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In an effort to establish and promote American football in Europe, the Nite Hawks were the first professional team (pro or semi-pro) at any level to play American football on the European continent, as the team and league rival Chicago Lions played a 5 game tour in 3 countries during June, 1977.
The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. The Sporting News All-Pro team was voted on by NFL players and executives. The PFWA All-NFL team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.
[11] [12] Johnson was also named the American Football Conference's Defensive Lineman of the Year by the National Football League Players Association. [13] He again was named first-team All-Pro in 1981, and was second-team All-Pro in 1982. He was on Pro Bowl teams from 1980 to 1983.
Jackson compiled 5,087 yards from scrimmage (4,172 passing, 915 rushing) with 41 touchdown passes and another four TDs rushing for the 12–5 Ravens. Being named QB of the All-Pro first team makes ...
Each team played from 10 to 13 games per season during this period, and by 1945, the league had two five-team divisions, with each team playing a 10-game regular season schedule. In 1936, to select and assign graduating college players to particular Pro teams, the first Professional Football 'entry draft' was held.
The Hall of Fame game served as a kickoff to the 2009 season, which would have been the 50th season of play for the AFL had it survived as an independent entity. The 2011 (canceled), 2012, and 2016 (canceled) games were between two NFC teams. Normally, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game has an AFC and NFC matchup, but that is not always the case.
The Pro Volleyball Federation is a women's indoor volleyball league with eight teams: four in the midwest and two in the south and west each. As of its 2025 season , the minimum salary for a player is $60,000, with the league offering each player "benefits" worth $10,000, and an undisclosed amount of revenue sharing with their respective teams.
The team name and logo were revealed on August 21, 2019, as well as the teams uniforms on December 3, 2019. [3] On October 15, 2019, The Guardians announced their first player in team history, being assigned former Oakland Raiders Quarterback Matt McGloin. [4] Former Guardians Wordmark logo (2020) New York in action against Dallas in 2020