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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 ...
No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1923: Canton Bulldogs* 11 0 1 0.958 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1929: Green Bay Packers* 12 0 1 0.962 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1934: Chicago Bears: 13 0 0 1.000 1st NFL West Lost NFL Championship (13 ...
In 2018 Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer became the first all-female broadcast team to call an NFL game, which they did for an Amazon Prime stream of Thursday Night Football. [27] Shannon Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL game in 2012, in a pre-season matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers. [28]
Below is a list of professional football Championship Games in the United States, involving: the informal western Pennsylvania professional football circuit (WPC, 1890 to c.1910); the 1902 "National" Football League and the World Series of Professional Football (WSF, 1902–1903); the Ohio Independent Championship (OIC, 1903–1919);
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.
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
Dunn Field, the home stadium of the 1920 Cleveland Tigers. The Cleveland Tigers finished 5–2–2 in their 1919 season in the Ohio League. [1] After the 1919 season, representatives of four Ohio League teams—the Canton Bulldogs, the Tigers, the Dayton Triangles, and the Akron Pros—called a meeting on August 20, 1920, to discuss the formation of a new league.
1919 Cleveland Indians (NFL) season; 1919 Columbus Panhandles season; D. 1919 Dayton Triangles season; 1919 Decatur Staleys season; G. 1919 Green Bay Packers season; M.