The Bethlehem Bulldogs was a professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team, based in

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19, ...

, that played in the

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from 1946 to 1950. The Bulldogs played in the league's Western Division through 1947, until the league dissolved its divisions . In 1946, the Bulldogs finished in third place in the division, winning five games, losing four and tying one. In 1947, they finished in first place with an 8-1 record and beat the Paterson Panthers in the league's championship game 23-7. In 1948, the Bulldogs went 4-5-1, finishing fifth in the league. They went 6-4 in 1949, finishing in third place and making the playoffs, which they lost. In 1950, they went 0-2. The Bulldogs disbanded in mid-October 1950.American Association history

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