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The original league rules stated that teams' positions should be calculated "from wins, draws, and losses", without further detail. [3] It was not until late November that a points system was decided upon, with teams being awarded two points for a win and one point for a draw. [4] Goal average was used to separate teams level on points. [5]
The New Hayden Building in Columbus, Ohio, once the league's headquarters. On August 20, 1920, at a Hupmobile dealership in Canton, Ohio, the league was formalized, originally as the American Professional Football Conference, initially consisting only of the Ohio League teams, although some of the teams declined participation. [2]
The American Professional Football Association is formed on September 17, 1920, at Canton, Ohio, with Jim Thorpe elected president. [1] The fourteen teams were mainly drawn from the Ohio League, Chicago Circuit, New York Pro Football League and other teams from the lower midwest.
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.
The 1920 APFA season was the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association, renamed the National Football League in 1922.An agreement to form a league was made by four independent teams from Ohio on August 20, 1920, at Ralph Hay's office in Canton, Ohio, with plans to invite owners of more teams for a second meeting on September 17, 1920. [1]
The Football League First Division was the top division of the Football League in England from 1888 until the end of the 1991-92 season, when its teams broke away to form the Premier League. From 1992 to 2004, the name Division 1 was given to what had previously been called the Second Division.
Roger Goodell, National Football League Commissioner since 2006 (pictured in 2012) At the corporate level, the National Football League considers itself a trade association made up of and financed by its 32 member teams. [65] Up until 2015, the league was an unincorporated nonprofit 501(c)(6) association. [66]
Out of Our League: Defunct and ex-Football League Teams – Volume One. Wibble Publishing. August 2013. ISBN 978-0-9919266-1-9. Out of Our League: Defunct and ex-Football League Teams – Volume Two. Wibble Publishing. August 2014. ISBN 978-0-9919266-9-5. Hyder, Jawad (2014). Ghosts of the League: 1946–92. Flict Enterprises. ASIN B00QVEGW24 ...