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 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 ...

"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 Buffalo All-Americans were founded in 1920 as part of the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association, which was renamed the National Football League two years later.

"It was moved and seconded that a permanent organization be formed to be known as American Professional Football Association. Motion carried." Two years later, the minutes reflected that on June ...

The American Professional Football Association may have been officially founded at a car dealership in Canton, Ohio in September 1920, but by all rights, the Windy City was its hub. After all ...

"On Sept. 17, 1920, representatives of 10 teams gathered in Canton, Ohio, and formed the American Professional Football Association. Two years later it was renamed the National Football League." ...

The NFL began its 99th season Thursday night. From its amazingly modest beginnings as the American Professional Football Association in 1920 (who can forget the Akron Pros dominating the AFPA that ...

Ninety four years ago in a car dealership showroom in downtown Canton, representatives of professional football’s 10 charter members met to create the American Professional Football Association.

The American Professional Football Association originated in Canton in 1920. In 1921, Joseph Carr, manager of the Columbus Panhandles football team, became president of the association and ...