History Schmistory: August 14. Can’t get enough (US) Football?
Thursday, August 14, 2025 in History, History Schmistory, Learn!
1959: Founding of the American Football League (AFL), which lasted 9 seasons, then merged with the NFL as the AFC. The XFL wasn’t so lucky. Remember that? What a joke!
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By Keith Allison [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
