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Professinol Football was invented
https://www.shmoop.com/,Representatives of four Ohio football teams—the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, and Dayton Triangles—meet in a Canton automobile showroom to form a new professional football league. Initially called the American Professional Football Association, the organization will eventually be renamed the National Football League. -
Great lake joins
Several additional teams from the Great Lake region joined the original four ohio clubs in the new NFL.https://www.shmoop.com/ -
First NFL game
https://www.shmoop.com/,In the first matchup between NFL teams, the Dayton Flyers defeat the Columbus Panhandles by a score of 14–0. -
Green bay packers join
https://www.shmoop.com/,The Green Bay Packers join the NFL. In a league with high franchise turnover, the Packers will eventually become the oldest surviving franchise. -
Gained the name NFL
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Strongest Franchises survive
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The NFL hoping to eliminate rampant turnover in financially weak franchises decides to eliminate all but its most economically stable teams -
passing record
In a game against the New York Yanks, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Norm Van Broklin sets an NFL passing record that will last for more than half a century by throwing for a staggering 554 yards. -
Vince Lombardi with packers
Vince Lombardi is named head coach of the Green Bay Packers, who won just one game the previous season. -
Greatest game ever played
The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants 23–17 in overtime to win the NFL Championship in the so-called "Greatest Game Ever Played." -
AFL
Texas oilmen Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams, rebuffed in their attempts to acquire NFL franchises for Houston and Dallas, announce plans to form a new football league to rival the NFL. Their new league, called the American Football League (AFL), will begin play in 1960 with eight teams.