The practice of paying players was formalized in 1920 with the creation of the American Professional Football Association. Two years later, it was renamed the National Football League. William ...

But for today's NFL Countdown piece, we go way back to 1920, to when the American Professional Football Association was formed. The meeting that was held to set up the league happened on August 20 ...

The National Football League was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association. The league adopted its current name in 1922. Only two of the founding teams -- the Decatur ...

dating back to its roots as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1920. Since then, there have been 2,321 teams spanning the NFL’s and American Football League’s history.

"We believe a better strategy for understanding the association between ... only 2.3% of their peers did. "Professional football players may live longer than 'American men in general,' but this ...

The league was founded at a Hupmobile dealership in Canton in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, which was later renamed the National Football League. The NFL chose Canton ...

the American Professional Football Association was formed, and the Spalding J5-V was named the official ball of the league. In 1922, the league was renamed the National Football League.

The Bears’ matriarch has passed away. The team announced on Thursday that owner Virginia Halas McCaskey has died at the age of 102. McCaskey’s father, George Halas, purchased the franchise in ...

and the club used the “Acme Packers” title on the players’ jerseys in their first year in the American Professional Football Association, the precursor to the National Football League (NFL).

In the early 1900s, the NFL — then named the American Professional Football Association (APFA) — was largely segregated, and very few Black athletes could play professional football.

starting with six American Professional Football Association (APFA) matchups. Those six games marked the first Thursday games in professional football history, per the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Cardinals were christened as the Arizona Cardinals in March 1994. But the franchise has existed long before then. The ...