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Why was the NFL created?

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*The American Professional Football Association changed its name to the National Football League (NFL),on June 24, 1922. *The original NFL consisted of 18 teams. Defunct teams are marked with an asterisk ( * ). The NFL's first decade produced *1920--The Akron Pros* were the first NFL Champions with an 8-0-3 record. *1921--The Chicago Staleys (later the Bears) posted a 9-1-1 slate to win the championship *1922--Canton(Ohio)* won the title with a 10-0-2 record. *1923--Canton repeated as champion with an 11-0-1 record. *1924--Cleveland's Bulldogs* finished 7-1-1 record to become champs. *1925--Chicago (later St. Louis and Arizona) Cardinals were best in the league with a 11-2-1 slate *1926--Frankford Yellow Jackets* won the title, finishing 14-1-2. *1927--The New York Giants, with an 11-1-1 record, won the championship. *1928--The Providence Steam Roller* won 8, lost 1 and tied 2 for the championship. *1929--The undefeated and once tied Green Bay Psckers won the first of three consecutive titles (aka three-peat) *1930--The Packers second consecutive title saw them finishing at 10-3-1. *1931--The three-peat is accomplished by Green Bay as the Packers won 12 and lost 1. No other NFL team has ever won three consecutive championships.

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to enjoy hitting someone and to entertain the people watching

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it was a game for young men (Washington Irving) to finaly express there true fellings and grab other guys and throw them down and get on them

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George S. Halas and nine other team representatives were responsible for creating the American Professional Football Association. The members changed the official name to the NFL in 1922.

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The NFL was invented because people wanted a game and a league with rules saying they could hurt people.They also wanted a fair game that rules could be changed.

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