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American Football League (1940)

Index American Football League (1940)

American Football League, also known retrospectively 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. [1]

50 relations: Alec Shellogg, Alex Drobnitch, All-America Football Conference, American football, American Football League (1926), American Football League (1936), American Football League (disambiguation), Attack on Pearl Harbor, Baseball, Big Bill Edwards, Bill Hutchinson (American football), Bob Davis (quarterback), Bob Eckl, Boston, Boston Bears (AFL), Buffalo Indians, Buffalo, New York, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bengals (1937–41), Columbus Bullies, Columbus Panhandles, Columbus, Ohio, Conscription, Earl Ohlgren, East Coast of the United States, Ed Karpowich, Green Bay Packers, Harlan Gustafson, Hotel Lafayette, Jay Arnold, Jim Karcher, John Kimbrough, Joseph Carr, Los Angeles Bulldogs, Midwest Football League (1935–40), Milwaukee, Milwaukee Chiefs (AFL), National Football League, Nelson Peterson, New York City, New York Yankees (1940 AFL), Ohio State University, Paul Humphrey, Philadelphia Eagles, Round-robin tournament, St. Louis Gunners, United States, United States Armed Forces, William D. Cox, World War II.

Alec Shellogg

Alec Regis Shellogg (February 17, 1914 – July 12, 1968) was a professional American football player in the National Football League as well as the third American Football League.

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Alex Drobnitch

Alex Lewis Drobnitch (November 25, 1913 – June 6, 1960) was an American football player.

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All-America Football Conference

The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American Football League (1926)

The first American Football League (AFL), sometimes called AFL I, AFLG, or the Grange League, was a professional American football league that operated in 1926.

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American Football League (1936)

The American Football League (AFL) was a professional American football league that operated in 1936 and 1937.

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American Football League (disambiguation)

American Football League is a name shared by several leagues of American football.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Big Bill Edwards

William Hanford "Big Bill" Edwards (February 23, 1877 – January 4, 1943) was an American football player who played guard for the Princeton Tigers football team of Princeton University from 1896 to 1899.

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Bill Hutchinson (American football)

William David Hutchinson (March 9, 1916January 27, 2008) was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League.

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Bob Davis (quarterback)

Robert Ellersie Davis, Jr. (born September 15, 1945) is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback.

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Bob Eckl

Robert Joseph Eckl (November 20, 1917 - September 30, 1961) was a professional American football player in the National Football League as a tackle for the Chicago Cardinals in 1945.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Bears (AFL)

The Boston Bears were a professional American football team that competed in the third American Football League in 1940.

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Buffalo Indians

The Buffalo Indians were a professional American football team that competed in the third American Football League in 1940 and in 1941.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Cincinnati

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Cincinnati Bengals (1937–41)

Cincinnati Bengals was the name of a short-lived professional football team that played in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Columbus Bullies

The Columbus Bullies were a professional football team founded by Phil H. Bucklew in Columbus, Ohio in 1938.

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Columbus Panhandles

The Columbus Panhandles were a professional American football team based in Columbus, Ohio.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.

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Conscription

Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.

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Earl Ohlgren

Earl Ohlgren (February 21, 1918 – December 31, 1962) was a defensive end in the National Football League.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Ed Karpowich

Edwin Walter Karpowich (September 28, 1912 – November 26, 2005) was an American football tackle who played for five seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League.

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Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Harlan Gustafson

Harlan Iver Gustafson (December 29, 1917 - April 18, 1984) was an American football player.

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Hotel Lafayette

Hotel Lafayette, also known as the Lafayette Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York.

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Jay Arnold

Jay Lawrence Arnold (September 9, 1912 – April 8, 1982) was a professional American football player in the National Football League He is one of only 6 NFL players to have a receiving touchdown, a fumble recovery for a TD and an interception TD in the same season in 1938.

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Jim Karcher

James Norman Karcher (May 2, 1914 – August 19, 1997) was an American football offensive lineman for the Boston/Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the Columbus Bullies in the American Football League, making the AFL All-League team for 1940.

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John Kimbrough

John Alec Kimbrough (June 14, 1918 – May 8, 2006) was a college athlete, a member of the Texas Legislature, the star of two western movies and a rancher.

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Joseph Carr

Joseph Francis Carr (October 22, 1879 – May 20, 1939) was an American sports executive in American football, baseball, and basketball.

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Los Angeles Bulldogs

The Los Angeles Bulldogs were a professional American football team that competed from 1936 to 1948 (the last year as the Long Beach Bulldogs).

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Midwest Football League (1935–40)

The Midwest Football League (MFL) was a minor professional American football league that existed from 1935 to 1940.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States.

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Milwaukee Chiefs (AFL)

The Milwaukee Chiefs were a professional American football team based in Wisconsin that competed in the third American Football League in 1940 and in 1941.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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Nelson Peterson

Nelson Lane Peterson (September 22, 1913 – December 4, 1990) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Rams.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Yankees (1940 AFL)

The New York Yankees of the third American Football League was the third professional American football team competing under that name.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a large, primarily residential, public university in Columbus, Ohio.

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Paul Humphrey

Paul Nelson Humphrey (born October 12, 1935, Detroit, Michigan, United States) is an American jazz and funk/R&B drummer.

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Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament (or all-play-all tournament) is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn.

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St. Louis Gunners

The St.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America.

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William D. Cox

William Drought Cox (1909–1989) was an American businessman and sports executive.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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AFL III, American Football League (1940-1941), American Football League (1940-41), Third AFL, Third American Football League.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_League_(1940)

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