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

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The Little League That Could: A History of the American Football League ReviewI would describe this book more as a business history about the American Football League than as a traditional sports book. The author does a very good job of describing why this league survived while all the other leagues that attempted to compete with the NFL (including three prior AFLs) failed.
On-the-field action is described mainly in enough detail to support the history of the league's development. There is plenty of biographical data, mainly in the form of a couple of sidebars that punctuate each chapter. There are many anecdotes that help make the book a fun read.
There are no photos and no statistics, aside from those that may be quoted in the narrative. For that you'd have to go to a book like "Remember the AFL", for which this book makes a good pairing with.The Little League That Could: A History of the American Football League OverviewWearing 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 of the AFL and its unforgettable cast of characters, from Billy Cannon to Joe Namath to its "Foolish Club" of team owners, arrives on the 50th anniversary of the AFL's first season to recount the startling success of an upstart league that prevailed against long odds.

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