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The American Football League 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
against a team made up of all-stars from the
other teams.
Because the games were played at the
end of the season, they occurred in the next
calendar year. Thus, the 1961 AFL All-Star
game (with players selected as all-stars for the
1961 season) was played on January 7, 1962; the
1962 game was played in January 1963, etc.
I don't (yet) have a full-squad photo, but below
are photos of 1961 AFL All-Star players from the
Dallas Texans and the San Diego Chargers, two
AFL-West powers that had heavy representaion in
the All-Star Game. |
