Remember the AFL

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The nineteen-sixties were a time of turmoil, vision, and change. The Cold War; the Kennedys; the race for the moon. Personally, it was the decade of my marriage, and the births of my children: in short, the best time of my life. In sports, too, the winds of change were blowing: goodbye, Bronko Nagurski, George Halas, three yards and a cloud of dust. Hello, Lance Alworth, Tom Sestak, Joe Namath and Johnny Robinson. So long to the Browns' orange pumpkins, hello to the Bolts!

The 'sixties: it was Camelot, it was the Beatles, it was Mare Tranquilitatis, it was "Aquarius": it was the AFL.