Women's Professional Football League (1965-1973)
The Women's Professional Football League (WPFL) was the first American football league for women. It was founded in 1965 by talent agent Sid Friedman, for exhibition games. The WPFL ceased operations in 1973. History The WPFL started with four teams: * The Cleveland Daredevils of Cleveland, Ohio, * The Pittsburgh All-Stars of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, * The Canadian Belles of Toronto, Ontario * And the Detroit Petticoats of Detroit, Michigan. The Daredevils, the first women's football team of the era, featured one of the top players, Marcella Sanborn. The All Stars, the second women's team to be established, were later renamed the Hurricanes and then the Powderkegs. Two of the best players played for the Powderkegs, Carole Duffy and Linda Rae Hodge. The WPFL primarily played exhibition and charity games. However, they also played during some halftime shows for NFL and CFL teams. There were actual games with these generally numbering four or five games a year. Expansio ...
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Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while the MSA ranks as 34th largest at 2.09 million. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named ...
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