LIST OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS

The following is a list of players that played for the 1960-1969 American Football League.

Contents
Players
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
Coaches
Owners and Officials
Contributors
Notes
Player notes
Team notes
See also
External links

Players


A


Bud Abell

Ray Abruzzese

Ken Adamson

Tom Addison (Born 1936 4 year All-Star founder/1st Pres AFL Players Association)

Ben Agajanian (One of only two men who played in the AAFC, the AFL, and the NFL)

Harold Aiken

Ted Alflen

Bruce Alford

Don Allard

Buddy Allen

Chuck Allen

Dalva Allen

Don Allen

George Allen

Jackie Allen

Jim Allison

Buddy Alliston

Lance Alworth (born 1940, holds all-time record for most games, career, with over 200 yards receiving [5], AFL MVP 1963)

Dave Ames

Billy Anderson

Dick Anderson

Max Anderson

Ralph Anderson

Lou Andrus

Houston Antwine (born 1939)

Jim Apple

Scott Appleton

Fred Arbanas (born 1939)

Dan Archer

Ray Amstrong

Doug Asad

Jack Atchason

Billy Atkins

Pervis Atkins

Al Atkinson

Frank Atkinson

George Atkinson

Joe Auer

Hank Autry

Ken Avery

Joe Avezzano
B


Gene Babb

Martin Baccaglio

Jay Bachman

Teddy Bailey

Bill Baird

Art Baker

Johnny Baker

Larry Baker

Ralph Baker

Pete Banaszak

Tony Banfield

Estes Banks

Al Bansavage

Joe Barbee

Rudy Barber

Stew Barber

Charley Barnes

Ernie Barnes (born 1938)

Larry Barnes

Pete Barnes

Walt Barnes

Bob Barrett

Jan Barrett

Al Barry

Odell Barry

Jim Barton

Glenn Bass

Norm Bass

Ted Bates

Mike Battle

Walter Beach

Byron Beams

Pete Beathard

Al Beauchamp

Joe Beauchamp

Tom Beer

Dave Behrman

Tom Beier

Jim Beirne

Bobby Bell

Eddie Bell

Henry Bell

Joe Bellino

George Belotti

Ceasar Belser

Al Bemiller

Phil Bennett

Duane Benson

Ron Berger

Bill Bergey

Frank Bernardi

Ed Bernet

Lee Bernet

Royce Berry

Elvin Bethea

Randy Beverly (born 1944, intercepted two passes in the end zone in Super Bowl III)

Verlon Biggs

Fred Biletnikoff

Rodger Bird

Dan Birdwell

Joe Biscaha

Sonny Bishop

George Blanda (born 1927, AFL MVP 1961)

Sid Blanks

Phil Blazer

Hubert Bobo

Dewey Bohling

Johnny Bookman

Emerson Boozer

Nate Borden

Ron Botchan

Jim Boudreaux

Tommy Boutwell

Max Boydston

Garland Boyette

George Boynton

John Boynton

Danny Brabham

Phil Brady

John Bramlett

Mel Branch

Solomon Brannan

Hezekiah Braxton

Don Breaux

Bob Breitenstein

Jim Brewington

Bobby Brezina

Bob Briggs

Marlin Briscoe (born 1945, first black in modern era to play, and then start, at quarterback, 1968 AFL)

Jon Brittenum

Bob Brodhead

J.W. Brodnax

Tom Brooker

Bob Brooks

Aaron Brown

Barry Brown

Bill Brown

Charley Brown

Charlie Brown

Don Brown

Doug Brown

Fred Brown

Hardy Brown (One of only two men who played in the AAFC, the AFL, and the NFL)

Willie Brown

Charlie Browning

Claude Brownlee

Dick Brubaker

Charlie Brueckman

Bob Bruggers

Sam Brunelli

Fred Bruney

Bob Bryant

Buck Buchanan (1940 - 1992)

Tim Buchanan

Tom Buckman

Ed Budde (born 1940)

Bill Budness

Tom Budrewicz

George Buehler

Gary Bugenhagen

Drew Buie

Fred Bukaty

Frank Buncom

Nick Buoniconti

Jerry Burch

Chris Burford (born 1938)

Bobby Burnett (born 1943, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1966)

