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The NFL players wanted Ed Meador—who was the president-elect of the NFLPA prior to the merger—to become president of the newly combined association while the AFL players wanted Jack Kemp. [30] The compromise was John Mackey of the Baltimore Colts, an NFL team before the merger, which was grouped with former AFL teams in the American ...
Five defunct NFL franchises (the Akron Pros/Indians, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bulldogs/Indians, Frankford Yellow Jackets, and Providence Steamrollers) had previously won NFL championships. The most recent franchise to become defunct was the Dallas Texans, which folded in 1952 after one season in the league. [7]
The NFL Alumni Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is composed of former National Football League (NFL) players, coaches, team staff members and associate members who work voluntarily to raise funds for youth-oriented causes and engage in hands-on service to foster the development of "youth through sports and sports through youth".
List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, A–K) List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, L–Z) List of Heisman Trophy winners; List of NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders; List of NCAA football records; List of NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks with at least 90 career passing touchdowns
Union president J.C. Tretter said the goal of the report cards was to help players understand more about the franchises they were weighing in free agency. Here are the full aggregate rankings from ...
Out of the 1,398 people who played in the AFL, this is how many played for X number of teams 1,099 players played for one AFL team. 239 players played for two AFL teams. 49 players played for three AFL teams. 10 players played for four AFL teams. 1 player played for five AFL teams.
For the first time in 14 years, the NFL Players Association has a new executive director. The NFLPA board of player representatives announced Wednesday that it elected Lloyd Howell as the union ...
The American Professional Football Association is reorganized at Akron, Ohio on April 30, 1921, with Joe F. Carr elected as new league president. [1] With the low entry barrier of a $100 membership fee, the number of teams balloons to 21. [1]