American Football League

The American Football League (AFL) was a professional league of American football that operated from 1960 to 1969. In 1970 the AFL merged operations with the National Football League. All ten AFL franchises became part of the merged league, which retained the NFL name.

AFL All Star games

The AFL did not play an All-Star game after its first season in 1960 but did stage All-Star games for the 1961 through 1969 seasons. All-Star teams from the Eastern and Western divisions played each other after every season except 1965. That season, the league champion Buffalo Bills played all-stars from the other teams.

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1960 - 1961 - 1969 - 1965 - Buffalo Bills

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After the 1964 season, the AFL All-Star Game had been scheduled for early 1965 in New Orleans' Tulane Stadium. After numerous black players were refused service by a number of New Orleans hotels and businesses, black and white players alike lobbied for a boycott. Under the leadership of Buffalo Bills players including Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist, the players put up a unified front, and the game was successfully moved to Houston's Jeppesen Stadium.

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1964 - 1965 - New Orleans - Boycott - Buffalo Bills - Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist - Jeppesen Stadium

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