Ode Burrell

Leon Burton

Ron Burton (1936 - 2003)

Gerry Bussell

Bob Butler

Bernie Buzyniski

George (Butch) Byrd (born 1941)
C


John Cadwell

Johnny Cagle

Dan Callahan

Jim Campbell

Ken Campbell

Stan Campbell

Woody Campbell

Justin Canale

Whit Canale

Joe Cannavino

Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-League as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969)

Bob Cappadona

Gino Cappelletti (born 1934, AFL MVP 1964, AFL's All-Time Leading Scorer)

Wray Carlton

Al Carmichael

Paul Carmichael

Reg Carolan

Don Carothers

Ken Carpenter

Preston Carpenter

Ron Carpenter

Levert Carr

John Carrell

Ed Carrington

Jim Carroll

Johnny Carson

Kern Carson

Larry Carwell

Rick Casares

Tim Casey

John Cash

Tom Cassese

Carmen Cavalli

Ronnie Caveness

Grady Cavness

Dan Chamberlain

Edgar Chandler

John Charles

Carl Charon

B.W. Cheeks

Don Chelf

George Chesser

Jim Cheyunski

Ed Chlebek

Max Choboian

Steve Chomyszak

Dick Chorovich

Dick Christy

Earl Christy

Don Churchwell

Tom Cichowski

Jack Clancy

Howard Clark

Hagood Clarke

Bobby Clatterbuck

Doug Cline

Dave Cloutier

Bert Coan

Gene Cockrell

Don Coffey

Abe Cohen

Jim Colclough (1936 - 2004)

Fred Cole

Al Coleman

J.C. Collins

Ray Collins

Dick Compton

Dan Conners

Greg Cook (born 1946, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1969)

Ed Cooke

Bob Coolbaugh

Thurlow Cooper

Jim Corcoran

Olie Cordill

Walt Corey

Jerry Cornelison

Bruce Coslet

Dave Costa

Paul Costa

Jim Cox

Larry Cox

Eric Crabtree

Dobie Craig

Gary Crane

Paul Crane

Hilton Crawford

Jim Crawford

Ken Criter

Bobby Crockett

Monte Crockett

Bill Cronin

Bobby Cross

Jim Crotty

Jake Crouthamel

Al Crow

Wayne Crow

Harry Crump

Doug Crusan

Larry Csonka (Miami Dolphin's all-time leading rusher, Super Bowl VIII MVP)

Walt Cudzik

Curley Culp

Ed Culpepper

Ed Cummings

Carl Cunningham

Dick Cunningham

Jay Cunningham

Mike Current

Gary Cutsinger
D


Frank D'Agostino

Mike D'Amato

Bill Danenhauer

Eldon Danenhauer

George Daney

Clem Daniels (born 1937, AFL MVP 1963))

Dave Daniels

Bill Darnall

Dan Darragh

Ben Davidson

Cotton Davidson

Pete Davidson

Bob Davis (American athlete)

Dick Davis

Jack Davis (Boston Patriots)

Jack Davis (Denver Broncos}

Marvin Davis

Bill Dawson

Len Dawson (born 1935, AFL MVP 1962)

Al Day

Tom Day

Bob Dee

Nick DeFelice

Dick Degen

Steve DeLong

Sam DeLuca

Gerry DeLucca

Guy Dennis

Al Denson

John Denvir

Don Deskins

Wayne DeSutter

Chuck DeVliegher

Willard Dewveall

Bill Diamond

Charley Diamond

Eldridge Dickey

Wallace Dickey

Bo Dickinson

John Diehl

Tony DiMidio

Tom Dimitroff

Tom Dimmick

Tony Discenzo

John Dittrich

Joe DiVito

Hewritt Dixon

Oliver Dobbins

John Dockery

Leon Dombrowski

Marty Domres

Tom Domres

Gene Donaldson

Roger Donnahoo

Ben Donnell

Al Dorow

Dick Dorsey

Al Dotson

Bob Dougherty

John Douglas

Dick Doyle

Elbert Drungo

Elbert Dubenion (born 1933)

