Rise Of Pro Football
Professional football that we know today is much different than it was when the
game was still being completed in the United States many decades ago. Pro football
officially began when the National Football League was founded on August 20, 1920, in
Canton, Ohio by seven men, Jim Thorpe being the most well known of the seven. For a
couple decades, the NFL was the only professional football league but then in July of
1959 another league came to be. This new league became known as the American
Football League. But the NFL took this new league as a threat to its business. Therefore,
these two leagues were in a competition for success in pro football. This affair became
known as the NFL and AFL war, they asked questions like “What
game was still being completed in the United States many decades ago. Pro football
officially began when the National Football League was founded on August 20, 1920, in
Canton, Ohio by seven men, Jim Thorpe being the most well known of the seven. For a
couple decades, the NFL was the only professional football league but then in July of
1959 another league came to be. This new league became known as the American
Football League. But the NFL took this new league as a threat to its business. Therefore,
these two leagues were in a competition for success in pro football. This affair became
known as the NFL and AFL war, they asked questions like “What