In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we celebrate the birth of the Miami Dolphins. It took a South Dakota politician turned businessman and one of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities, bound together by their Lebanese heritage and interest in the gridiron, but professional football would come to (and stay) in The Magic City.

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