Mitch Dudek

Mike Dukes

Jim Dunaway

Randy Duncan

Rick Duncan

Speedy Duncan

Charlie Dupre

Pete Duranko

Ken Dyer
E


John Eason

Rick Eber

Booker Edgerson

Randall Edmunds

Lloyd Edwards

Jim Eifrid

Mike Eischeid

Larry Eisenhauer

Larry Elkins

John Elliott

Roger Ellis

Paul Elzey

Frank Emanuel

John Embree

Hunter Enis

Bill Enyart

Pat Epperson

Bernie Erickson

Tom Erlandson

Terry Erwin

Don Estes

Bobby Evans

Dale Evans

Jimmy Evans

Norm Evans
F


Bill Fairband

Earl Faison (born 1939, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1961)

Stan Fanning

Dick Farley

Lonnie Farmer

Miller Farr (born 1943)

Curt Farrier

Joe Farrier

John Farris

Staley Faulkner

Paul Feldhausen

Dick Felt

Ralph Felton

Lane Fenner

Charley Ferguson

Gene Ferguson

Howie Ferguson

Manny Fernandez

Orlando Ferrante

Howard Fest

Jim Fetherston

Dan Ficca

George Fields (athlete)

Jerry Fields

Garry Finneran

Roger Finnie

George Fleming

Billy Fletcher

George Flint

Tom Flores (born 1937), first Hispanic quarterback in professional football, 1960. Later coach of the Oakland Raiders, winning two Super Bowls.

Charlie Flowers

Don Floyd (born 1938)

Don Flynn

Wayne Fontes

Fred Ford

Garrett Ford

Fred Forsberg

Gene Foster

Sid Fournet

Bobby Fowler

Charlie Fowler

Jerry Fowler

Willmer Fowler

Jason Franci

Jack Frantz

Jim Fraser

Al Frazier

Charley Frazier

Curt Frazier

Wayne Frazier

Willie Frazier

Dick Frey

John Frongillo

Charley Fuller

Tom Funchess

Jim Furey

Tom Fussell
G


George Gaiser

Bob Gaiters

Chon Gallegos

R.C. Gamble

Bob Garner

Carl Garrett (born 1947, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1969)

Drake Garrett

J.D. Garrett

Mike Garrett

Gary Garrison

Larry Garron

Chuck Gavin

Jack Gehrke

Roy Gerela

Claude (Hoot) Gibson

Cookie Gilchrist (born 1935, AFL MVP 1962)

Fred Gillett

Jon Gilliam

Scotty Glacken

Bob Gladieux

Glenn Glass

Howard Glenn

Freddy Glick

Gary Glick

Art Gob

George Goeddeke

Pete Gogolak

Alan Goldstein

Austin (Goose) Gonsoulin (born 1938)

John Gonzaga

Tom Good

Tom Goode

Doug Goodwin

Bobby Gordon

Cornell Gordon

Gene Grabosky

Garry Grady

Art Graham

Kenny Graham

Milt Graham

Rufus Granderson

Hoyle Granger

Larry Grantham (born 1938)

Willie Grate

White Graves

Jim Gray

Moses Gray

Dave Grayson (born 1939, all-time American Football League interception leader, 47)

Gary Greaves

Charlie Green

Jerry Green

Johnny Green

Ted Greene

Tom Greene

Charlie Greer

Jim Greer

Ben Gregory

Ken Gregory

Bob Griese

Jim Griffin

John Griffin

Bill Groman

George Gross

Lee Grosscup

Sam Gruneisen

Pat Gucciardo

Dick Guesman

Paul Guidry

John Guillory

Don Gulseth

Harry Gunner

Buzz Guy

Louis Guy

John Guzik
H


John Hadl (born 1940)

Mike Haffner

Roger Hagberg

Mac Haik

Galen Hall

Ken Hall

Ron Hall

Kim Hammond

Charley Hardy

Ed Harmon

Darrell Harper

Jack Harper)

Dick Harris

James Harris (born 1947, first black in modern era to start a season at quarterback, 1969 AFL)

Jim Harris

Jimmy Harris

John Harris

Pete Hart

Jim Harvey

Waddey Harvey

Johnny Hatley

Art Hauser

Wayne Hawkins

Jim Hayes

Luther Hayes

Ray Hayes

Wendell Hayes

Abner Haynes (born 1937, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1960, American Football League MVP 1960, over 12,000 career all-purpose yards.)

