From 1955 to 1996, the United Press International gave two annual Rookie of the Year awards in American football. One was given to the rookie of the year in the old National Football League (NFL), most of whose teams in 1970 became the National Football Conference (NFC) of the new NFL. The other award was given to the rookie of the year in the old American Football League, whose teams in 1970 became the American Football Conference (AFC) of the new NFL.

[edit] AFL Rookies of the Year

Season	Player	Team	Position
1960	Abner Haynes	Dallas Texans	HB
1961	Earl Faison	San Diego Chargers	DE
1962	Curtis McClinton	Dallas Texans	FB
1963	Billy Joe	Denver Broncos	FB
1964	Matt Snell	New York Jets	FB
1965	Joe Namath	New York Jets	QB
1966	Bobby Burnett	Buffalo Bills	HB
1967	George Webster	Houston Oilers	LB
1968	Paul Robinson	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
1969	Greg Cook	Cincinnati Bengals	QB

[edit] AFC Rookies of the Year

Season	Player	Team	Position
1970	Dennis Shaw	Buffalo Bills	QB
1971	Jim Plunkett	New England Patriots	QB
1972	Franco Harris	Pittsburgh Steelers	RB
1973	Boobie Clark	Cincinnati Bengals	RB
1974	Don Woods	San Diego Chargers	RB
1975	Robert Brazile	Houston Oilers	LB
1976	Mike Haynes	New England Patriots	DB
1977	A.J. Duhe	Miami Dolphins	DE
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston Oilers	RB
1979	Jerry Butler	Buffalo Bills	WR
1980	Joe Cribbs	Buffalo Bills	RB
1981	Joe Delaney	Kansas City Chiefs	RB
1982	Marcus Allen	Los Angeles Raiders	RB
1983	Curt Warner	Seattle Seahawks	RB
1984	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR
1985	Kevin Mack	Cleveland Browns	RB
1986	Leslie O'Neal	San Diego Chargers	DE
1987	Shane Conlan	Buffalo Bills	LB
1988	John Stephens	New England Patriots	RB
1989	Derrick Thomas	Kansas City Chiefs	LB
1990	Richmond Webb	Miami Dolphins	OT
1991	Mike Croel	Denver Broncos	LB
1992	Dale Carter	Kansas City Chiefs	CB
1993	Rick Mirer	Seattle Seahawks	QB
1994	Marshall Faulk	Indianapolis Colts	RB
1995	Curtis Martin	New England Patriots	RB
1996	Terry Glenn	New England Patriots	WR

[edit] See also

• UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
• Offensive Rookie of the Year (AP) (since 1967)
• Defensive Rookie of the Year (AP) (since 1967)
• Rookie of the Year (Newspaper Enterprise Association) (defunct)

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