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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 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 ...
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".
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.
List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, A–K) List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, L–Z) List of Heisman Trophy winners; List of NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders; List of NCAA football records; List of NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks with at least 90 career passing touchdowns
The Hall of Fame defensive linemen is one of five directors for the NFL Legends Community, an organization launched in 2013 that provides valuable resources for more than 20,000 former players.
Moved location of teams to accurate locations (some were a few counties away, such as SF 49ers). Both LA and NY icons surround the actual location, so as to not completely overlap the icons. Used more detailed map from original source blank map
For the sake of simplicity, this list will only focus on national (non-regional, non-National Football League) outdoor (i.e., not arena football or leagues with similar rules) North American football teams not covered in other lists; i.e., the All-America Football Conference, the first three universally recognized as major incarnations of the American Football League, Continental Football ...