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purchased the New York
Yankees, changed their name to the New York Americans, and then announced (in August) the team's withdrawal from the league. The league refused to acknowledge the "withdrawal." Boston folded before the start of the 1941 season. Buffalo changed the team name upon new ownership
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As the teams prepared for the upcoming season, the announcement of a rival major league resulted in the collapse of this edition of the
American Football League. On July 14, 1940, a press conference introduced a new American Football League - not a continuation of the former minor league, but a new
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Columbus franchises, Detroit, Baltimore, and Philadelphia applied to join the league for the 1941 season. While the Detroit application was accepted for play in 1942, the latter two were turned down by a league that was not interested in further
174:. Its establishment resulted in the dissolution of the American Professional Football Association, which had just announced its intentions to compete with the NFL as a major league organization. In 1941, the American Football League became the first football league to play a
282:, the bylaws and officials of the new league were determined. Each team was scheduled to play a double round robin schedule (five home games, five away games), with games on either Sunday or Wednesday to reduce the likelihood of conflicts with
1038:. So many players went overseas that several AFL and NFL teams were left with barely enough players to field viable teams. It soon became apparent to the AFL owners that the success of the league was very much in question.
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American Professional Football Association announced intentions of turning itself into a major league with the addition of a
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The move fractured the APFA as two of its members decided not to field teams for 1940, while one the
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schedule (five home games and five away games). However, it folded after the end of the 1941 season.
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schedule, in which each team played each other twice.
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1712:Eastern Pennsylvania Football League
1707:American Football League (1938–1939)
1559:American Football League (1940–1941)
1551:American Football League (1936–1937)
1521:Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional
1311:American Football League (1940–1941)
1078:Frank P. Josza and John J. Guthrie,
1041:On September 2, 1942, AFL president
1010:Demise of the third major league AFL
773:1941 American Football League season
524:1940 American Football League season
127:, also known retrospectively as the
2282:Independent Women's Football League
2167:World Indoor Football League (2007)
2112:Indoor Professional Football League
1751:Midwest Football League (1962–1978)
1690:Midwest Football League (1935–1940)
489:took over the signal calling role.
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1544:American Football League (1926)
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1373:New York Yankees/Americans
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1768:Seaboard Football League
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1496:National Football League
988:, Columbus (quarterback)
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165:National Football League
125:American Football League
79:National Football League
2188:Fan Controlled Football
2147:Supreme Indoor Football
2117:Intense Football League
1995:American Arena League 2
1644:American Football Union
1266:(Greenwood Press 1987)
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998:, Cincinnati (halfback)
763:, Milwaukee (fullback)
225:, the president of the
209:one with franchises in
2157:United Indoor Football
2063:(1987–2008, 2010–2019)
2010:Indoor Football League
1785:Spring Football League
1527:United Football League
1353:Buffalo Indians/Tigers
1262:David L. Porter, ed.,
1250:March 1, 2006, at the
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748:, Boston (quarterback)
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2015:National Arena League
1796:Stars Football League
1762:Texas Football League
1585:World Football League
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1832:² Teams moved to NFL
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968:, Milwaukee (center)
946:1941 All-League Team
767:Final 1941 standings
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706:1940 All-League Team
518:Final 1940 standings
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261:Los Angeles Bulldogs
1823:Merged into the NFL
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935:Douglas Grant Hertz
728:, Columbus (center)
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295:William D. Griffith
293:publicity director
250:American East Coast
235:Columbus Panhandles
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2077:Arena Pro Football
2000:Arena Football One
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1017:double round robin
983:, Cincinnati (end)
963:, Columbus (guard)
958:, Buffalo (tackle)
904:Cincinnati Bengals
829:New York Americans
723:, Columbus (guard)
718:, Buffalo (tackle)
680:Cincinnati Bengals
507:New York Americans
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137:Cincinnati Bengals
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