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Australians in American football include not just a number of successful football code converts, but also a number of players with high profiles either before or as a result of their switching codes. In Australia , there is an almost equal fascination, among the media and general public, of players linked to the National Football League (NFL ...
601 players played in one AFL season. 282 players played in two AFL seasons. 142 players played in three AFL seasons. 92 players played in four AFL seasons. 76 players played in five AFL seasons. 79 players played in six AFL seasons. 43 players played in seven AFL seasons. 40 players played in eight AFL seasons; 26 players played in nine AFL ...
Pages in category "Australian rules football players that played in the NFL" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The bidding war for players between the AFL and NFL escalated in 1965. The Chiefs drafted University of Kansas star Gale Sayers in the first round of the 1965 AFL draft (held November 28, 1964), while the Chicago Bears did the same in the NFL draft. Sayers eventually signed with the Bears. [31]
The NFL consistently outdrew the AFL at the gate, especially in the AFL's first few seasons, thus ensuring that the older league's franchises remained considerably more lucrative enterprises compared to their AFL rivals. Nevertheless, NFL owners knew they did not have unlimited resources to wage a protracted bidding war with the AFL.
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List of Detroit Lions all-time roster (A–Las, Lat–Z) List of Green Bay Packers all-time roster; Houston Texans all-time roster; Indianapolis Colts all-time roster; Jacksonville Jaguars all-time roster; Kansas City Chiefs all-time roster; Las Vegas Raiders all-time roster; Los Angeles Chargers all-time roster; Los Angeles Rams all-time ...
The CFL and NFL competed for the same player pool in their earlier years before the CFL settled into a de facto (and from time to time formal) developmental role to its American counterpart. Dozens of professional players move between these codes' top professional leagues every year, making any attempt at a list incomplete at best.