AFL-NFL DRAFT WAR HEATS UP
It had been four years now and although the AFL had its troubled franchises it still remained relevant in the way it went after collegiate talent. Consequently, the AFL-NFL draft war was in full flower by 1964.
The Chiefs, for some reason, always got the best of the NFL’s Detroit Lions when the two franchises competed for the same collegiate stars. It started in 1960 with the Lions number one pick, Johnny Robinson, who opted for Dallas. Four years later after moving to Kansas City, Lamar Hunt looked to snap up Detroit’s number one choice, quarterback Pete Beathard out of USC.