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American Football League (other)
American Football League is a name shared by several leagues, including: Major leagues *American Football League (1926), also known as AFL I (1926) *American Football League (1936), also known as AFL II (1936–37) *American Football League (1940), also known as AFL III (1940–41) *American Football League, also known as AFL IV (1960–1969), merged with National Football League in 1970 Minor leagues *American Football League (1934), based in American South and Southwest *American Football League (1938), evolved from Midwest Football League *American Football League (1944), outgrowth of the Northwest War Industries League *American Association (American football), changed its name to the American Football League in 1946 See also *List of leagues of American and Canadian football This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football. Leagues in North America Current professional leagues in North America Professional outdoor leagues '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football League (1926)
The first American Football League (AFL), sometimes called AFL I, AFLG, or the Grange League, was a professional American football league that operated in 1926. It was the first major competitor to the National Football League (NFL). Founded by Charles "C.C." Pyle, (1882–1939), and General Charles X. Zimmerman, (1865–1926), as vice president and starring Hall of Fame halfback Harold Edward "Red" Grange, (1903–1991), the short-lived league with nine teams competed against the more established – then six-year-old – NFL, both for players and for fans. While Pyle's and Grange's New York Yankees team and the already established Philadelphia Quakers became reliable draws, the lack of star power and the uncertain financial conditions of the other seven teams led to the league's dissolution after one season.David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, and Rick Korch, ''The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional Football, From 1899 to the Present'' (St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football League (1936)
The American Football League (AFL) was a professional American football league that operated in 1936 and 1937. The AFL operated in direct competition with the more established National Football League (NFL) throughout its existence.Bob Carroll, Michael Gershman, David Neft, and John Thorn, ''Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League'' (HarperCollins 1999) While the American media generally ignored its operation (often relegating game coverage to "page filler" status), this second AFL was the first "home" of the Cleveland Rams, which joined the National Football League after one year in the AFL. In 1937, the Los Angeles Bulldogs, the first professional football team to play its home games on the West Coast, also became the first professional football team to win a league championship with a perfect record (no losses, no ties) – 11 years before the Cleveland Browns ( AAFC) and 35 years before the Miami Dolphins (NFL) accomplished the same feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football League (1940)
The American Football League, also known retrospectively as the AFL III to distinguish it from earlier organizations of that name, was a professional American football league that operated from 1940–1941. It was created when three teams, the original Cincinnati Bengals, the Columbus Bullies, and the Milwaukee Chiefs, were lured away from the minor-league American Professional Football Association and joined three new franchises in Boston, Buffalo, and New York City in a new league. It competed against the National Football League (NFL), the oldest existing professional football league, established 1920 and reorganized 1922. The organization was the third major league to bear the name American Football League. Its establishment resulted in the dissolution of the American Professional Football Association, which had just announced its intentions to compete with the NFL as a major league organization. In 1941 the American Football League became the first football league to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football League
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence. It was more successful than earlier rivals to the NFL with the same name, the 1926, 1936 and 1940 leagues, and the later All-America Football Conference (which existed between 1944 and 1950 but only played between 1946 and 1949). This fourth version of the AFL was the most successful, created by a number of owners who had been refused NFL expansion franchises or had minor shares of NFL franchises. The AFL's original lineup consisted of an Eastern division of the New York Titans, Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, and the Houston Oilers, and a Western division of the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, and Dallas T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football League (1934)
The 1934 edition of the American Football League was a short-lived professional american football Minor league football (gridiron), minor league with teams based in the American South and American Southwest, Southwest. The first of several minor American Football League (other), leagues with the same name, the 1934 was also one of the first involving teams not located in the American Midwest and East Coast of the United States, East. While its membership was the cornerstone of American football in the southern U.S. (with several having beaten National Football League teams on the Gridiron football, gridiron), the AFL had only one season of competition and folded after cancelling competition in the 1935 season. Participating teams Charlotte Bantams. Formed in 1932 and playing primarily teams based along the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast, the Bantams amassed a 10-3 record in 1933. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest Football League (1935–40)
Midwest Football League may refer to: * Mid West Football League, an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia * Midwest Football League (1921–1932), a minor professional American football league that was known as the Chicago Football League, in which the Chicago Cardinals played, from 1904 to 1920 * Midwest Football League (1935–1940), a minor professional American football league * Midwest Football League (1962–1978), a minor professional American football league * Midwest Professional Football League (1970–1972), a minor professional American football league in which the Omaha Mustangs played * Midwest Football League (2002–), a semi-professional American football league whose Ohio River Bearcats team played at the Goebel Soccer Complex See also * Midwest Football Conference (NJCAA) The Midwest Football Conference was a football conference for NJCAA teams located in the midwest United States. It was formed when the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football League (1944)
The Northwest War Industries League and American Football League were two closely related professional football minor leagues based on the West Coast of the United States that played for two nonconsecutive seasons during World War II. 1942 NWIL season The Northwest War Industries League (NWIL) played one season in 1942, with the Seattle Shipbuilders, Portland Boilermakers (later Portland Rockets), and teams in Spokane, Washington and Vancouver, Washington, while plans for team in Tacoma fall through. The league commissioner was Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, and the plans were that 52% of all league profits would go to military servicemen's funds. As a result of players shortage, the league allowed the teams to play with college students. Information regarding league demise has mostly been lost to time, but is known that only Seattle played in 1943, and that plans to append the league to the Pacific Coast Professional Football League as a semi-autonomous Northern Division fell throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Association (American Football)
The American Association (AA) was a professional American football minor league based in New York City. Founded in 1936 with teams in New York and New Jersey, the AA extended its reach to Providence, Rhode Island prior to the onset of World War II. After a four-year hiatus, the league was renamed the American Football League as it expanded to include teams in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In 1947, the Richmond Rebels of the Dixie League purchased the assets of the defunct AFL Long Island Indians and jumped leagues (causing the demise of the DL).Nothing Minor About It: The American Association/AFL of 1936-1950 – Bob Gill, Pro Football Researchers Association (1990) The American Association was the first minor football league with a working arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |