List of American and Canadian football leagues

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This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football.

Leagues in North America[]

Current professional leagues in North America[]

Professional outdoor leagues[]

Major

  • United States National Football League (NFL), 1920–
Originally American Professional Football Conference, American Professional Football Association (1920–1921)
Merged with the American Football League (1960–69)
  • Canada Canadian Football League (CFL), 1909– (Grey Cup Canadian Football Championships since 1909)
Formed from Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (1909) and Western Interprovincial Football Union (1936).

Other

Professional arena/indoor leagues[]

Formed from United Indoor Football and Intense Football League
Formed from Champions Professional Indoor Football League and Lone Star Football League
Formed from Arena Pro Football and Can-Am Indoor Football League

Developmental leagues[]

Current semi-professional leagues[]

Collegiate and amateur leagues[]

Current Women's Leagues[]

See also: Women's American football § Leagues

Women's Indoor/Arena leagues[]

Operated as the Lingerie Football League from 2009 to 2012.

Planned women's leagues[]

Planned leagues in North America[]

Historical leagues in North America[]

Major outdoor leagues[]

Minor outdoor leagues[]

Became Interstate Football League in 1933
  • United States , 1934-1935
Originally the New Jersey Football Circuit (1934)
Low-level fall league that was fully organized in September 1959 with five independent teams who played the other teams sporadically. The original teams were Duquesne Ironmen (Pennsylvania), Melvindale Redskins (Michigan), Toledo Tornadoes, Dayton Triangles (Ohio) and Newark Rams (New Jersey). Players were from both pro and college teams.[11] Teams also end up play in Sarnia, Zaneville (Ohio Colts), Port Huron and Detroit,[12] while Toledo Tornadoes leave for the larger United Football League (1961–1964).[13]
Renamed North Atlantic Football League in 1967

Indoor leagues[]

Collegiate and amateur leagues[]

Women's leagues[]

Leagues outside North America[]

Current professional leagues outside North America[]

Current minor, semi professional and amateur leagues outside North America[]

Central and South America:

Europe:

Asia:

Oceania:

Defunct minor leagues around the world[]

Collegiate and amateur leagues[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The league was in hiatus and re-branded as the NFL Europe League in 1995.

References[]

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  3. ^ Shea, Bill (March 23, 2014). "Spring football ... in Detroit? 2 groups think so". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications, Inc. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  4. ^ George M., Thomas (February 27, 2014). "Former Zip looks to bring pro football to University of Akron". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Davis, Jason Carmel (April 17, 2014). "Rivals football league provides athletes with chance to fulfill dream". Journal. C & G Publishing. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  6. ^ http://www.acfafootball.net/
  7. ^ Jones, Elane; Eagle, Daily Mountain. "P-Town Wreckaz switch leagues, tapped to host Kick-off Classic". Daily Mountain Eagle. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  8. ^ http://www.a7fl.com/about-a7fl/
  9. ^ "Women's Football League Association – About". Women's Football League Association. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  10. ^ Gaydos, Ryan. "Fitness guru Santia Deck makes history signing multimillion-dollar deal with football team". Fox News. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  11. ^ "Ironmen Join Grid Conference". The Pittsburgh Press. September 9, 1959. p. 50. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  12. ^ "Sarnia Stays of Top with 8 Straight Wins". Hamilton Daily News Journal. Hamilton, Ohio. AP. October 30, 1961. p. 18. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Autullo, Ryan (April 3, 2014). "New league not coming to Toledo". The Blade. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  14. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121180/index.htm
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  16. ^ Shea, Bill (March 23, 2014). "Passes at pro football league alternatives". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications, Inc. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  17. ^ CBFA official website Archived 2014-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Pagina Oficial FECOFA
  19. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Origins of the WLAF.
  20. ^ International League Delays Debut; Football: ILAF cancels season that was to open next month in Europe, blaming lack of preparation time., The Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1990.

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