Sherrill Headrick

Don Healy

Gene Heeter

Don Heinrich

Bob Heinz

Jerry Helluin

Karl Henke

Carey Henley

Tom Hennessey

Charlie Hennigan (born 1935, first professional football player to catch more than 100 passes in a season (101, 1964).)

Dan Henning

Bill Herchman

Joe Hergert

Dave Herman

Dick Hermann

Don Herndon

Ken Herock

George Herring

Mike Hibler

Bo Hickey

W.K. Hicks

Jim Higgins

Walt Highsmith

Dave Hill

Jack Hill

Jim Hill

Jimmy Hill

Mack Lee Hill

Winston Hill (born 1941)

Glen Ray Hines

Jimmy Hines

Dalton Hoffman

Jon Hohman

Al Hoisington

Gus Hollomon

John Holmes

Pat Holmes

Robert Holmes

E.J. Holub (born 1938)

Gordy Holz

Harry Hooligan

Jerry Hopkins

Roy Hopkins

Roy Hord

Bob Horton

Ken Houston

Bobby Howard

Bobby Howfield

John Huard

John Huarte

Marv Hubbard

Brad Hubbert

Floyd Hudlow

Mike Hudock

Bill Hudson

Bob Hudson

Dick Hudson

Jim Hudson

Gene Huey

Bill Hull

Buddy Humphrey

Bob Humphreys

Bobby Hunt

Jim Lee Hunt (born 1938)

Billy Hunter

Chuck Hurston

Ed Husmann

Paul Hynes
I


Cosmo Iacavazzi

Ray Ilg

Jerry Inman
J


Bob Jackson

Charlie Jackson

Frank Jackson

Rich Jackson

Frank Jackunas

Harry Jacobs

Proverb Jacobs

Ray Jacobs

Jack Jacobson

Harry Jagielski

Robert James

Dick Jamieson

Al Jamison

Bobby Jancik

Charlie Janerette

Tom Janik

Pete Jaquess

Jon Jelacic

Luther Jeralds

Bill Jessup

Gene Jeter

Billy Joe (athlete) (1963 American Football League Rookie of the Year)

Pete Johns

Billy Johnson

Bob Johnson

Curley Johnson

Daryl Johnson

Dick Johnson

Ellis Johnson

Essex Johnson

Jack Johnson

Jim Johnson

Koe Johnson

John Henry Johnson

Preston Johnson

Rich Johnson

Mark Johnston

Stone Johnson

Charlie Joiner

Curtis Jones (San Diego Chargers)

Ezell Jones

Gene Jones

Henry Jones

Jimmy Jones (Denver Broncos)

Jimmy Jones (New York Jets)

Jimmy Jones (Oakland Raiders)

Willie Jones (Buffalo Bills)

Willie Jones (Houston Oilers)

Larry Jordan

Bob Joswick

Don Joyce

L.C. Joyner

Fred Julian
K


Karl Kaimer

Bob Kalsu (1945 - 1970, one of two former pro football players to die in the Viet Nam War)

Larry Kaminski

Emil Karas

Joe Katchik

Jim Kearney

Bill Keating

Tom Keating

Rex Keeling

Ed Kelley

Mike Kellogg

Bob Kelly

Jack Kemp (born 1936, AFL MVP 1965) -- later a prominent politician

Charlie Kempinski

Charlie Kendall

John Kenerson

Greg Kent

Randy Kerbow

Bob Keyes

Jimmy Keyes

Ed Khayat

Jim Kiick ("Butch Cassidy" to Larry Csonka's "Sundance Kid")

Bill Kimber

Billy Kinard

Keith Kinderman

Howard Kindig

Bill Kindricks

Charley King

Claude King

Don King

Henry King

Tony King

George Kinney

Gary Kirner

Dick Klein

Jack Klotz

Kochman Roger

Dave Kocourek

John Kompara

Bob Konovsky

Ed Koontz

Ed Kovac

Walt Kowalczyk

Joe Krakoski

Karl Kremser

Bill Krisher

Alex Kroll

Gary Kroner

Bob Kruse

Ray Kubala

Frank Kuchta

Joe Kulbacki
L


Ernie Ladd (born 1939)

