1920. The name was changed to National Football League in 1922.
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The Chicago Tigers of the American Professional Football Association folded the same year they were organized, 1920.
The National Football League, at the time called the American Professional Football Association, was founded in 1920.
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.
That would be the Chicago Bears with 84. The Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys in 1920, the Chicago Staleys in 1921, and the Chicago Bears from 1922 on. The American Professional Football Association changed their name to National Football League in 1922 which was the League's third year of existence.
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