User:B.Wind/List of professional American football teams in New York City

DRAFT LIST - see updates (links, stadia - except AA - in User:B.Wind/List of professional American football teams in greater New York City)

For the list of professional American football teams based in suburban New York City, see List of professional American football teams in suburban New York City

Since 1920 (the founding of the National Football League), there have been 39 professional American football teams on the major league (since 1920) or highest minor league level (before 1950) that played their home games in (or were based in) greater New York City, by far the greatest number of any metropolitan area in the United States.

Below is a list of the professional American football teams that either played their home games in, or were headquartered in, New York City (those who played in suburban New York are listed at List of professional American football in suburban New York City). To be included for this list, the team must have played a regular season game in the National Football League, any league named American Football League, and any league commonly believed (by the sportwriters of the time) to be on a level, or in competition, with these leagues, and the Arena Football League.

APFA/NFL

New York Brickley Giants (NFL 1921) - Ebbets Field New York Giants - Polo Grounds, Giants Stadium Brooklyn Lions (NFL 1926) - merged with Brooklyn Horsemen (AFL I) and played under both names New York Yankees (AFL 1926, NFL 1927-1928) Orange Tornadoes (NFL 1929) - became Newark Tornadoes (NFL 1930) in 1930 Staten Island Stapletons (NFL 1929-1931) Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) (NFL 1930-1945) - became Brooklyn Tigers in 1944; merged with Boston Yanks in 1946 New York Bulldogs (NFL 1949-1950) - merged with AAFC New York Yankees in 1950 to become the New York Yanks (1950-1951)

AFL I

New York Yankees (NFL) (AFL I 1926, NFL 1927-1928 - played in Yankee Stadium) Newark Bears (AFL) (AFL I 1926) - first team to fold in AFL I (played last game as the Demons) Brooklyn Horsemen (AFL 1926, NFL 1926) - merged with Brooklyn Lions midseason, played under both names

AFL II

New York Yankees (1936 AFL) (AFL II 1936-1937) - played in Yankee Stadium and Triborough Stadium Brooklyn Tigers (AFL II 1936), moved to Rochester and became Rochester Tigers (1936-1937)

AFL III

New York Yankees (1940 AFL) (AFL III 1940-1941) - became New York Americans in 1941

American Association

Brooklyn Bay Parkways (AA 1936-1939) became Brooklyn Eagles 1937 Passaic Red Devils (AA 1936) Paterson Panthers (AA 1936-1950) White Plains Bears (AA 1936-1937) New Rochelle Bulldogs (AA 1936-1937) Stapleton Buffaloes (AA 1936) - became New York Tigers traveling team in 1937; folded after first game as Tigers Mount Vernon Cardinals (AA 1936-1937) Orange Tornadoes (AA 1936-1941) - moved to Newark and became Newark Tornadoes in 1937; became Newark Bears in 1939 (1939-1941) Brooklyn Bushwicks (AA 1937-1939) - became Union City Rams in 1938 Danbury Trojans (AA 1937-1939) Jersey City Giants (AA 1938-1950) - became first NFL farm team after purchase of assets of Stapleton Buffaloes by New York Giants owner Tim Mara Clifton Wessingtons (AA 1938) Long Island Indians (AA 1940-1947) - collapse of team triggered sequence of events that destroyed the AA New York Yankees (AA 1941) - started by Yankees (AFL III) owner Douglas Hertz after AA revoked Yankees' franchise Newark Bombers (AA 1946-1947) - became Bloomfield Cardinals 1947 Brooklyn Brooks (AA 1950)

AAFC

New York Yanks Brooklyn Dodgers (football)

American Football League

New York Jets (New York Titans)

WFL

New York Stars (1974) - moved midseason to Charlotte to become Charlotte Hornets

USFL

New Jersey Generals

Arena Football League

New York Knights (Arena 1988-1989) New Jersey Red Dogs (Arena 1997-1998) - became New Jersey Gladiators (1999-2009), moved to Las Vegas 2003 New York CityHawks (Arena 1998) - became New England Sea Wolves (1999-2009) New York Dragons (2001-2007) - was Iowa Barnstormers (1995-2000)