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{{short description|Official list of the American Football League's best players}}
The [[American Football League]] (AFL) All-Time Team was selected on January 14, 1970. The first and second teams were determined by a panel of members of the AFL's Hall of Fame Board of Selectors:<ref>{{cite news|title=All-Time AFL Team - OFFENSE |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=3249 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=All-Time AFL Team - OFFENSE (Second Team) |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=3251 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-07-14 |archive-date=2010-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229232124/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=3251 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=All-Time AFL Team - DEFENSE |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=3253 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=All-Time AFL Team - DEFENSE (Second Team) |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=3255 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-07-14}}</ref>

==Offense==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|{{0}}*{{0}}
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|Elected into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]  
|¤
|style="background-color:#FBCEB1"| {{0}}~{{0}}
|style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|  Hall of Fame Finalist <ref>{{cite web | work=Pro Football Hall of Fame.com | url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/yearlyfinalistsalltimealphabeticallisting.aspx| title=Finalist list | access-date= 2012-09-14}}</ref>  
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
!  style="width:15%;"|Position
!  style="width:25%;"|First Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?{{efn|Players who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in [[Canton, Ohio]]}}
!  style="width:45%;"|Second Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
|-
|align=center|[[Quarterback]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Joe Namath]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Len Dawson]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs|Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Running back]]
|[[Paul Lowe]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers|Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Abner Haynes]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs|Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Denver Broncos]], [[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|[[Clem Daniels]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Cookie Gilchrist]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]], [[Denver Broncos]], [[Miami Dolphins]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Wide receiver]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Lance Alworth]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Charlie Hennigan]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Houston Oilers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Don Maynard]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Art Powell (wide receiver)|Art Powell]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Titans (football)|New York Titans]],  [[Oakland Raiders]], [[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"| 1 time finalist
|-
|align=center|[[Tight end]]
|[[Fred Arbanas]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Dave Kocourek]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers|Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers]], [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Offensive tackle|Tackle]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Ron Mix]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Winston Hill]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|-
|[[Jim Tyrer]] ~<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"| 2 time finalist
|[[Stew Barber]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Guard (American football)|Guard]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Billy Shaw]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Walt Sweeney]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|[[Ed Budde]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Bob Talamini]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Houston Oilers]], [[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center|[[Center (American football)|Center]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Jim Otto]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Jon Morris]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Boston Patriots]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|}

==Defense==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
!  style="width:15%;"|Position
!  style="width:35%;"|First Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
!  style="width:35%;"|Second Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Defensive end]]
|[[Jerry Mays (defensive lineman)|Jerry Mays]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Rich Jackson]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Denver Broncos]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|[[Gerry Philbin]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Ron McDole]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]], [[Houston Oilers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Defensive tackle]]
|[[Tom Sestak]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|No
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Buck Buchanan]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|-
|[[Houston Antwine]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Boston Patriots]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Tom Keating (American football)|Tom Keating]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Oakland Raiders]], [[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="3"|[[Linebacker]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Nick Buoniconti]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Boston Patriots]], [[Miami Dolphins]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Dan Conners]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Bobby Bell]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Larry Grantham]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets|New York Titans/Jets]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|[[George Webster (American football)|George Webster]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Houston Oilers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Mike Stratton]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Cornerback]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Willie Brown (American football)|Willie Brown]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Denver Broncos]], [[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Butch Byrd]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|[[Dave Grayson]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Miller Farr]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Denver Broncos]], [[San Diego Chargers]], [[Houston Oilers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center rowspan="2"|[[Safety (American football position)|Safety]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|[[Johnny Robinson (safety)|Johnny Robinson]]* <small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Goose Gonsoulin]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Denver Broncos]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|[[George Saimes]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Buffalo Bills]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Kenny Graham (American football)|Kenny Graham]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|}

==Special teams==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
!  style="width:15%;"|Position
!  style="width:30%;"|First Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
!  style="width:40%;"|Second Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
|-
|align=center|[[Placekicker|Kicker]]
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[George Blanda]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Houston Oilers]], [[Oakland Raiders]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|[[Jim Turner (placekicker)|Jim Turner]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets]], [[Denver Broncos]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|align=center|[[Punter (American football)|Punter]]
|[[Jerrel Wilson]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[Kansas City Chiefs]])</small>
|align=center|No
|[[Bob Scarpitto]]<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers]], [[Denver Broncos]], [[Boston Patriots]])</small>
|align=center|No
|-
|}

==Coach==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
!  style="width:15%;"|Position
!  style="width:35%;"|First Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
!  style="width:35%;"|Second Team
!  style="width:7.5%;"|Hall of Fame?
|-
|align=center|Coach
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Weeb Ewbank]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[New York Jets]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| [[Sid Gillman]]*<small><!--  team(s) in parenthesis -->  ([[San Diego Chargers]])</small>
|align=center|Yes
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of American Football League players]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{AFL (1960 - 1969)}}
{{AFL1960s}}
{{NFL All-Decade Teams}}

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