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The 1920 Buffalo All-Americans season was the franchise's inaugural season with the American Professional Football Association (APFA), an American football league, and fifth total as a team. The All-Americans entered 1920 coming off a 9–1–1 record in 1919 as the Buffalo Prospects in the New York Pro Football League (NYPFL).
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under multiple names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s. The early NFL-era franchise was variously called the Buffalo All-Stars from 1915 to 1917, [1] Buffalo Niagaras in 1918, [2] the Buffalo Prospects in 1919, [3] Buffalo All-Americans from 1920 to 1923, Buffalo Bisons from 1924 to ...
The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
Anderson signed on to play for the Buffalo All-Americans. In the 1920 APFA season, the inaugural season of the league, Anderson helped Buffalo to a 9–1–1 record, rotating between quarterback and running back with Tommy Hughitt. Anderson was the league's second leading scorer in 1920.
Buffalo All-Americans (1920) Stats at Pro Football Reference John Ambrose "Bodie" Weldon (November 7, 1895 – May 25, 1928) was a professional football player during the 1920s.
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The APFA had played a showcase game between the Canton Bulldogs and the Buffalo All-Americans at the Polo Grounds in December 1920; 20,000 spectators witnessed the contest, a strong crowd for the nascent league. The success of that game prompted the league to seek a New York City-based team for the 1921 season.