HAPPY 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE NFL-AFL MERGER, TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE:

60th Anniversary

THE AFL-NFL MERGER AGREEMENT
June 8, 1966

After numerous secret meetings with Tex Schramm and Lamar Hunt, #NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces that his league will merge with the AFL — its bitter rival for the previous six years.

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— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) June 8, 2026

Flashback: Roger Goodell Killed the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.