AFL
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AFL
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A.F.L.
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A.F. of L.
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AFL
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Sixty years ago, the rival NFL and AFL announced a merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The AFL and NFL finally had merged into one league.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Al Davis, who had recently become AFL commissioner, was out of a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
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
On August 11, 1919, the AFL granted a charter to the Boston Social Club, designating it as Boston Police Union No. 16,807.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Of course, Tasmania’s new A.F.L. team may decide not to name itself the Devils after all.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Yet Mr. McEntee moved aggressively to make A.F.L. funds available for political campaigns: more than $30 million in the 1996 and 1998 election cycles and more than $40 million in 2000.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
The A.F.L. had rarely endorsed a candidate during a contested Democratic primary, but Mr. McEntee believed it was important to consolidate the labor movement behind Mr. Gore.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
The team also drafted Eldridge Dickey, the first Black quarterback taken in the first round, in 1968, when the Raiders played in the A.F.L.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
"I've a good bit of influence with the A.F.L.," he said.
From A Poor Wise Man by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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