The Little League That Could: A History of the American Football League

by Ken Rappoport

Book Overview

Wearing borrowed uniforms, practicing on obscure college campuses, and led by a former Marine Corps W.W. II fighter ace as commissioner, the American Football League (AFL) debuted in the Fall of 1960 to challenge the monopoly of the well-established National Football League. Within ten years it had won two Super Bowls and had forced a merger with its rival, splitting the NFL into the National and American Football Conferences. This colorful history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589794621
• ISBN13: 9781589794627
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"