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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 ...
NFL Championship Game Ref. Eastern Division (1933–1949) American Conference (1950–1952) Eastern Conference (1953–1959) Western Division (1933–1949) National Conference (1950–1952) Western Conference (1953–1959) Year Champion 1933: 10 New York Giants: Chicago Bears: 1933: Chicago Bears [22] 1934: 11 New York Giants: Chicago Bears ...
W L T PCT DIV DPCT PF PA STK; Akron Pros† : 8 0 3 1.000 6–0–3 1.000 151 7 T2 Decatur Staleys: 10 1 2 .909 5–1–2 .833 164 21 T1 Buffalo All-Americans: 9
The American Professional Football Association is formed on September 17, 1920, at Canton, Ohio, with Jim Thorpe elected president. [1] The fourteen teams were mainly drawn from the Ohio League, Chicago Circuit, New York Pro Football League and other teams from the lower midwest.
In 2015 Sarah Thomas became the first full-time female official in NFL history. [29] In 2021 she became the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl. [30] On March 3, 2013, Lauren Silberman became the first woman to ever try out for the NFL when she appeared as a kicker at the NFL Regional Scouting Combine in Florham Park, New Jersey.
FRANCHISES: The first season, 1920, the American Professional Football Association had 14 teams, including two Tigers (Cleveland and Chicago). The Akron Pros, Decatur Staleys (later the Chicago ...
The team moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1921 and changed its name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the APFA changed its name to the National Football League (NFL). [1] [2] This list documents the franchise's completed seasons from 1920 to present, including postseason records and results from postseason games. [3] [4]
The 1920 APFA season was the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association, renamed the National Football League in 1922.An agreement to form a league was made by four independent teams from Ohio on August 20, 1920, at Ralph Hay's office in Canton, Ohio, with plans to invite owners of more teams for a second meeting on September 17, 1920. [1]