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- American_Football_League_draft abstract "The American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969) stocked its teams in two ways: Signing free agents (players whose contracts in other professional football leagues had expired, or who had no professional experience). Signing players from the previous year's college graduates.The latter option involved a \"draft\" in which each team selected players who then were not available for other teams to select. The draft for the 1960 season was actually conducted in late 1959, shortly after the formation of the league. Thereafter, American Football League drafts were conducted separately from the rival NFL through 1966. Starting in 1967, after the NFL agreed to merge with the AFL, the two leagues conducted a \"common draft\".In 1961 and 1962, the American Football League drafts were \"regional\". Teams were assigned broad geographical regions around their home city, and had \"rights\" to the players within those regions. This encouraged players to sign with \"home town\" teams, as well as providing fans with players with whom they had some familiarity. The AFL also tapped sources which the NFL had disdained: small colleges and all-black colleges.During the years in which the American Football League was in direct competition with the NFL for players (and fans), numerous star players chose to play in the AFL. The first and one of the most prominent of these was LSU All-American Billy Cannon, who went on to become an AFL All-Star both as a running back with the Houston Oilers and as a tight end with the Oakland Raiders. Other greats signed by the AFL in the years before the common draft included Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson (Dallas Texans); Jim Otto (Oakland Raiders); Lance Alworth, John Hadl, and Ron Mix (San Diego Chargers), Lionel Taylor (Denver Broncos); Billy Shaw (Buffalo Bills); Larry Grantham (New York Titans); Matt Snell and Joe Namath (New York Jets); Nick Buoniconti (Boston Patriots) and a host of others.".
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- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Abner_Haynes.
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- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Otto.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Joe_Namath.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink John_Hadl.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Johnny_Robinson_(safety).
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- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Lance_Alworth.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Larry_Grantham.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Lionel_Taylor.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink List_of_American_Football_League_players.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink List_of_professional_American_football_drafts.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Matt_Snell.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink New_England_Patriots.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Jets.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Nick_Buoniconti.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Oakland_Raiders.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink Ron_Mix.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLink San_Diego_Chargers.
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLinkText "AFL draft".
- American_Football_League_draft wikiPageWikiLinkText "American Football League draft".
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- American_Football_League_draft subject Category:American_Football_League_draft.
- American_Football_League_draft subject Category:National_Football_League_draft.
- American_Football_League_draft type NCAATeamSeason.
- American_Football_League_draft comment "The American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969) stocked its teams in two ways: Signing free agents (players whose contracts in other professional football leagues had expired, or who had no professional experience). Signing players from the previous year's college graduates.The latter option involved a \"draft\" in which each team selected players who then were not available for other teams to select.".
- American_Football_League_draft label "American Football League draft".
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