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Professional Football Begins
Represtatives from 4 Ohio football teams meet to form a new professioal league originally called American Profesional Football Associaton later called the National Football League. -
First Black Head Coach
Akron pros star Fritz pollard becoms the NFL's first black head coach. -
First Draft
NFL holds its first annual draft for college players. The player who won the Heisman that year pursued a career in plastic manufacturing and never saw a down in the NFL. -
First Televised Football Game
NFL game airs on television for the first time on NBC. The game was between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philedelphia Eagles. -
Football beats Baseball as favorite sport
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First Super Bowl
Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first ever superbowl although 32,000 tickets go unsold. -
Coke Ad
During Superbowl XIII Coca-cola one of their most popular commercials of all time. -
First Halftime Concert
Motown's own Diana Ross performs the first ever musical performance in Superbowl XVI. -
Strike
NFL players association goes on strike in hopes the NFL will allow free agency and guarantee players a higher proportion of league revenues. -
Big Cities lose teams
Los Angelos loses both of their teams. The Rams move to St. Louis while the Raiders return to Oakland.