Mack Lamb

Ron Lamb

Gordon Lambert

Pat Lamberti

Pete Lammons

Daryle Lamonica (born 1941, AFL MVP 1967 and 1969) -- known as "the Mad Bomber"

Bobby Lane

Willie Lanier

Dan Lanphear

Bob Laraba

Jack Laraway

Dan LaRose

Carl Larpenter

Jack Larscheid

Bill Larson

Paul Larson

Bill Laskey

Ike Lassiter

Paul Latzke

Al Lawson

Jerome Lawson

Jim LeClair

Roger Leclerc

Monte Ledbetter

Bob Lee

Jacky Lee

Max Leetzow

Jim LeMoine

Bill Lenkaitis

Jack Lentz

Bobby Leo

Charley Leo

Cecil Leonard

Darrell Lester

Cotton Letner

Jerry Levias

Hal Lewis

Harold Lewis

Sherman Lewis

Keith Lincoln (born 1939)

Paul Lindquist

Hub Lindsey

Peter Liske

Floyd Little (born 1942)

Larry Little

Dale Livingston

Mike Livingston

Walt Livingston

Billy Locklin

Oscar Lofton

Mike London

Charley Long

Mike Long

Sam Longmire

Dean Look

Ed Lothamer

Billy Lott

Rommie Loudd

Tom Louderback

Angelo Loukas

Paul Lowe (born 1936, AFL MVP 1965)

Richie Lucas

Tommy Luke

Booth Lusteg

Fran Lynch

Jim Lynch
M


Dee Mackey

Jacque MacKinnon

Eddie Macon

John Maczuzak

Paul Maguire (born 8/22/1938, played in six of ten American Football League championship games.)

Billy Majors

John Mangum

Pete Mangum

Don Manoukian

Bobby Maples

Ed Marcontell

Marv Marinovich

Bob Marques

Jim Marsalis

Aaron Marsh

Frank Marsh

Blanche Martin

Bill Mathis (born 1936)

Pat Matson

Archie Matsos

Jack Mattox

Marv Matuszak

Doug Mayberry

Ben Mayes

Don Maynard (born 1935)

Jerry Mays (born 1939)

Bob McAdams

Carl McAdams

Mike McBath

Norm McBride

Richie McCabe

Ed McCall

Ron McCall

Brendan McCarthy

Mickey McCarty

Curtis McClinton (born 1939, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1962)

Kent McCloughan

Wayne McClure

Don McComb

John McCormick

Lloyd McCoy

Dale McCullers

Bob McCullough

Jim McCusker

Wahoo McDaniel

Gary McDermott

Ron McDole (born 1939)

Don McDonald

Gerry McDougall

Bud McFadin

Nyle McFarlane

George McGee

John McGeever

Dan McGrew

Don McKinnon

Bob McLeod

Art McMahon

Jim McMillin

John McMullan

Chuck McMurtry

Bob McNamara

Charley McNeil

Warren McVea

Ed Meixler

Mario Mendez

Mike Mercer

Dudley Meredith

Jim Mertens

Curt Merz

Ed Meyer

John Meyer

Rich Michael

Walt Michaels

Dave Middendorf

Pete Mikolajewski

John Milks

Alan Miller

Bill Miller

Bill Miller

Gene Mingo (first black field goal kicker in United States professional football, 1960.)

Tom Minter

Rex Mirich

Bob Mischak

Charley Mitchell

Ed Mitchell

Leroy Mitchell

Stan Mitchell

Tom Mitchell

Willie Mitchell

Bob Mitinger 1962 Chargers' team Rookie of the Year, later attorney for the American Football League Players Association, 1968-1969.)

