How the 1966 NFL/AFL Merger Transformed Pro Football
by
Larry Felser
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
The year 1966 marked the birth of the National Football League as we know it, when owners in the NFL and the upstart American Football League agreed to an unprecedented merger, to take place at the start of the 1970 season. They also agreed to play, beginning at the end of the '66 season, a game between...