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AFL

1 American  
  1. American Federation of Labor.

  2. American Football League.


A.F.L. 2 American  
Or A.F. of L.
AFL British  

abbreviation

  1. Australian Football League: the national body for Australian Rules football

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cam Rayner of the Brisbane Lions celebrates on the field after his team won the AFL Grand Final, defeating the Geelong Cats at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

"My advice to the AFL would be, let's celebrate the players who may not be the most successful, but they're the most important players in our community."

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Brown said he believes there are currently gay and bisexual players in the AFL who remain closeted.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

After the Olympics, the stadium will become the home of AFL and cricket in Queensland.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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