The American Football League Most Valuable Player award was an award given out by the American Football League. It was determined by voters of the Associated Press, the United Press International, and The Sporting News.

Contents

• Winners
• Gallery
• See also
• References
• External links

During the awards ten-year existence (1960–1969), the American Football League's best player for each year was called the "Most Valuable Player" by some sports-news sources and the "Player of the Year" by others, most notably with Sporting News. Three of the ten seasons saw a split MVP. The only three-way split occurred in 1963 with Lance Alworth getting the UPI vote, Tobin Rote getting the AP vote and Clem Daniels getting the Sporting News vote. ^[1] Daryle Lamonica was the only player to receive multiple AFL MVP awards in its ten-year history, being selected in 1967 and 1969. ^{[2] [3]} The awards by the major services are shown below.

Winners

Gallery

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  Abner Haynes (1960)
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  George Blanda (1961)
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  Cookie Gilchrist (1962)
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  Len Dawson (1962)
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  Tobin Rote (1963)
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  Lance Alworth (1963)
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  Clem Daniels (1963)
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  Gino Cappelletti (1964)
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  Paul Lowe (1965)
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  Jack Kemp (1965)
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  Jim Nance (1966)
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  Daryle Lamonica (1967)
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  Joe Namath (1968)
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  Daryle Lamonica (1969)

See also

• UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year

References

External links

• Carroll, Bob (1999). Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League . HarperCollins Publishers. p. 388. ISBN   9780062701749 . Retrieved June 6, 2022– via Internet Archive.
• "AP AFL Player of the Year Winners". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
• "UPI AFL Player of the Year Winners". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
• "Sporting News Player of the Year Winners". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 27, 2023.