Ron Mix (born 1938)

Mel Montalbo

Mike Montler

Alex Moore

Fred Moore

Leroy Moore

Zeke Moore

Mo Moorman

Doug Moreau

Fran Morelli

Dennit Morris

Jon Morris (born 1942)

Mercury Morris

Tom Morrow

Haven Moses

Rich Mostardi

Bobby Moten

Ed Muelhaupt

Horst Muhlmann

Nick Mumley

Lloyd Mumphord

Jesse Murdock

Bill Murphy

Chip Myers

Chip Myrtle
N


Joe Namath (born 1943, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1965, AFL MVP 1968 and 1969)

Jim Nance (born 1942, AFL MVP 1966)

Walter Napier

Bob Neff

John Neidert

Billy Neighbors

Benny Nelson

Ron Nery

Tom Neumann

Tom Neville

Steve Newell

Bobby Nichols

Mike Nichols

Pete Nicklas

Doyle Nix

John Nocera

George Nock

Tom Nomina

Karl Noonan

Jim Norris

Don Norton

Jim Norton (born 1938)

Rick Norton

Joe Novsek

Phil Nugent

Julian Nunamaker

R.B. Nunnery
O


Don Oakes

Carleton Oats

Tom Oberg

Tommy O'Connell

Sammy Odom

Joe O'Donnell

Dave Ogas

Paul Oglesby

Ross O'Hanley

Chip Oliver

Harold Olson

Johnny Olszewski

Jim O'Mahoney

Steve O'Neal

Bob O'Neil

Larry Onesti

Clancy Osborne

Gus Otto

Jim Otto (born 1938)

John Outlaw

Terry Owens
P


Joe Pagliei

Sam Palumbo

Nick Papac

Vito (Babe) Parilli (born 1930)

Ernie Park

Charlie Parker

Willie Parker

Bernie Parrish

Dennis Partee

Bill Pashe

Alan Pastrana

Herb Paterra

Wayne Patrick

Dainard Paulson

Johnny Peacock

Willie Pearson

Tom Pennington

Bill Perkins

Jim Perkins

Willis Perkins

Phil Perlo

Pete Perreault

Anton Peters

Frank Peters

Volney Peters

Bill Peterson

Bob Petrella

Bob Petrich

Gerry Philbin (born 1941)

Jess Phillips

Ed Philpott

Frank Pitts

Hugh Pitts

John Pitts

Dave Pivec

Dave Plump

Sherman Plunkett

Bobby Ply

Ed Podolak

Bob Poole

Willie Porter

Dickie Post (born 1942, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1967)

Art Powell

Charley Powell

Jesse Powell

Warren Powers

Gene Prebola

Jim Price

Sam Price

Billy Pricer

Bob Print

Errol Prisby

Ron Pritchard

Remi Prudhomme

Barry Pryor

Vic Purvis

Jack Pyburn

John Pyeatt

Palmer Pyle

George Pyne
Q


Frank Quayle

Jeff Queen

Steve Quinn
R


Warren Rabb

Bill Rademacher

Dennis Randall

Randy Rasmussen

Ray Ratkowski

Bert Rechichar

Rick Redman

Alvin Reed

Leo Reed

Roy Reeves

Tom Regner

Bob Reifsnyder

Dennis Remmert

Bob Renn

Larry Rentz

Al Reynolds

Billy Reynolds

M. C. Reynolds

Andy Rice

George Rice

Jim Richards

Perry Richards

Al Richardson

Bob Richardson

Gloster Richardson

Jeff Richardson

Jesse Richardson

John Richardson

Mike Richardson

Pete Richardson

Tom Richardson

Johnny Robinson (born 1938)

Paul Robinson (born 1944, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1968, only running back in pro football history to rush for 1,000 yards for a first-year expansion team.)

Paul Rochester (born 1938)

Tobin Rote (1928 - 2000, AFL MVP in 1963, only man to quarterback teams to a championship in both the NFL and the American Football League)

Jack Rudnay
S


George Saimes (born 1941)

George Sauer, Jr.

Bob Scarpitto

Henry Schmidt

Marty Schottenheimer

Harry Schuh

Ron Sellers

Tom Sestak (1936 - 1987)

Billy Shaw (born 1938, only non-NFL player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.)

Art Shell

Chuck Shonta

Dave Smith

Russ Smith

Matt Snell (born 1941, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1964, 121 yd, td in 3rd World Championship game.)

Len St. Jean

Bob Stein

Jan Stenerud

Mike Stratton (born 1941, tackled Keith Lincoln with ''"the hit heard 'round the world"''.)

John Stofa

Donnie Stone

Jerry Sturm

Walter Suggs

Bob Svihus

Walt Sweeney (born 1941)
T


Bob Talamini (born 1939)

Lionel Taylor (born 1935, first receiver with 100 catches in a season (1961).)

