American Football League (disambiguation)
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American Football League is a name shared by several leagues of American football.
Major leagues
Minor leagues
Major leagues
- American Football League (1926)American Football League (1926)The first American Football League , sometimes called AFL I, AFLG, or the Grange League, was a professional American football league that operated in 1926. It was the first major competitor to the National Football League. Founded by C. C...
, also known as AFL I (1926) - American Football League (1936)American Football League (1936)Sometimes called AFL II, the second American Football League was a professional American football league that operated in 1936 and 1937. The AFL operated in direct competition with the more established National Football League throughout its existence...
, also known as AFL II (1936-1937) - American Football League (1940)American Football League (1940)American Football League, also known as the AFL III to distinguish it from earlier organizations of that name, was a major professional American football league that operated from 1940-1941...
, also known as AFL III (1940-1941) - American Football LeagueAmerican Football LeagueThe American Football League was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League merged with it. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...
, also known as AFL IV (1960-1969), merged with National Football League in 1970
Minor leagues
- American Football League (1934)American Football League (1934)The 1934 edition of the American Football League was a short-lived minor professional football league with teams based in the American South and Southwest. The first of several minor leagues with the same name, the 1934 was also one of the first involving teams not located in the American Midwest...
, based in American South and Southwest - American Football League (1938), evolved from Midwest Football League
- American Football League (1944)American Football League (1944)The Northwest War Industries League, later renamed the American Football League, was a professional football league based on the West Coast of the United States that played for two nonconsecutive seasons during World War II....
, outgrowth of the Northeast War Industries League - American Association (football)American Association (football)The American Association was a professional American football league based in New York City. Founded in 1936 as a minor league with teams in New York and New Jersey, the AA extended its reach to Providence, Rhode Island prior to the onset of World War II...
, changed its name to the American Football League in 1946