• The 1961 American Football League All-League Team was selected after the 1961 American Football League season by five separate entities: current AFL players...
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    All-Star game was the annual game which featured each year's best performers in the American Football League (AFL). The game was first played in 1961...
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    currently consists of 18 teams spread over Australia's five mainland states, with Tasmania to join the league as its 19th team in 2028. AFL premiership season...
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  • Australia in AFL Academy junior teams up to the age of 18, as more than two-thirds of all AFL Academy representatives have gone on to play at senior AFL level...
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  • three teams, all of which are in the Northeast, all four AFC East teams have historical rivalries among them, dating from their years in the AFL during...
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  •  San Diego The 1961 AFL Championship Game was a rematch of the first American Football League title game, between the Houston Oilers and the San Diego...
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  • Bills in 1961, and led the league with 10 interceptions, and was 2nd-Team All-AFL on defense. Middle linebacker Archie Matsos was 1st-Team All-AFL for the...
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  • All-AFL Team 1961 All-AFL Team 1962 All-AFL Team 1963 All-AFL Team 1964 All-AFL Team 1965 All-AFL Team 1966 All-AFL Team 1967 All-AFL Team 1968 All-AFL...
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  • tenth and final year of the independent ten-team AFL, a four-team playoff was held, with the second-place teams in each division traveling to play the winner...
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  • January 1961. List of American Football League players American Football League draft List of professional American football drafts "1961 AFL Draft Listing"...
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    Billy Shaw (category American Football League All-Time Team)
    He played in eight AFL All-Star Games and was named to the All-Time All-AFL Team. He made the All-Decade All-Pro football team of the 1960s. Shaw played...
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  • The AFL did not play an All-Star game after its first season in 1960, but did stage All-Star games for the 1961 through 1969 seasons. All-Star teams from...
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  • number of supporters of around half of existing AFL clubs. The notion of a Tasmanian team in the VFL/AFL competition had long been suggested, with multiple...
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    Charlie Hennigan (category American Football League All-Time Team)
    League (AFL). He played college football for the Northwestern State Demons. A five-time AFL All-Star, he was named to the AFL All-Time Team. Hennigan...
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  • Oilers Titans Bills Patriots Chargers Texans Raiders Broncos The 1961 AFL season was the second regular season of the American Football League. It consisted...
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    Bill Mathis (category New York Titans (AFL) players)
    carries in 1961 and was selected by his peers to the Sporting News 1961 AFL All-League team. He was an AFL Eastern Division All-Star in 1961 and 1963....
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    Boston Patriots, the team was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL in 1970 through the AFL–NFL merger. The Patriots...
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  • The 1961 New York Titans season was the second season for the team in the American Football League (AFL). The Titans finished with a record of 7–7. Note:...
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    The 2024 AFL season was the 128th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition...
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    involving the teams with the best regular season records. The Houston Oilers won the first two AFL championships, in 1960 and 1961. The only other team to win...
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    AFL match between two non-Victorian teams. Brisbane won by a margin of 60 points, marking the club's fourth AFL premiership. Will Ashcroft of the Lions...
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    were named to the Western Division's team for the AFL All-Star game, and six to the Associated Press 1961 All-AFL Team, with four receiving both honors....
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  • Pennsylvania. The 1961 NFL draft and the 1961 AFL Draft were separate drafts, and players could end up being drafted by both leagues. The 1961 NFL Draft, which...
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  • season schedule, which the NFL adopted in 1961 (increased from 12 games), exactly one year after the AFL's inaugural season. Players' last names on the...
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  • final official NFL or AFL championship game pre-AFL-NFL merger were played in 1969. This list counts all seasons since a team last won the Super Bowl...
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    although the team does have two championships from its early years in the AFL. During their tenure in Tennessee they have defeated all 31 other franchises...
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  • Vegas in 2020). These four teams have remained in the AFL/AFC West since its inception, and are currently the only teams in the division. Largely because...
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  • third in the AFL's Western Division. The 1961 Broncos set a modern pro football record with 68 giveaways, more than any other team in AFL or NFL history...
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    AFL All-Star, Cannon led the league in rushing and all-purpose yards in the 1961 season. He was named the most valuable player of the first two AFL championship...
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  • Cowboys, signed by the Buffalo Bills of the AFL. Inducted: Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 1999. 1961 American Football League draft "NFL Draft Locations"...
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