The Pawtucket, Rhode Island native went was the Jets’ third-round choice in the 1964 AFL Draft out of the University of Buffalo. He also was the Detroit Lions’ third-round pick in the ...

1969 AFL Playoff format change. ... Liske then played four seasons in the Canadian Football League before signing with Denver in 1969 (Anderson; Sept. 22, 1969; p. 43).

1969: The AFL and NFL were still almost two years away from their full merger, and everyone assumed the NFL was still far superior. Not so fast, my friend.

A legendary NFL player from the Jets’ Super Bowl era has died. Gerry Philbin was 83 years old. The team called Philbin "the ...

Gabriel had a chance to play in the AFL with the Oakland Raiders, who selected him No. 1 in the 1962 AFL Draft, but chose the Rams, who took him at No. 2 in the NFL Draft that year.

For his pro career, Battle returned 53 punts for an average of 6.6 yards/return and 71 kickoffs at 23.1 yards/return. In 1970, the first season of the AFL-NFL merger, he led the Jets' new league with ...

Miller Farr, who was an all-star in the American Football League with the Houston Oilers and had a 10-year pro football career, has died at the age of 80. Skip navigation. ... He was an all-star ...