The 1920 APFA season was the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association, renamed the National Football League in 1922.

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The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions , prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems.

The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten teams from four states, all of whom existed in some form as participants of regional leagues in their respective territories. …

2014年9月4日 · By 1920, pro football remained thoroughly overshadowed by the college game and a bastion confined mostly to small Midwestern industrial cities. Even worse for team owners, they were bleeding...

2005年1月1日 · First known as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) and later renamed the NFL in 1922, the league's first president was Jim Thorpe. Without a doubt the most famous athlete of his time, Thorpe helped add credibility to the sport.

2025年3月14日 · Diehard fans know that the NFL dates back to 1920 when it was known as the American Professional Football Conference (APFC) before dropping “Conference” and adding “Association” roughly a month later. On this date, September 17, 1920, eleven professional football franchises created a new league called the American Professional Football ...

2025年1月31日 · 1920 NFL teams, standings, schedules, scores, rosters and statistics.

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An NFL game was televised for the first time when NBC broadcast the Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Eagles game from Ebbets Field to the approximately 1,000 sets then in New York. Green Bay defeated New York 27-0 in the NFL Championship Game, December 10 at Milwaukee.