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The NFL was a state of confusion because of three major problems: 1.) A dramatically rising salaries 2.) Player were continually jumping from one team to another going to bigger pay 3.) The use of college player still enrolled in school
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Coach Fritz Pollard of the Akron Pros became the first black head coach
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The American
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Carr decided to secure the NFL's future by eliminating the financially weaker teams and consolidating the quality players onto a scessful.
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Carr fined the Bears, Packers and the Portmouth $1,000 each for using college kids who have not graduated.
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Jay Berwanger was the first person in history to be drafted.
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An NFL game was televised for the first time when NBC broadcast the Brooklyn Dogers and the Philadephia Eagles game from Ebbets Feild.
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Brooklyn and Boston Merged into a team that played home games in both cities then was know as simply as The Yanks.
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Halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Rams helments the first modern helment embles in pro football.
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The first NFL championship Game was televised coast to coast for the first time.
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Know as " The Magician" Marlin Briscoe was the first black quaterback in the NFL. Briscoe played for the Benver Broncos
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The Baltimore Colts (23) and New York Giants (17) . This game was named the greatest game ever played after the end of the game.
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American Football League started
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Jim Brown Sets the Running Record.
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The Houston Oliers won the first AFL championship against the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Old-time teams like the Packers, Bears, and Giants begin using helmet logos for the first time.
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For the first time, more people polled in a national survey choose pro football than baseball as their favorite sport.
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Concerned about the financially ruinous effects of the AFL-NFL rivalry, owners from both leagues hold secret meetings to negotiate a merger.
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