After two unimpressive years with the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL, Glick joined the Houston Oilers in 1961, where he made the most of his new opportunity.

A starting Safety for the majority of his Oilers career, Glick helped his new team win the AFL Championship.  He then began a three-year run as an AFL All-Star, with the middle campaign seeing Glick record an AFL-leading 12 Interceptions and earn a First Team All-Pro.  Glick played until 1966, when a back injury forced him out.  He would have 30 Interceptions for Houston.  He would also have 910 Return Yards. 

When the New England Patriots traded Leon Gray to the Houston Oilers in 1979 for a pair of Draft Picks, Gray’s linemate, John Hannah, famously quipped, "There goes our Super Bowl."

The Patriots did not win one until the next millennium, though to be fair, neither did the Oilers.  Gray was only with Houston for three seasons, but he was the same dominating presence at Left Tackle that he was in New England.  Gray helped the Oilers reach the 1979 AFC Championship, and he went to his third Pro Bowl and second First Team All-Pro.  Gray remained spectacular over the next two seasons, collecting another Pro Bowl and a First Team All-Pro, and the Oilers brass never had to worry about that position while he was there.

Before the 1982 Season, Gray was part of another curious trade when he was sent to New Orleans for Archie Manning. 

Ed Husmann was a seven-year NFL vet (six with the Chicago Cardinals and one with Dallas), with his last year coming in 1960.  After the Cowboys released him, Husmann found a new life in the AFL with the Oilers, and it would be the best run of his career.

Husmann aided the Oilers in retaining their AFL Title, and in the process, he was named to the All-Star Team and led the league in Sacks (8).  The Defensive Tackle was again an All-Star the next two seasons, with a First Team All-Pro coming in 1962 with a second Sack title (10) occurring.

He played until 1965, finishing out his career with a season in Edmonton of the Canadian Football League.  Husmann had 33 Sacks for the Oilers.

From Texas, and a product of TCU, Don Floyd was a Second Round Pick in both the NFL and AFL, and he opted to go to the AFL when the team that selected him, the New York Titans, traded him to the Houston Oilers.

Floyd was not a player who would dazzle you, but he was sound fundamentally in all aspects of defensive football.  The Defensive End was exceptionally agile, and in addition to his defensive duties, he was a great blocker on kicks.  Floyd was a key figure in Houston's two AFL Championship (1960 & 1961) and was twice named an AFL All-Star (1961 & 1962).

Injuries piled up in 1966, and two years later, he was forced to retire.