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The American Football League, also known retrospectively as the AFL III to distinguish it from earlier organizations of that name, [1] was a professional American football league that operated from 1940 to 1941.
The 1940 AFL season was the first season of the third American Football League.The league was formed when the New York Yankees, Boston Bears, and Buffalo Indians were joined by the Cincinnati Bengals, Columbus Bullies, and Milwaukee Chiefs of the minor American Professional Football Association (the mass defection doomed the minor league).
American Football League, 1926, 1936–1937, and 1940–1941 (all unrelated, three separate leagues) California Winter League , [ 23 ] 1927–1928 Western Interprovincial Football Union , 1936–1960 [ 24 ]
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, ... 1936 and 1940 leagues, ...
The 1941 AFL season was the second and final season of the third American Football League.After deeming the 1940 season to be a success, the league made overtures of expansion, even going to the point of having a press conference to announce the addition of new teams (July), but when the press conference was held, the Boston Bears had withdrawn from the league and the new Detroit franchise ...
1940 American Football League season; 1941 American Football League season This page was last edited on 11 July 2017, at 00:25 (UTC). Text is ...
The American Football League (AFL) was a professional American football league that operated in 1936 and 1937. The AFL operated in direct competition with the more established National Football League (NFL) throughout its existence. [ 1 ]
Players for the third incarnation of the American Football League, sometimes known as "AFL III." Subcategories. ... New York Yankees (1940 AFL) players (1 C, 3 P)