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Events on Friday 17 September 1920 1
1920American Professional Football Association FoundedForerunner of the National Football League establishedTeam owners meeting in Canton, Ohio, founded the American Professional Football Association, which was renamed the National Football League two years later. Jim Thorpe was elected its first president. The league grew to become the dominant professional football competition in the United States.