(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1966 1972 1972 1973 2008 Miami Dolphins Team Formation After a lengthy absence, professional football returned to Miami after the American Football League awarded an expansion team franchise to lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas for $7.5 million. Robbie had originally wanted to establish the franchise in Philadelphia, but AFL commissioner Joe Foss suggested …