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Remember the AFL: Football historian Ange Coniglio on the American Football League's impact, legacy



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For decades, 86-year-old Ange Coniglio has been perhaps the foremost authority on and advocate for the achievements and legacy of the American Football League. The lifelong Buffalo Bills fan created his AFL website (remembertheafl.com) as an exhaustive repository for all manner of knowledge regarding the league — from the all-time AFL roster and a photo gallery of his personal AFL Hall of Fame to an AFL reading list, a memorabilia gallery, team histories, stats and more. Other AFL researchers point to Ange as the “godfather” of AFL history for his efforts — which have ranged from sending color film of the AFL to Sports Illustrated when the magazine would only run black-and-white AFL images, to writing letters to AFL legends including Lamar Hunt and Ralph C. Wilson.

With the passing of iconic Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson at age 87 on Aug. 24 (the day we originally posted this interview), honoring the legacy of the AFL is especially important.

In our interview, three days before his Aug. 21 birthday, Ange paints a colorful portrait of the men of that innovative league and their legendary exploits.

Originally available on our podcast channel (https://anchor.fm/geoff-giordano), this video version was created and posted on the first day of 2023 to commemorate the anniversary of the first AFL championship game on Jan. 1, 1961 (https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196101010oti.htm).

Remember the AFL: remembertheafl.com

Tales from the AFL (Todd Tobias): https://talesfromtheamericanfootballleague.com/

Remember the AFL Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/297706681489

AFL 1959-70 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/442714232814494

AFL Anthology Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/AFLAnthology
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