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The Victorian Football League commenced as a formal entity in 1896 with the following 8 clubs:
Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Fitzroy (now the Brisbane Lions), Melbourne and South Melbourne (now the Sydney Swans).
In 1897, the competition began in earnest with Essendon being the Champions.
In 1990, the competition was nationalized to form the AFL, with the following line up of teams at the time:
Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Brisbane Bears, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney Swans, Footscray, Hawthorn, Richmond and West Coast Eagles.
There have now been many more interstate teams added since that time.
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Who were the first nfl team to lose to an afl team?
The New York Jets were the first AFL team to win a Super Bowl (SB III). After the merger, the first old AFL team to win the Super Bowl was the Miami Dolphins (SB VII).
In AFL were the goal posts ever square at the bottom?
No they wern't.
Have the Tennessee Titans ever won a championship?
The Tennessee Titans have never won a Super Bowl. But the team did win two AFL Championships in 1960 and 1961, when they were known as the Houston Oilers.
How did the Kansas City Chiefs become a team?
The Chiefs became a team when the AFL was formed and started out as the Dallas Texans.
What team has the most rushing yards since afl-nfl merger?
Steelers
