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1965

March 3:

American Football League Commissioner Joe Foss meets with Minneapolis lawyer Joseph Robbie in Miami, and Foss encourages Robbie to apply for an expansion franchise in Miami.

August 16:

AFL awards its first expansion franchise to Joe Robbie and TV star Danny Thomas for $7.5 million.

November 27:

Miami picks Kentucky quarterback Rick Norton and Illinois running back Jim Grabowski in the first round of the AFL’s college draft.

Timeline 1965-1969