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2 unusual facts about Gene Mingo


Gene Mingo

That touchdown won the first-ever American Football League game, as the Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots.

In the 1961 season opener at War Memorial Stadium against the Buffalo Bills, Mingo threw two touchdown passes, from the halfback position, to help the Broncos win 22-10: a 50-yarder to Lionel Taylor in the first quarter, and a 52-yarder to Taylor in the third.



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