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At a meeting held on August 20, 1920 in the Jordan and Hupmobile automobile showroom in Canton, Ohio, the representatives of four professional football teams formed an organization and named it the American Professional Football Conference (APFC). One month later, however, ten officials representing football teams from the States of Illinois, Indiana, New York, and Ohio met in Canton and changed the APFC’s title to the American Professional Football Association (APFA).
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Several books depict the APFA’s two years as a league in professional football before renamed National Football League in 1922. For example, see Jozsa 2010; King 1994; McDonough 1999; Neft and Cohen 1997; Peterson 1997.
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For the emergence, development, and success of this popular and championship professional football franchise, there is Povletich and Harlan 2012.
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Three books about NFL expansion teams and their histories include Jozsa and Guthrie 1999; Noll 1974; Quirk and Fort 1992. For facts and other information regarding these teams, see Sports Business Resource Guide and Fact Book (Charlotte, NC: Street & Smith’s Sports Group, 2012), Official 2013 NFL Record & Fact Book (New York, NY: National Football League, 2013), and “History of NFL Franchises, 1920–Present” at http://www.profootballhof.com cited 19 November 2013.
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Jozsa Jr., F. (2014). Before 1933. In: National Football League Strategies. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05705-7_2
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