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National Football League

Professional Leagues

The National Football League, usually called the NFL, is the premier professional American football league in the United States. It has 32 teams split evenly between the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference, and each season runs from a preseason in August through an 18-week regular season to a single-elimination playoff that ends with the Super Bowl in early February. The league was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association and took its present name for the 1922 season. A playoff system began in 1933, and the Super Bowl has capped each season since the merger with the American Football League. The NFL is headquartered in New York City and is the wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue.

Facts
Frequency
Frequency (category)
Annual 1
Classification
Scope
National 1
Founding Year
1920 1
Connections

Competitors Include

Ace Parker, Athletes
Source Ace Parker (Wikipedia)
Source Brad Johnson (American football) (Wikipedia)
Corey Dillon, Athletes
Source Corey Dillon (Wikipedia)
Jake Scott, Athletes
Source Jake Scott (Wikipedia)

Features

Source National Football League (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. National Football League (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article
    The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association
  • Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article [frequency-category]
    Each NFL season begins annually with a three-week preseason in August
  • Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article [scope]
    is a professional American football league in the United States
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Corey Dillon (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Corey Dillon, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Corey Dillon, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots
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Brad Johnson (American football) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Brad Johnson (American football), Lead paragraph [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Brad Johnson (American football), Lead paragraph [competed-in]
played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons
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Ace Parker (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ace Parker, Lead [plays]
Quote, Competitors Include: Ace Parker, Lead [plays]
He played professional football as a quarterback, tailback and safety in the National Football League (NFL)
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Jake Scott (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jake Scott, Lead, paragraph 1, NFL career
Quote, Competitors Include: Jake Scott, Lead, paragraph 1, NFL career
National Football League (NFL)
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