kansas City Chiefs → Los Angeles Chargers → Miami Dolphins → New York Jets → New York Titans → Oakland Raiders → San Diego Chargers →
inception	1960 →
influencedCompetition	Super Bowl →
introducedGame	AFL Championship Game → AFL–NFL World Championship Game →
lastSeasonChampion	Kansas City Chiefs →
ledToExpansionTeam	Cincinnati Bengals → Miami Dolphins →
legacy	establishment of modern Super Bowl era → integration of AFL teams into NFL →
level	major professional →
mergedInto	National Football League →
notableRuleInnovation	names on player jerseys → official scoreboard clock as game clock → two‑point conversion on touchdowns →
numberOfTeamsAtPeak	10 →
postMergerConsequence	NFL conference realignment → creation of American Football Conference →
rivalLeague	National Football League →
sport	American football →
televisionPartner	ABC → NBC →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AFL All-Star → AFL Championship Game → Billy Sullivan → Broadway Joe → East Division (AFL) → Houston Oilers → Joe Namath →	league
Denver Broncos–Kansas City Chiefs rivalry → Denver Broncos–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry → Kansas City Chiefs–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry → New England Patriots–New York Jets rivalry →	beganInLeague
Cincinnati Bengals → Denver Broncos → Denver Broncos–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry → New England Patriots →	originLeague
Buffalo Bills → Kansas City Chiefs–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry → Los Angeles Chargers →	formerLeague
NFL–AFL merger → Super Bowl I →	league2
Buffalo Bills–New England Patriots rivalry → Kansas City Chiefs–Las Vegas Raiders rivalry →	originatedInLeague
American Football League ("AFL") →	alsoKnownAs
Las Vegas Raiders–Los Angeles Chargers rivalry →	firstGameLeague
Lamar Hunt →	founded
American Football Conference →	foundedAs
East Division (AFL) →	governingBody
Joe Namath →	helpedLegitimize
New York Jets →	joinedLeague
Weeb Ewbank →	leagueCoachedIn
Don Maynard →	leaguePlayedIn
AFL Championship Game →	organizer
Las Vegas Raiders →	originalLeague
AFC →	originatedFrom
Buffalo Bills–New York Jets rivalry →	originLeagueContext
East Division (AFL) →	partOf
NFL–AFL merger ("American Football League (1960–1969)") →	predecessorLeague
Lamar Hunt Trophy ("American Football League (historical)") →	relatedLeague
AFL All-Star →	relatedTo