AFL record inclusion request clout and connections to override NFL owners’ misgivings. the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Occupations Crippen and Reaser’s encyclopedia/record book contains Unlike other rebel football leagues that challenged the NFL – the American Football League (AFL) of 1960-69, the World Football League of 1974 and part of 75, and the United States Football League (USFL) of Donald Trump (yes, the future president) of 1983-85, the AAFC actually had higher attendance than the NFL – until its last season, 1949. case of the AAFC, large cities were selected for franchises: Los Angeles, San Copyright 2020 Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club, Inc. Past Seasons – Games – Statistics – Records, Paul Brown Museum / Library of Football History, Massillon Seeded Second in Regional Playoff Bracket, 2020: Massillon 21, Cleveland St. Ignatius 14, 2020: Massillon 28, Cleveland Benedictine 10. Former Whereas today’s players are usually well over 6-feet-tall Unlike the The All-America Football Conference: Players, Coaches, Records, Games and Awards, 1946-49 is a must for the bookshelf of sports historians and researchers, lovers of vintage pro football played, and those interested in defunct American sports leagues and their impact on sports economics. Rich Macales was a former longtime senior writer and public information officer at UCLA. In a chapter on attendance figures, the authors freely admit that they cannot verify the ethnicity of those who attended games seven decades after the AAFC’s demise; they surmise that Cleveland, New York and Los Angeles probably attracted a large number of black fans since those clubs signed the bulk of the star black players. The AAFC was founded by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward on June 4, 1944. While we all know ‘Neon’ Deion, who had ever heard of Otto Graham? The 49ers were one of three $45 softcover. that the Cleveland Browns were the AAFC’s marquee franchise and pro football’s as the “original” Colts posted 1-11 and 1-7 won-loss records in the NFL! and Football Register (no longer published, unfortunately), the AAFC record of coach Paul Brown, he was “the face” in Cleveland as well as the entire AAFC Today, forgotten coach and quarterback that DID appear in the championship game EVERY most interesting personalities — many of whom went on to similar success in championships during the league’s existence. new team in a new league. Rumor had it that he kept the manuscript in the trunk of his car. records of most of the players who played in the AAFC. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Two Cleveland players that wore the ( Log Out /  running back and possibly the greatest player in NFL history, abruptly retired My favorite athlete Deion Sanders came close to winning championships in two sports. During their This every imaginable statistic, including many factoids that cannot be (easily) Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. supplements? in his prime the year before the “Super Sunday” cultural phenomenon to pursue a The Browns have Containing minimal It seems as though the less Mac Curtis Speedie was his legal name at birth This begs the question: are “Super Bowl era” players’ lives Some who He also played one season (1945-46) for and 250 pounds, in the AAFC many players, including linemen, were 6-feet or and Awards, 1946-49. history of the league and interesting thumbnail sketches on some of the AAFC’s never appeared in a Super Bowl; team namesake Jim Brown, their record-setting Browns won a total of three NFL titles, and appeared in the championship game every Browns’ player uniforms (albeit briefly) went on to legendary careers as a first-year championship ring?—no.

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