Tales from the AFL – Preserving the Legacy of the American Football League

I was bouncing around on Twitter recently when I came across an interesting post by Pro Football Journal that linked to an article on the Pro Football Journal blog. The article was titled, How Many Hall of Famers in These Screen Caps? Basically it showed two different images of a Rams vs. Colts game in 1966. The first two images showed Colts offense vs. Rams defense and Colts defense vs. Rams offense and asked how many Hall of Fame members (active players only, coaches and sideline players not included) could be counted on the two photos. Between the two photos there were 11 Hall of Fame members. The density of HOF players on those photos seemed rather high. At first I wondered if the AFL could offer a similar set of photos, but then I took that thought a step further. Fans often complain that too many of their favorite AFL players are worthy of induction, but have thus far been overlooked by the Hall of Fame. Along those lines, the Talk of Fame Network recently ran an exercise to determine the 10 best AFL players that are not in the Hall of Fame. But aside from listing individual names, is the AFL truly under represented in the Hall of Fame? […]