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AFL

1 American  

  1. American Federation of Labor.

  2. American Football League.

A.F.L. 2 American  
Or A.F. of L.

abbreviation

  1. American Federation of Labor.

AFL British  

abbreviation

  1. Australian Football League: the national body for Australian Rules football

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Brown said he believes there are currently gay and bisexual players in the AFL who remain closeted.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

"I played in the AFL for 10 years for the West Coast Eagles, and I'm a bisexual man," he wrote.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

After the Olympics, the stadium will become the home of AFL and cricket in Queensland.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

His family told local media he died surrounded by his children, in his apartment which overlooked the home of AFL in Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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