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While the practice of professional and semi-pro teams playing college and amateur teams was common in the 1880s and 1890s, most notably with the establishment of a coalition of teams that operated from 1886 to 1895 in the New York metropolitan area called the American Football Union, in the 20th century college and professional football began ...
Sports teams in Virginia include several professional teams, but no professional major-league teams.Virginia is the most populous U.S. state without a major professional sports league franchise playing within its borders, although two of the major-league teams representing Washington, D.C.—the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals—have their practice facilities and ...
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship Foot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Soccer M W M W Emory and Henry Wasps: Emory and Henry University: Emory: SAC: Virginia State Trojans: Virginia State University: Ettrick: CIAA [a] Virginia Union Panthers: Virginia Union University: Richmond: CIAA: Virginia–Wise Cavaliers: University of ...
The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a professional American football minor league that operated from 1962 to 1973. Until 1969, many of its franchises had working agreements with National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) teams to serve as farm clubs. The league paid a base salary of $100 per game and had 36 ...
The American 7s Football League (A7FL) is a sports league in the United States which plays a seven-man version of gridiron football called American 7s Football. Launched in 2015, its games are played without football helmets or other protective equipment. [2] The A7FL is the only organized level of competition in American 7s football. [citation ...
The National Gridiron League (NGL) was a proposed gridiron football league. In 2022, after three years of postponed seasons, the organization rebranded as the United Football League (UFL)., [1] prior to the current UFL (formed from the merger of the 2020s USFL and XFL leagues). In 2024, the NGL resurfaced to claim to be launching in 2025.
New England Football League, 1936; Virginia-Carolina Football League, 1937; California Football League, 1938; Eastern Pennsylvania Football League, 1938; American Football League, 1938–1939 [26] Pacific Coast Professional Football League, 1940–1948; Northeast Football League, 1940–1942; Northwest War Industries Football League, 1942
The Empire Football League (EFL) is a semi-professional American football league with franchises based primarily in New York State. The league was established in 1969. Many franchises have come and gone including in locations such as Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Connecticut as well as Quebec, Montreal, and Ontario in Canada. In 2018 the league ...