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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. The following is a list of current owners of National Football League (NFL) franchises: List of current NFL franchise owners Franchise Principal owner Since Ref. Arizona Cardinals Michael Bidwill 2019 Atlanta Falcons Arthur Blank [a] 2002 Baltimore Ravens Steve Bisciotti [a] 2004 Buffalo ...
Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which existed from 1946 to 1949.
First African-American NFL broadcaster: Lowell Perry (CBS, on Pittsburgh Steelers games) [41] [42] (See also: 1957) First team with 5 African American starters to win the NCAA basketball tournament: 1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team
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Fritz Pollard became the NFL's first black quarterback in 1923. This list of black starting NFL quarterbacks includes those who have started in a regular-season or post-season game in the National Football League (NFL). The quarterback is the leader of a team's offense, directing other players on the field.
[11] [12] It was during this era, however, that the NFL became segregated: there were no black players in professional football in the United States between 1933 and 1945, mainly due to the influence of George Preston Marshall, who entered the league in 1932 as the owner of the Boston Braves. Other NFL owners emulated Marshall's whites-only ...
NFL regular season games accounted for 31 out of the top 32 most-watched programs in the fall season and an NFL game ranked as the most-watched television show in all 17 weeks of the regular season. At the local level, NFL games were the highest-ranked shows in NFL markets 92% of the time. [130]
The American Professional Football Association is reorganized at Akron, Ohio on April 30, 1921, with Joe F. Carr elected as new league president. [1] With the low entry barrier of a $100 membership fee, the number of teams balloons to 21. [1]