One of the AFL's early Stars. Led the new league in rushing as a Rookie with 875 yards and 9 rushing touchdowns in 1960. 4 time All-Star selection and 3 time All-AFL First Team. Returned kicks and punts as well as ran the ball. Played until 1967 and ended up as the American Football League's All-Time Total Combined Yards leader with 12,065 All-Purpose yards.
One of the AFL's early Stars. Led the new league in rushing as a Rookie with 875 yards and 9 rushing touchdowns in 1960. 4 time All-Star selection and 3 time All-AFL First Team. Returned kicks and punts as well as ran the ball. Played until 1967 and ended up as the American Football League's All-Time Total Combined Yards leader with 12,065 All-Purpose yards.
One of the AFL's early Stars. Led the new league in rushing as a Rookie with 875 yards and 9 rushing touchdowns in 1960. 4 time All-Star selection and 3 time All-AFL First Team. Returned kicks and punts as well as ran the ball. Played until 1967 and ended up as the American Football League's All-Time Total Combined Yards leader with 12,065 All-Purpose yards.
From North Texas State he was a 5th round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers but instead chose to play for the newly formed Dallas Texans in the American Football League. He ended up leading the AFL in rushing with 875 yards earning Player of the Year Honors for 1960.
Broncos - Oilers action from 1966 when he was Denver's leading rusher and receiver.
Also pictured for the Broncos are offensive lineman Bob Breitenstein (#76), John Gonzaga (#79) and Larry Kaminski (#59).
The Oilers are defensive lineman Johnny Baker (#84) and linebacker Pat Holmes (#79). Wilmer Hicks (#33) is in the left-background.
Hayes scored 2 touchdowns in a 40-38 victory that day.
Running through the Denver Broncos as veteran defensive lineman Ed Cooke reaches out to grab him.
He made the transition with the team as they changed from Dallas to Kansas City. Still holds the franchise record of 12,065 All-Purpose Yards in Career. Inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1991.
Here he scores against the Boston Patriots in 1965 when he was with the Denver Broncos. In his 8-year AFL career he scored 69 touchdowns.
From a 1961 publication previewing the upcoming football season. In 1961 he would lead the Texans with 841 yards and score a total of 12 touchdowns.
Texans runner Abner Haynes (#28), runs through the Oakland Raiders defense in 1962 AFL action. Also pictured are Raiders defensive players Charley Powell (#87), Alex Bravo (#47), Bob Garner (#28), and Riley Morris (#55). Texans pictured with Haynes - fullback Bo Dickinson (#32) & lineman Jon Gilliam (#65).
Some of the the Big Name Runners of the 1962 NFL season featured on the back cover of Charlie Conerly's 1962 All Pro Football magazine - the NFL's Jim Taylor & Paul Hornung along with Abner Haynes & Billy Cannon of the AFL.
The AFL's rushing touchdown leader for 3 straight seasons - 1960 to 1962.
Rookie Texan Abner Haynes carries in the 34-0 win over the Boston Patriots in 1960. Haynes would lead the league with 875 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns. Lots of Old School names in this picture. In the background is Texans QB Hunter Enis from TCU while on the ground Patriots All-Star linebacker Tom Addison gets tangled up with fullback Jack Spikes and guard Sid Fournet. Patriot linemen Jim Lee Hunt and Bob Dee are in pursuit as end Max Boydston blocks. Hunt a rookie in 1960, remained active throughout the entire existence of the AFL.
The Texans Abner Haynes scores one of his 5 touchdowns of the November 1961 game against the Raiders. Haynes had a career day setting an AFL record and tying an NFL record when he rushed for 4 scores and caught a pass for another all while racking up 242 yards from scrimmage. The poor Raider here is Gary Finneran of USC.
