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[citation needed] Only two founding members are still in the league, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Racine Cardinals (founded in 1898, joined the NFL in 1920, now the Arizona Cardinals), which is the oldest NFL franchise. League membership gradually stabilized throughout the 1920s and 1930s as the league adopted ...
As a result, the league dropped from 22 to 12 teams, and a majority of the remaining teams were centered around the East Coast instead of the Midwest, where the NFL had started. The New York Yankees were added from the American Football League (AFL I) and the Cleveland Bulldogs returned.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is the labor union representing National Football League (NFL) players. The NFLPA, which has headquarters in Washington, D.C., is led by executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. and president Jalen Reeves-Maybin.
The APFA was renamed National Football League on June 24, 1922. By the mid-1920s, NFL membership had grown to 25 teams, and a rival league known as the American Football League was formed. The rival AFL folded after a single season, but it symbolized a growing interest in the professional game.
The following leagues partly or fully merged with NFL: All-America Football Conference, 1946–1949 [17] American Football League, 1960–1969 [18] Other notable major outdoor leagues: Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit, 1892–1905 [19] National Football League, 1902; Ohio Independent Championship (Ohio League), 1903–1919 [20]
National Football League; Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 NFL playoffs: Formerly: American Professional Football Conference (1920) American Professional Football Association (1920–1921) Sport: American football: Founded: September 17, 1920 (104 years ago) () Canton, Ohio, U.S. [1] [2] First season: 1920: Commissioner: Roger ...
The oldest Union League of America council member, an organization originally called "The League of Union Men", was formed in June 1862 in Pekin, Illinois. Four months later, on November 22, 1862, the Union League of Philadelphia , the first of the elite eastern Leagues and the second-oldest ULA council member, was established (and is still ...