History



The Miami Dolphins are a Professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the eastern AFC (American Football Conference) which is called AFC East.

Miami joined the American Football League (AFL) when an expansion team franchise was awarded to lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas in 1965 for $7.5 million, although Thomas would eventually sell his stake in the team to Robbie.[ During the summer of 1966, the Dolphins' training camp was in St. Pete Beach with practices in August at Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport.