3 things you probably didn’t know about the Broncos

1965 Broncos uniforms#1. The origins of why they were originally yellow and brown with those hideous vertically striped socks

During the infancy of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960, several owners who had wanted to purchase an NFL expansion team were turned away from the established league and told that they were not going to expand. Until the AFL began, that is.

1960 Broncos electric football pieces home and away uniformsMeanwhile, five of those men had agreed to become owners of new AFL clubs. The fourth franchise granted was for Denver, Colorado. Today, the population is 2,862,000, but back then it was just over 809,000. The original owner was Bob Howsam who owned the Denver…