APFA (American Professional Football Association)
The Allegheny Athletic Association fielded the first completely professional roster in 1896.
The Miami Dolphins whose first season in the American Football League was 1966.
Terrell Owens
Jim brown
The first player to be paid for playing football was William Heffelfinger who was paid $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club in 1892.
The first professional league of American football was formed in 1920.
Yop man
The AFL was founded in 1959 and the first season was in 1960.
John Dobbins
The first American Football player to host Saturday Night Live was Fran Tarkenton on the 29th of January 1977.
The Chicago Tigers of the American Professional Football Association was the first team of the NFL to fold and the first team to fold in the same year they organized, 1920. Their record was 2 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie.