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Kemp, who played with the AFL Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers from 1960-62, came to the Buffalo Bills via waivers from San Diego. All Kemp did for Buffalo from 1962-69 was propel the Bills among the elite in AFL, a league that would merge with the NFL in 1970. Kemp had the distinction of being the only quarterback to start at quarterback from the start of the AFL to its legal end in the AFL-NFL merger. He led his team in five of the AFL's ten championship games, winning two of his three with the Bills. In 1965, Kemp was awarded the AFL's Most Valuable Player Award in a season culminated by the Bills 23-0 Championship game victory over Kemp's old team, the San Diego Chargers. Kemp retired as the AFL's leading QB in Attempts (3,005) Completions (1,428), Yards (21,130) and also led all QBs by a wide margin in rushing TDs (40).
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