The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. The league was ultimately unable to sustain itself in competition with the NFL and folded after the 1949 season. Three of its teams were admitted to the NFL: the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, and the original Baltimore Colts (not to be confused with the later Baltimore Colts team, now the Indianapolis Colts).
The Cleveland Browns were the AAFC's most successful club, winning every annual championship in the league's four years of operation.
Teams
| Franchise
|
Locations
|
Venues
|
Years
|
Fate
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| Miami Seahawks/Baltimore Colts
|
Miami, Florida
|
Burdine Stadium
|
1946
|
Joined the NFL in 1949, folded in 1950.
|
| Baltimore, Maryland
|
Municipal Stadium
|
1947-49
|
| Chicago Rockets/Hornets
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
Soldier Field
|
1946-49
|
Folded in 1949.
|
| Cleveland Browns
|
Cleveland, Ohio
|
Cleveland Stadium
|
1946-49
|
Joined the NFL in 1949.
|
| Buffalo Bisons/Buffalo Bills
|
Buffalo, New York
|
Civic Stadium
|
1946-49
|
Folded in 1949.
|
| Los Angeles Dons
|
Los Angeles, California
|
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
|
1946-49
|
Folded in 1949.
|
| San Francisco 49ers
|
San Francisco, California
|
Kezar Stadium
|
1946-49
|
Joined the NFL in 1949.
|
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Brooklyn-New York Yankees
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Ebbets Field
|
1946-48
|
The Dodgers and Yankees were separate franchises until merging in 1949. The merged team folded after the 1949 season.
|
| Bronx, New York
|
Yankee Stadium
|
1946-48
|
| Bronx, New York
|
Yankee Stadium
|
1949
|
See also
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