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Defunct professional sports leagues in the United States
- United States Football LeagueIn 1965, New Orleans antiques dealer David Dixon envisioned a professional football league that would play during the spring and summer months.
- American Football League (1936)Harry March announced plans for a new professional football league on the 12th of November 1935. Fifteen cities bid for charter franchises in the following…
- American Football LeagueOn the 14th of August 1959, the first league meeting was held in Chicago. Eight charter memberships were granted to teams that would become the Boston…
- American Basketball AssociationOn the 20th of December 1966, a group of investors gathered at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel to discuss a new basketball league.
- All-America Football ConferenceOn the 4th of June 1944, Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward gathered a group of wealthy football enthusiasts to launch the All-America Football…