Lamar Hunt Testifies in AFL's Anti-Trust Suit Against NFL
Feb. 26, 1962 - Lamar Hunt contended today that the NFL did not announce expansion plans in 1959 until after he had founded the American Football League. Hunt, the owner of the Dallas Texans in the American League, was the only witness to testify in U.S. District Court on the first day of the American League’s $10,080,000 antitrust suit against the NFL. He was on the stand for more than four hours. The suit accuses the NFL of monopolizing professional football. It includes a