AFL

C.I.O. beginning

• ___ -CIO

• '60s sports org.

• 1/2 of a union merger

• 1955 merger grp.

• 1955 merger half

• 1960s gridiron org.

• Al Davis was its second commish

• Athletic org. from 1960 until 1969

• Boston Patriots' org.

• Bygone gridiron org.

• C.I.O. partner

• CIO affiliate

• CIO merger partner

• CIO's companion

• CIO's labor mate

• CIO's union partner

• Defunct football grp.

• Defunct gridiron org.

• Erstwhile grid grp.

• Former football sports org.

• Former gridiron org.

• Former labor org.

• Former sports org.

• George Meany was once its president

• Gompers' group

• Gompers' org.

• Gompers's grp.

• Gp. once led by Samuel Gompers

• Gridiron org.

• Group founded by Samuel Gompers: Abbr.

• Grp. founded by Gompers

• Half a labor grp.

• Half of a 1955 labor merger

• Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr.

• Half of a noted 1955 merger (or, half of a noted 1970 merger)

• Half of a noted 1955 merger: Abbr.

• Insurance giant, on the NYSE

• It joined with the CIO

• It merged with the CIO in 1955

• It united with the C.I.O.

• Its first pres. was Samuel Gompers

• IWW rival

• Jets org., once

• Jets' former gp.

• Jets' gp.

• Jets' one-time org.

• L.A. Chargers' group

• Labor group

• Labor org.

• Len Dawson's initial league

• Merged gridiron gp.

• Merged gridiron org.

• Merged sports gp.

• N.Y. Jets' one-time org.

• Namath put it on the map: Abbr.

• National athletic assn.

• New York Dragons org.

• New York Jets' org., once

• New York Jets' org., until 1969

• New York Titans' org.

• Old pigskin org.

• Old sports org.

• One side represented in Super Bowl I

• Org. for Joe Namath

• Org. for the Rush and the Crush

• Org. founded by Samuel Gompers

• Org. in a 1955 merger

• Org. in Super Bowls I to IV

• Org. led by Gompers

• Org. started in 1886 in Columbus, Ohio

• Org. whose first champs were the Houston Oilers

• Orlando Predators' grp.

• Part of a '55 union merger

• Pigskin org. of the 1960s

• Pre-merger Super Bowl side

• Pt. of a 1955 merger

• Samuel Gompers org.

• Samuel Gompers's gp.

• Sports org. disbanded in the late 1960s

• Sports org., 1960-69

• Super Bowl III winner's org.

• Superbowl I side

• Tax mos.

• The Spokane Shock's org.

• The Titans were in it: Abbr.

• Trade-union org.

• Union abbr.

• Union in a '55 merger

• Union initials

• Union inits.

• Union inits. starting in 1886

• Union letters

• Union org.

• Winner of Super Bowls III and IV

• Workers' grp.

• Workers' grp. founded 1886

• Workers' org. founded by Samuel Gompers

• Workmen's org.

• A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955