Samuel Gompers founded the AFL (American Federation of Labor)
Tom Wills
The oldest of the VFL/AFL teams is Melbourne which was founded in 1859.
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They were founded in 1994. Their first season in the AFL was 1995.
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Samuel Gompers
Richmond was founded in 1885. It joined the AFL (then called the VFL) in 1908.
goldcoast
Fremantle Dockers, and the new teams, West Sydney and Goldcoast - all teams of only the most recent of years. So, in essence, there have been no complete 'failures' in that respect. However, there are still two clubs which, despite their long VFL/AFL histories, have only won the flag once - St. Kilda Saints and the Western Bulldogs.
From what I have seen on the net the current AFL was founded in 1959. However two other AFL leagues were in existence before that with the first in 1926. They both folded due to poor revenue.
Lamar Hunt founded the Kansas City Chiefs in 1960 which was the first team in the new American Football League.