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Feb 5, 2021 · In the late 1950s, Lamar Hunt, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, was determined to make his mark in professional football. After years of unsuccessfully trying to buy or start a new NFL team, Hunt decided to start an entirely new league – the American Football League.
Nov 26, 2020 · Good luck finding a bigger dumpster-fire team in NFL history than the 1952 Dallas Texans, who lasted less than a year and bankrupted a millionaire -- but somehow managed a stunning Thanksgiving upset.
Oct 13, 2017 · In 1952, the first-ever major league team in any sport to call Dallas home was the Dallas Texans of the NFL. The Texans did not begin as a pro football team in Dallas. This franchise began...
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans. The team was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and now play in the National Football League (NFL). The team is not related to the earlier Dallas Texans NFL team that played for only one season in 1952.
Feb 28, 2024 · February 28, 2024 0. Claude "Buddy" Young signs his contract to play for the Dallas Texans in 1952. Carl E. Linde/AP. It’s no coincidence that professional football and baseball in Texas both...
Mar 11, 2022 · They took it and ran with it and dubbed themselves “The Foolish Club”. The new league began play in 1960. In the meantime, the NFL had softened its stance on expansion as oilman Clint W. Murchison was granted an expansion franchise in Dallas, which he named the Cowboys.
After Ted Collins sold the New York Yanks back to the NFL, a Dallas-based group led by a pair of young millionaires, Giles Miller and his brother, Connell, bought the team and the players and established the first Professional Football team in Texas, calling their team the Dallas Texans.