Otis Taylor (born 1942)

Steve Tensi

Emmitt Thomas

Gene Thomas

Charlie Tolar (1937 - 2003)

John Tracey (born 1933)

Frank Tripucka

Bob Trumpy

Jim Turner

Jim Tyrer (1939 -1980)
U


Olen Underwood

Gene Upshaw -- later head of the NFL players association

Jim Urbanek

Herm Urenda
V


Vern Valdez

Billy Van Heusen
W


Jim Wagstaff

Loyd Wainscott

Clarence Walker

Wayne Walker

Henry Wallace

Ron Waller

Fred Wallner

Ed Walsh

Sam Walton

Hal Wantland

Jimmy Warren

Russ Washington

Ernie Warlick (born 1932)

Don Webb

George Webster (born 1945, American Football League Rookie of the Year 1967)

Warren Wells

Willie West

Harvey White

Eddie Wilson

Jerrel Wilson

Nemiah Wilson

Ernie Wright

Dick Wood
Y


John Yaccino

Bob Yates

Bill Yearby

Bill Yelverton

Tom Yewcic

Dave Yohn

Mack Yoho

Bob Young

Joe Young

Sid Youngelman

Frank Youso
Z


Paul Zaeske

Carrol Zaruba

Rich Zecher

Bob Zeman

Coaches



Joel Collier

Weeb Ewbank (19071998) (Only man to coach teams to an NFL championship, an American Football League Championship, and a World Championship.)

Frank Filchock

Sid Gillman (19112003, coached the Chargers all ten years of the AFL.)

Mike Holovak

Harvey Johnson

Ray Malavasi (1930-1987)

John Rauch

Buster Ramsey

Clive Rush

Lou Saban

Hank Stram (19232005), coached the Texans/Chiefs all ten years of the AFL.)

Owners and Officials



Bud Adams ''Original'' Houston Oilers owner.

Al Davis (born July 4 1929) Assistant coach, head coach, Oakland Raiders owner.

Joe Foss (19152003) ''Original'' Commissioner.

Barron Hilton ''Original'' Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers owner.

Bob Howsam ''Original'' Denver Broncos owner.

Lamar Hunt (born August 2, 1932) ''Original'' Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs owner, league founder

Y.C. "Chet" Soda ''Original'' Oakland Raiders owner (with seven others).

Billy Sullivan ''Original'' Boston Patriots owner.

Lloyd C.A. Wells (19242005, first black full-time professional football scout).

Sonny Werblin New York Jets owner.

Ralph C. Wilson Jr. ''Original'' Buffalo Bills owner.

Harry Wismer ''Original'' New York Titans owner.

Contributors



Chris Berman (''ESPN'' announcer)

Larry Felser (''Buffalo Courier-Express'' reporter)

Curt Gowdy (''NBC-TV'') play-by-play announcer

Jack Horrigan (19261973, AFL Public Relations, author)

Jerry Magee (''San Diego Union-Tribune'' reporter)

Will McDonough (19352003, ''Boston Globe'' reporter}

Notes


Player notes

1,398 people played in the American Football League at one time or another. Out of those 1,398, this is how many played for X amount of years

★ 601 players played in one AFL season.

★ 282 players played in two AFL seasons.

★ 142 players played in three AFL seasons.

★ 92 players played in four AFL seasons.

★ 76 players played in five AFL seasons.

★ 79 players played in six AFL seasons.

★ 43 players played in seven AFL seasons.

★ 40 players played in eight AFL seasons

★ 26 players played in nine AFL seasons.

★ 17 players played in all ten AFL seasons.
''Please note''

Tom Flores was in the league all ten years, but sat out 1962 with injuries.

Jack Kemp was in the league all ten years, but sat out 1968 with injuries.

Paul Lowe was in the league all ten years, but sat out 1962 with injuries.
Team notes

Out of the 1,398 people who played in the AFL, this is how many played for X amount of teams

★ 1,099 players played for one AFL team.

★ 239 players played for two AFL teams.

★ 49 players played for three AFL teams.

★ 10 players played for four AFL teams.

★ 1 player played for five AFL teams.

See also



American Football League

American football

External links



List of players who played in the American Football League

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