history This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ===== Early Years (1920-1949) ===== Verbiage about the origins of the league ==== 1920 NAFL Teams ==== Akron Arrows Buffalo Eagles Canton Comets - will become the Chicago Hornets in the final edit. Chicago Lightnings - will become the Chicago Tanagers in the final edit. Cleveland Ramblers Columbus Knights Dayton Ketterings - (Began play in Kettering Park) Decatur Sterlings Detroit Giants Hammond Aces Muncie Tigers - will be the Muncie Titans in the final edit Racine Red Wings Rochester Legion Rock Island Independents ===== Golden Age of American Football (1950 - 1970) ===== The Golden Age of American Football began in 1950. The NAFL absorbed the remaining teams of the United Football Clubs of America (UFCA) in the summer of 1949. Work began to realign all teams into regions and to setup a cooperative framework to help all teams become successful. === Challenges for the NAFL === Five teams were completely bankrupt. New York had already been destablized during WWII to save the league. The Exhibition Game question. (Will games against amateur or semi-pro team be allowed to continue?) ===== Merger Years (1971 - 1983) ===== ==== NAFL 1982 Teams ==== * Atlanta Spartans * Baltimore Titans * Boston Bulldogs * Buffalo Bobcats * Chicago Marauders * Cincinnati Cougars * Cleveland Blues * Dallas Mustangs * Denver Mountaineers * Detroit Hornets * Houston Outlaws * Kansas City Thunderwolves * Los Angeles Lightning * Los Angeles Lions * Miami Rockets * Milwaukee Mammoths * Minnesota Mavericks * New Orleans Red Hawks * New York Comets * New York Knights * Philadelphia Bombers * Pittsburgh Iron Men * San Diego Coyotes * San Francisco Sharks * Seattle Seawolves * St Louis Badgers * Tampa Bay Panthers * Washington Guardians ==== NAFL 1983 Teams (Post-IFL Merger) ==== * Atlanta Spartans * Baltimore Titans * Boston Bulldogs * Charlotte Cobras (IFL) * Chicago Marauders * Cincinnati Cougars * Cleveland Blues * Columbus Bears (IFL) * Dallas Mustangs * Denver Mountaineers * Detroit Hornets * Houston Outlaws * Kansas City Thunderwolves * Los Angeles Lightning * Miami Rockets * Milwaukee Mammoths * Minnesota Mavericks * New Orleans Red Hawks * New York Comets * New York Knights * Norfolk Reivers (IFL) * Orlando Storm (IFL) * Philadelphia Bombers * Pittsburgh Iron Men * Sacramento Skyhawks (formerly the LA Lions) * San Diego Coyotes * San Francisco Sharks * Seattle Seawolves * St Louis Badgers * Tampa Bay Panthers * Toronto Northmen (formerly the Buffalo Bobcats aka Cabbagetown Cougars) * Washington Guardians ===== Age of Modern Football (1984 - present) =====
