The New York Yankees were a professional

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team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949. The team played in

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and often played in front of sold-out crowds . They were owned by Dan Topping, who transferred the team from the NFL Brooklyn Dodgers, retaining many of the same players. The team's coach was

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, who had coached the

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in the early 1940s. Former NFL player Jim Barber served as an assistant coach under Flaherty. The Yankees appeared in the 1946 AAFC championship game, but lost to the

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by a score of 14–9. The same two teams appeared in the championship game the following year, with the Browns winning again 14–3. Before the 1949 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers football team folded and merged into the Yankees, which became the Brooklyn-New York Yankees, but this was the final season of the AAFC, which was then absorbed by the NFL. The Yankees players were divided between the New York Giants and

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, who played as the

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starting in 1950.

Players of note

* Brad Ecklund * Nate Johnson * Jack Russell * Spec Sanders * Otto Schnellbacher *

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* Bob Sweiger *Jordan Jenkins * George Brown

Pro Football Hall of Famers

Season records

, - , colspan="6" align="center" style="color:white; background-color:#041E42;", New York Yankees , - , 1946 , , 10 , , 3 , , 1 , , 1st AAFC East , , Lost to Cleveland, 14–9, in AAFC Championship Game , - , 1947 , , 11 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1st AAFC East , , Lost to Cleveland, 14–3, in AAFC Championship Game , - , 1948 , , 6 , , 8 , , 0 , , 3rd AAFC East , , align="center", Did Not Qualify , - , colspan="6" align="center" style="color:white; background-color:#041E42;", Brooklyn-New York Yankees , - , 1949 , , 8 , , 4 , , 0 , , 3rd AAFC , , Lost to San Francisco, 17–7, in AAFC Semifinal Playoffs , - !Totals , , 35 , , 17 , , 2 , colspan="2",

References

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