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Original Locations and Nicknames of Current NFL Teams
Guess the FIRST location and/or original team name of these National Football League franchises.
Must be the city/region for which the team was named.
Some teams may have started in another league before joining the NFL.
Some teams did not change their nickname.
As a result of the lawsuit by Cleveland representatives and the NFL, the Baltimore Ravens are legally considered an expansion team despite moving from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1996.
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Last updated: January 11, 2013
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1920-21 AFPA: Dayton Triangles
1922-29 NFL: Dayton Triangles
1930-1943: Brooklyn Dodgers
1944: Brooklyn Tigers
1945: Brooklyn/Boston Yanks (Tigers merge with Bos. Yanks due to WWII...4 home games in Bos; 1 in NY)
After the owner of the Tigers stated his intention to jump to the new AAFC for 1946, the Brooklyn NFL franchise was revoked, and the players were assigned to the Boston Yanks.
1946-48:Boston Yanks
Yanks' owner wanted to move to NY. For tax purposes, the Yanks fold and the NFL gives the owner the new NY Bulldogs franchise.
1949: New York Bulldogs
1950-51: New York Yankees
1952: Dallas Texans (franchise given back to NFL with 5 games left)
1953: Baltimore Colts (Colts added using Texans' assets and many of their players)