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The NFL used to be called the APFA (American Professional Football Association) It was changed in 1922 to the NFL

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The original NFL started in 1920. Then, it was known as the American Professional Football Conference. The AFL was founded in 1959. They both merged into the NFL in 1970.

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Before the NFL they called it the AFL

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