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Women's gridiron football (including American football and Canadian football) is a form of the sport played by women.Most leagues in the United States, such as the Women's Football Alliance, play by rules similar to men's tackle football. [1]
Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) was the first Women's American football league established by women players for women players. The league was founded in 2000, began play in 2001, and played its last season in 2018.
Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women. Most leagues play by similar rules to the men's game.
The Women's Professional American Football League (WPFL) was a women's professional American football league in the United States. With teams across the United States, the WPFL had its first game in 1999 with just two original teams: the Lake Michigan Minx and the Minnesota Vixens. Fifteen teams nationwide competed for the championship in 2006.
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The Extreme Football League (X League) is a women's semi-professional indoor American football league operating in the United States. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013.
The original 45 women to compete for the USA played in the 2010 IFAF Women's World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. They defeated Canada (66–0) for their first World Championship. Team USA competed at the 2013 IFAF Women's World Championship, where they took their second title after beating Canada 64–0. [2]
Linda Jefferson, a running back with Toledo Troopers, was inducted into the American Football Association Hall of Fame. [7] and was named the 1975 Athlete of the Year by womenSports. [8] The NFWL began to fragment towards the end of the 1970s when ten teams broke off to form the Western States Women's Professional Football League. [9]