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The NFL players wanted Ed Meador—who was the president-elect of the NFLPA prior to the merger—to become president of the newly combined association while the AFL players wanted Jack Kemp. [30] The compromise was John Mackey of the Baltimore Colts, an NFL team before the merger, which was grouped with former AFL teams in the American ...
Five defunct NFL franchises (the Akron Pros/Indians, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bulldogs/Indians, Frankford Yellow Jackets, and Providence Steamrollers) had previously won NFL championships. The most recent franchise to become defunct was the Dallas Texans, which folded in 1952 after one season in the league. [7]
The NFL Alumni Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is composed of former National Football League (NFL) players, coaches, team staff members and associate members who work voluntarily to raise funds for youth-oriented causes and engage in hands-on service to foster the development of "youth through sports and sports through youth".
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game for defunct National Football League franchises. This list contains franchises sorted alphabetically from "Akron Indians/Pros" to "Frankford Yellow Jackets".
The American Professional Football Association is reorganized at Akron, Ohio on April 30, 1921, with Joe F. Carr elected as new league president. [1] With the low entry barrier of a $100 membership fee, the number of teams balloons to 21. [1]
Three years later, the team tried again, playing in the Ohio League from 1907 to 1919, not winning a championship, before becoming charter members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) which became the National Football League (NFL). The Panhandles are credited with playing in the first NFL game against the Dayton Triangles.
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Team also played in stadium from 1902 to 1908 prior to joining the NFL [26] [27] Bellevue Park: Green Bay Packers: Preble, Wisconsin: 1923 1924 Site of first Packers-Bears game [28] Frankford Stadium: Frankford Yellow Jackets: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1923 1931 [29] Sportsman's Park: St. Louis All-Stars, St. Louis Gunners: St. Louis ...