AFL piece of the day...

Friday, August 28, 2009

by Steven Rotsart

AFL Memorabilia piece of the day...

Since the footbal season is among us a friend of mine, Todd Tobias, a football historian, started posting the AFL piece of the day to his friends. So with his help I pass this great information on...

Tobin Rote was signed by the Chargers out of the Canadian Football League in early 1963. At 35 years old, he was the oldest Chargers player by 6 years, but he brought veteran leadership and championship experience to the quarterback position. Rote ...led the Chargers to their only AFL championship title in 1963, and to a loss in the championship game the following year. He retired after the 1964 season (though he was briefly coaxed out of retirement by the Denver Broncos), and was replaced at QB by John Hadl. Hadl and flanker Lance Alworth, became one of the most dominant quarterback-receiver tandems in the history of pro football.