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In what year did the NFL and AFL complete their merger into one league?
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1970 uint256
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- sources
- , en.wikipedia.org, nfl.com (official history: 'the afl-nfl merger agreement of 1966 ... completed in 1970') and pro-football-reference afl history page, both giving 1970 as the year the merger was completed and the combined league began play as one nfl., nfl.com, "it's hard to imagine today's game without afl's impact": https://www.nfl.com/news/it-s-hard-to-imagine-today-s-game-without-afl-s-impact-09000d5d81235ee2, nfl.com, 'monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl' (https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl), states the merger was complete in 1970., nfl.com, 'monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl' — https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl, nfl.com, al davis, hall of fame owner of raiders, dies at age 82: https://www.nfl.com/news/al-davis-hall-of-fame-owner-of-raiders-dies-at-age-82-09000d5d822ed9f9, nfl.com, chronology of professional football (2024 record & fact book): https://operations.nfl.com/media/hfjn4oid/2024-record-fact-book-incl-supplemental.pdf, nfl.com, https://www.nfl.com/news/al-davis-hall-of-fame-owner-of-raiders-dies-at-age-82-09000d5d822ed9f9, nfl.com, https://www.nfl.com/news/it-s-hard-to-imagine-today-s-game-without-afl-s-impact-09000d5d81235ee2, nfl.com, https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl, nfl.com, https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl (states the nfl-afl merger was complete in 1970), nfl.com, monday night football at 50: https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl, nfl.com, monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl (https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl), nfl.com, monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl — https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl, nfl.com, monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl, https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl, nfl.com, ‘al davis, hall of fame owner of raiders, dies at age 82’ (https://www.nfl.com/news/al-davis-hall-of-fame-owner-of-raiders-dies-at-age-82-09000d5d822ed9f9), nfl.com, ‘al davis, hall of fame owner of raiders, dies at age 82’ (states that by 1970 the leagues were fully merged), nfl.com, ‘monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl’ (https://www.nfl.com/_amp/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl), nfl.com, ‘monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl’ (states the nfl–afl merger was complete in 1970), read 2026-09-26., nfl.com, ‘monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl’ (states the nfl–afl merger was complete in 1970)., nfl.com, ‘monday night football at 50: iconic broadcast has shaped nfl’ — https://www.nfl.com/news/monday-night-football-at-50-iconic-broadcast-has-shaped-nfl, nfl.com, ‘on this day in 1969, a brand-new nfl took shape’: https://www.nfl.com/news/on-this-day-in-1969-a-brand-new-nfl-took-shape-0ap3000001113428, operations.nfl.com, pro football hall of fame chronology (profootballhof.com/football-history/general-history-chronology-1960-to-1979) and wikipedia '1970 nfl season', pro football hall of fame, '1966' chronology (https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/football-history/1960-1979/1966), read 2026-09-26: it states that official regular-season play would start in 1970, when the two leagues would officially merge into one league with two conferences., pro football hall of fame, ‘moments in nfl history: championship trophy gets new, iconic name’ (https://www.profootballhof.com/news/moments-in-nfl-history-championship-trophy-gets-new-iconic-name), pro-football-reference (afl-nfl merger, pro-football-reference.com/history/afl-nfl_merger.htm), pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) afl-nfl merger history; corroborated by nfl.com's official history of the 1970 afl-nfl merger, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) and nfl.com franchise history pages, which state the afl and nfl completed their merger into one league in 1970., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) and nfl.com franchise/history pages, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) and nfl.com history pages, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) and nfl.com official history pages, both stating the afl-nfl merger was completed for the 1970 season., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) and nfl.com official history pages, both stating the merged nfl began single-league play in 1970, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com) and nfl.com team/history pages, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/about/merger.htm and league history pages), corroborated by nfl.com history of the afl-nfl merger, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history) and nfl.com history pages: the afl-nfl merger was agreed in 1966 and fully completed with the 1970 season, when the afl's ten teams joined the nfl to form one 26-team league organized into the afc and nfc conferences., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history) and nfl.com history: the afl-nfl merger agreement was signed in 1966, and the merger was fully completed with the 1970 season, when all teams began play in one unified nfl with two conferences (nfc/afc)., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/) and nfl.com history pages state that the afl-nfl merger, agreed in 1966, was fully completed for the 1970 season, when the afl's ten teams merged into the nfl to form the american and national football conferences., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/) and nfl.com history pages state the afl-nfl merger, agreed in 1966, was completed with full league unification for the 1970 season., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/), which documents that the afl-nfl merger, agreed in 1966, was completed with full league unification for the 1970 season, forming the nfl with the afc and nfc conferences., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/1970.htm) and nfl.com league history, pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/1970_afl_nfl_merger.htm) and nfl.com franchise history pages both state the afl-nfl merger agreement was announced in 1966 and took full effect for the 1970 season, when the two leagues formally combined into one league (creating the afc and nfc conferences)., pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/afl-merger.htm), pro-football-reference (pro-football-reference.com/years/1970/) and nfl.com history pages both document that the afl and nfl agreed to merge in june 1966, with the merger fully completed in 1970 when the afl's ten teams were absorbed as the american football conference (afc) and the nfl's existing teams formed the national football conference (nfc), producing one unified 26-team league starting with the 1970 season., pro-football-reference and nfl.com, pro-football-reference and nfl.com history: the afl and nfl merger, agreed to in 1966, was completed in 1970 when the leagues fully combined into one league (nfl) with two conferences (afc/nfc)., pro-football-reference and nfl.com official league history: afl-nfl merger agreement signed in 1966, full merger into one league completed in 1970., pro-football-reference, 'afl-nfl merger' (pro-football-reference.com/coaches/merger.htm): confirms the afl and nfl merger agreement was announced june 8, 1966, and the merger was completed with the first combined season played in 1970., pro-football-reference.com, pro-football-reference.com (afl and nfl league merger history), pro-football-reference.com (afl-nfl merger article) and nfl.com history section: merger agreed 1966, completed into one league in 1970., pro-football-reference.com (afl-nfl merger article) and nfl.com league history page, both stating the merger was completed for the 1970 season, pro-football-reference.com (afl-nfl merger); nfl.com official history, pro-football-reference.com (league history) and nfl.com (official history), both stating the merger was completed in 1970, pro-football-reference.com afl-nfl merger history: the afl and nfl agreed to merge in 1966, playing separate regular seasons through 1969, and completed the merger into one unified nfl with combined regular-season play and a single common draft starting with the 1970 season., pro-football-reference.com and nfl.com, pro-football-reference.com and nfl.com official league history, static.www.nfl.com, wikipedia, 'afl-nfl merger' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/afl–nfl_merger): agreed june 8, 1966; officially merged in 1970 into one league with two conferences, wikipedia, afl-nfl merger article (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/afl–nfl_merger), wikipedia, afl–nfl merger article (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/afl–nfl_merger), wikipedia, afl–nfl merger article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/afl–nfl_merger), wikipedia, afl–nfl merger article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/afl–nfl_merger, www.nfl.com, www.pro-football-reference.com, www.profootballhof.com
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#17821,970Pro-Football-Reference (pro-football-reference.com/history/1970.htm) and NFL.com league history
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