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The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten teams from four states, all of whom existed in some form as participants of regional leagues in their respective territories. The league took on its current name in 1922.
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.
The Super Bowl is also among the most-watched sporting events in the world, [11] with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the top five of Nielsen's all-time most-watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015. [12] The NFL is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.
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]
An anthology series on the history of the NFL is in the works. Game1, the sports content studio founded by Greg Economou and Basil Iwanyk, is teaming with Gifford Media Group to adapt Frank ...
Following the merger in 1970, the Super Bowl name continued as the game to determine the NFL champion. The most important factor of the merger was that all ten AFL teams joined the NFL in 1970, while all AFL Championship Games and records are included in NFL record books. The former NFL Championship Game became the NFC Championship Game, while ...
The NFL was born in the 1920s, but a famous tradition wasn't born until the league's teenage years. ... NFL Thanksgiving games: History of tradition, every team's record. Show comments.
A new book recounts the fascinating history of the USFL, and the role President Trump played in its downfall. Trump has wanted to be an NFL owner since 1981 [Video] Skip to main content