NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Frank P. Jozsa

Chapter 6 in Sports Nation:Contemporary American Professional Organizations, 2017, pp 169-201 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Established in 1920, the American Professional Football Conference — renamed American Professional Football Association (APFA) and after two years the National Football League (NFL) — originally consisted of 14 teams. These were the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, Columbus Panhandlers, and Dayton Triangles from Ohio; Chicago Tigers, Decatur Staleys, Racine Cardinals (based in Chicago but took the name of a local street), and Rock Island Independents from Illinois; Hammond Pros and Muncie Flyers from Indiana; Buffalo All-Americans and Rochester Jeffersons from New York; and Detroit Heralds from Michigan…

Keywords: Professional Sports Leagues; Professional Sports Teams; Sports Business; Sports Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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