Professional Football Leagues and Teams

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this app, try this...

At the Options tab, select Special List.

Step 1--League: select "All" leagues.

Step 2--Status: select "All" (current & defunct).

Step 4--Check states: check your state

or several states.

Step 5--Sort by: pick "City", then "Team".

Then GO....

When the listing appears, look at the

"Summary" at the bottom of the

page... or under the Options tab.

List of Professional Football Leagues and Teams from 1920 to the present (Not including semi-professinal and regional leagues)
All Leagues All-Amer. Football Conf.American Assoc. 1936 American Assoc. 1946 Amer. Football Leag. 1926 Amer. Football Leag. 1934 Amer. Football Leag. 1936 Amer. Football Leag. 1940 Amer. Football Leag. 1960 Cont'l. Football Leag. 1965 Nat'l. Football Leag. (NFL)Prof. Football Leag. of Am.U.S. Football League 1983 U.S. Football League 2022 U.S. Football Leag. 2024 Women's Football Alliance Women's Nat. Football Conf.World Football Leag. 1974 XFL 2022-23 Current Defunct All Teams League From Year To year Team Name Team Nickname City State Special list Summary League Info. State Codes Notes Try this...
All Teams in American Assoc. (1946) Sorted by State, then by Team Name
#	League	From→To	Team Name-Nickname	City, State
1	AA46	1946→1949	Wilmington Clippers	Wilmington , DE
1	AA46	1947→1947	Bloomfield Cardinals	Bloomfield , NJ
2	AA46	1946→1950	Jersey City Giants	Jersey , NJ
3	AA46	1946→1946	Newark Bombers	Newark , NJ
4	AA46	1946→1950	Paterson Panthers	Paterson , NJ
1	AA46	1950→1950	Brooklyn Brooks	Brooklyn, NY
2	AA46	1947→1947	Long Island Indians	Long Island , NY
1	AA46	1946→1946	Akron Bears	Akron , OH
1	AA46	1946→1950	Bethlehem Bulldogs	Bethlehem , PA
2	AA46	1950→1950	Erie Vets	Erie, PA
3	AA46	1946→1946	Scranton Miners	Scranton , PA
4	AA46	1947→1949	Wilkes-Barre Barons	Wilkes-Barre , PA
1	AA46	1947→1950	Richmond Rebels	Richmond , VA


Summary for All Teams in the American Assoc. (1946) Total number of rows shown is 13. Number of different States is 6 Number of States occurring once is 3 (•DE •OH •VA ) Most frequent State with 4 rows ( •NJ •PA ) Also see professional team franchise histories for Football, Basketball, Baseball and Hockey.

First State on each page
1.	DE Wilmington
*	End of list

Summary for All Teams in the American Assoc. (1946)

Total number of rows shown is 13

Number of different States is 6.

Number of States occurring once is 3
(•DE •OH •VA )

Most frequent State with 4 rows
( •NJ •PA)

NOTES: The Initial listing is for "Current Teams in Major League for All States Sorted by States" (including Canadian Provinces).

Use the League tab to select which league to list. Use the Status tab to select either current, defunct or all teams. Use the Sort By tab to select the primary sort listing. For a summary of the listing, select the options tab, then summary … or find a summary at the end of the listing. For a particular listing, select the options tab, then special list .

Leagues primarily playing prior to 1920 are not included. In some cases, team play was suspended in the COVID years 2020-2021 which are disregarded here for the sake of listing continuity.

Data source is entirely from Wikipedia and current as of November, 2024.

In 1942-1944 during World War II, most league football was suspended.

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State and Province Codes

AL = Alabama
AK = Alaska
AZ = Arizona
AR = Arkansas
CA = California
CO = Colorado
CT = Connecticut
DE = Delaware
FL = Florida
GA = Georgia
HI = Hawaii
ID = Idaho
IL = Illinois
IN = Indiana
IA = Iowa
KS = Kansas
KY = Kentucky
LA = Louisiana
ME = Maine
MD = Maryland
MA = Massachusetts
MI = Michigan
MN = Minnesota
MS = Mississippi
MO = Missouri
MT = Montana
NE = Nebraska
NV = Nevada

NH = New Hampshire
NJ = New Jersey
NM = New Mexico
NY = New York
NC = North Carolina
ND = North Dakota
OH = Ohio
OK = Oklahoma
OR = Oregon
PA = Pennsylvania
RI = Rhode Island
SC = South Carolina
SD = South Dakota
TN = Tennessee
TX = Texas
UT = Utah
VT = Vermont
VA = Virginia
WA = Washington
WV = West Virginia
WI = Wisconsin
WY = Wyoming
DC = District of Columbia
PR = Puerto Rico
Canada
BC = British Columbia
ON = Ontario

League information

(sources: Wikipedia)

AAFC – All-Ameri. Football Conf (1946-49)
AA36 – American Association (1936-41)
AA46 – American Association (1946-50)
AFL26 – American Football League (1926)
AFL34 – American Football League (1934)
AFL36 – American Football League (1936-37)
AFL40 – American Football Leag. (1940)
AFL60 – American Football League (1960-69)
COFL65 – Continental Football League (1965)
NFL – National Football League
PFLA – Prof. Football Leag. of Amer. (1965-67)
USFL83 – U.S. Football League (1983)
USFL22 – U.S.Football Leag. (2022-23)
USFL24 – U.S. Football League (2024)
WFA – Women\'s Football Alliance
WNFC – Women's National Football Conference
WFL74 – World Football League (1974-75)
XFL20 – XFL (2022-2023)

To see the versatility of this app, try this...

List of Professional Football Leagues and Teams

from 1920 to the present

(Not including semi-professinal and regional leagues)

State and Province Codes

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this app, try this...