‘”The attitude of the NFL then was very conservative,” said Alliance native Charlie King, who with his brother, Tony, became the first black siblings during the modern era to play professional football on the same team after Buffalo took Charlie in the 1965 redshirt draft and Tony in 1966. “The NFL wanted to run the ball. The AFL brought in quarterbacks to throw the ball. They ran reverses, used motion before the snap. The NFL was 3 yards and a cloud of dust. … It was great seeing the changes.”‘